Two of the sites I added, Free Tech for Teachers and Edutopia, were both sites recommended to check out at a professional development I attended on Monday. Both are great resources. Free Tech for Teachers had a post yesterday about Doodle for Google which I was able to print out the article and give to our school’s Art teacher. Edutopia had an article this morning about using pop culture in the classroom.
The blog I’m following is EdTechSandyK’s blog on blogger.com. I don’t remember how I discovered EdTechSandyK’s blog, but it is filled with great messages and ideas for using technology in the classroom. Her most recent post is a powerful message about believing in your students, and your colleagues. I left a similar message on her blog.
The last site I am following is Techdirt. This site provides articles on what is currently going on with new technology. Although it does not pertain directly to teaching, it does keep me up to date with what is going on in the world of technology. While following these sites for the last week I discovered some sites have new articles or posts daily, while others have yet to change.
The RSS Readers provide great professional development. I feel like I am able to read and keep up on what others are doing with technology in the classroom. Netvibes lets me access all this information in one spot, instead of spending time trying to find each individual site. My husband is a high school digital media teacher. His students have created blogs on Blogger where they post their finished projects. I told him about Netvibes and how he could access all his student’s blogs in one spot. He used this RSS reader during conferences this week to show parents their students’ blogs. He has also shown Netvibes to his students and how they can access each other’s blogs and other resources.
The articles themselves are also great professional development. They inspire me to try new things. An article I read “Nine ways to find teachers on Twitter” on Free Technology for Teachers was so inspiring. I joined Twitter and started following similar teachers who are also teaching technology. I mentioned the article during lunch and my schools reading teacher seemed interested in joining twitter so she could follow other reading specialists. One of the teachers the article recommended me to follow had the following article posted: http://www.bclocalnews.com/fraser_valley/theprogress/community/112006859.html. This article was so inspiring. I spoke with my principal about working on setting up a digital library for our students for the next school year.
NetVibes Screenshot
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Technology is all about sharing! It was wonderful to hear that NetVibes has been such a valuable resource for both you and your husband=8-)
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