Please read the blog entry at
http://fluency21.com/blog/2013/07/09/9-learning-tools-every-21st-century-teacher-should-be-able-to-use/?utm_source=Committed+Sardines&utm_campaign=b7a1702d31-RSS_EMAIL_CAMPAIGN&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_f244ccc9d2-b7a1702d31-188996047
In the comments section below give your reaction. Is the author correct or incorrect? What should not have been included? What is missing?
I found this useful, and in particular interesting that in 2-3 months some of these might now be relevant. In fact, I used Flipboard for about 2 weeks, then lost interest. I agree with the commenter that diigo could be added.
ReplyDeleteUsing the cloud for anything and everything is dreamy for schools which was reflected in a few of these. YouTube is also attractive to students of all ages... such an easy way to make any topic "relevant" in their eyes. Of course, I hadn't heard of a couple of these things.
ReplyDeleteI liked this article because I hadn't heard of some of these tools and I could see myself using some of them. However, I wish there would have been more variety. Based on the very short, simple descriptions, some of these tools sounded very much alike. I felt like I didn't have a very good grasp on what some of these tools were after I read the article because the descriptions seemed very vague.
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ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of very many of these resources. YouTube of course is very well known and I love to use it. However, I do need to ask permission from my principal/building tech to get YouTube videos to play on my work computer. Many students need to be allowed to visually see material to grasp a final concept for understanding and YouTube allows them this. I also have been a user of the cloud for around a year or so now. I love how I can access papers, music, etc. on multiple devices. I agree with Kelly K. that I would have liked to have had a more descriptive definition of some of the tools mentioned.
ReplyDeleteLike some of the other people, I have not heard of some of these resources. I'm going to look into them more and see what I find out! I feel like a lot of resources are very similar and some depend on the user. I'll be teaching preschool in the Fall and the article made Evernote sound like a really good resource to organize ideas, articles, different lesson ideas, etc. I liked learning a little bit about each resource, but they all sounded like it could be easily used in the intermediate grades and up. When it comes to preschool, some of these resources I might use as a teacher, but I'm not sure how young children could use them. I would be interested to read an article like this about different Apps for preschool aged children. I'm hoping we will get an ipad for the children to use occasionally and I will have to look into Apps that are good for preschool children. If you all have ideas, please let me know!
ReplyDeleteMy post was just like yours! Unsure of how it would work for my K students. I don't use many of the tools listed either. I'm more interested in good apps for young students to use on the iPad.
DeleteI agree with both of you. I teach Early Childhood Special Education...so I could see using these programs more for me as a resource for lesson planning and organizing my ideas. I am also interested in good apps for younger students, even apps specifically for special needs or literacy development. I am hopefully going to get an iPad next year in my classroom!!!
DeleteI just recently started using Evernote so I was happy to see that it made the list, however, I know this resource is blocked at my school. Even though I cannot use this with my students, I agree with the comment above that this is a wonderful tool to keep myself organized. I struggle though with all the different ways I "help" keep myself organized. I would love just to use one resource, but it seems like with every different device (laptop, iPad, smartphone, computer, etc.) I use a different method to keep organized.
ReplyDeleteI wished this article would have given more ways to use these mediums in the classroom.
I agree with the passage and would love to incorporate the sites into my classroom. I am trying to think of some ways I could use this in my resource room. I wish the passage would have had more descriptions on the sites. I have heard of some of the sites, but not all of them. I am going to play around with them so I can see how I might be able to use them in my class.
ReplyDeleteI found this article helpful. I agree with the concepts that these 9 things do by helping teachers. The problem I have with it is that in a couple of years these things may not be around anymore and their may be something new. I think it also should of included some things that teachers could use in the classroom that can help their students.
ReplyDeleteI think it's a pretty good list of different tech tools that are going around the education circles. There are something that I do think are already "on the way out" but that is what technology is since it's always evolving. I have seen a few of these used in the classroom like dropbox, cloud word processor, evernote, etc. I do think the writer is correct when saying that this list might be out of date in 2-3 months. Plus, I think I will be trying out the Pocket app for myself.
ReplyDeleteThe one on the list that has dramatically changed my technology use is Dropbox. I started my account this fall but really wish I had started a long time ago, especially when my jump drive failed in class and I lost all of the materials that I hadn't backed up (which had been for a few months, unfortunately).
ReplyDeleteIt truly has become a portable "jump drive" as I have my account installed on two computers, my iPad, and my iPhone. I have open folders where my cooperating teacher share files. He is also on my coach staff and we do the same thing for our sport. It's also a main feature in so many other apps that I use that it has truly been indispensable the last year.
I have spent a lot of time this summer looking into a lot of these tools. There were a few that I hadn't heard of. I started using Evernote in March when I bought my own iPad and I also saw Leslie Fischer talk about it at NETA. I get so frustrated by the number of really helpful tools that the district does not allow us to use, Evernote is on that list. I am keeping my fingers crossed that these restrictions will be loosened by our new superintendent.
ReplyDeleteI honestly think that RSS feeds themselves might not be as applicable as some of the rest, as there are now multiple more efficient ways to gather that news. The other "social readers", which I assume they include Twitter since they mentioned it in the same heading, are far more valuable. Twitter offers a unique way to engage students and I think as more and more school districts come to realize this, Twitter will be seen as a really effective tool in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteDropbox is also incredibly handy, especially since it allows you to store things and access them from anywhere. If you have a Google Drive account, though, it may be largely irrelevant in most ways to you.
I'm not at all familiar with Pocket or Zotero, so I will definitely check those out.
I haven't heard of a lot of these tools. I'd like to see how these 9 tools are used in Early Childhood Education classrooms with teachers. I teach Kindergarten and would need examples/models on how these technology tools could be effective and purposeful to use with students. As a teacher, I could use a few of them, but I'm not sure about my students. The only one I use as a teacher really from the list is Dropbox, and that's really only when I'm not using my Google Account. I'd like to learn more about the others. Does anyone have a suggestion on any other great tools from the list they use that they like? Or favorite apps for young students? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI wonder about that first sentence, are our brains really changing? What do you guys think?
ReplyDeleteI agree with the author about google+ communities. It seems extraneous to have both this as well as Facebook. I guess the only thing I like about Google+ communities is that people can follow you and and you don't have to follow them.
I am starting to use google drive, which is nice because, unlike a memory stick, I can't loose it or forget it at home.
I have never heard of zotero or evernote, but I am curious and would love to try them out!
ReplyDeleteIt’s true that You Tube has evolved into something that is very useful and energizing in the classroom at times, although it’s time-consuming to locate videos because of the huge quantity. However, the author stated that it’s probably the tool with the single greatest potential to transform the learning in your classroom, which I disagree with because other forms of technology are more interactive, while watching videos is a passive activity, but it’s here to stay. I show You Tube videos at times to my ESL students for listening practice and for helping them to understand the context of conversations. I also like the idea of cloud-based word processors, although digital portfolios are the extent of my experience with them. I agree that they are indispensable and convenient because we don’t have to rely on devices such as flash drives.
Some of the things on the list I knew how to use, but there were some that I have never even heard of before reading this. I will have to catch up to some of these tools. I feel that it is important to know and implement many of these into the classroom when possible. I would have to argue that because technology keeps improving and changing, some of these tools may not be used in a few years, unless each of these tools keep changing with the times. Something new and better will most likely come along. As a teacher, it will be my duty to continue familiarizing myself with each new technological tool that comes my way.
ReplyDeleteI am going to try to promote these tools so my teenage daughters will use them! I've never heard of Evernote or Zotero before and can definitely see how these can increase productivity. Anything that takes the "tedious" stuff out of homework and makes it easier to just flow with the thought process is amazing! I can see how this will help me with my own studies as well. Very cool stuff! Can't wait to try them all out. I think Youtube definitely adds to any curriculum by taking you outside the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI believe these 9 Learning Tools are pretty spot on. If educators aren't using them, then I think that most of them have at least heard of most of them. I have only used 2 or 3 of them. I can definitely see how the others could be useful. One of the things I enjoyed about the mention of these tools is that many of them teachers can use on their own. Meaning, that if an entire school and/or district isn't prone to using one, you as a teacher could still implement some in your classroom.
ReplyDeleteI have heard of a lot of those tools since taking this class, such as Evernote, cloud, and Google+, but I really have only used 2 of them comfortably. I was a little surprised of the list because they were so unfamiliar to me. My goal this next school year is to use more technology based teaching practices-I will have to teach myself though! I plan on renting the mobile cart for my first graders so we can use bubblus as well as calibrating that Promethean board that no one showed me how to use. We don't have wireless at our school, but I am determined to do the best that I can (even if it is frustrating). I would like to do more communication with my parents via the Internet-so we will see how it goes!
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