TUESDAY'S 2 PM CLASS

Remember we are meeting at 2 PM on Tuesdays and 9 AM on Thursdays!

Today in class, we're going to do an orientation of sorts to the course. We will each set up a Pinterest account and a Twitter account. There are many, many different ways to keep track of websites and web tools that you want to save but these two are often the easiest.

Pinterest is a great resource of ideas for teachers. You can simply create a "board" and then search for ideas specific to the grade or curricular area you are teaching. Tons of suggestions, or "pins", will appear and you'll be able to pick and choose those you want by "pinning" them to your board. I'll show you how to do this.

Twitter is a good way to keep current on latest trends in technology, as well as other areas of interest. I only "follow" three or four people but this is all I need. If something comes up that looks interesting, I forward it to my email then read it and decide whether or not to keep it. Again, I will show you how to do this, too.

We're going to watch a short video clip (link is on this site) and talk about Web 2.0 tools (with examples). I'm all about "free" so will demonstrate free tools for you as much as possible.

Assignment for Thursday, Jan. 16:

On Thursday, we'll start class with a quiz on the 21 terms on page 18. Make sure you know what each one means. The pages with the definition are identified for you.