Week 13
www.toolsforeducators.com fantastic place to make one's own materials- the options are endless really...
https://edshelf.com/tool/classdojo I found it cute but no earth-shattering- basically a tool that allows you to give smiley faces and sad faces to your students in real time- well actually better than that - you can specify what they are receiving good credit or bad points for and you can also send the info easily to parents. just smells a but too much like an over-zealous tech user- not something i'd be running to use in the classroom...
www.kidblog.org i found this website so easy-to-use and actually used it to plan a lesson- i would love to use this on a long-term basis in an English class- and maybe one day Ill let you know just how that goes!
this is Queen Elizabeth signing out one last time....
Hi Rivka, I love reading your blogs. I find myself smiling (:
ReplyDeleteAnd to the point - about 'classdojo', well I found it a fascinating tool which can really help the teacher in classroom management and gathering achievements of students for the teacher's clear follow up of the students. It reminded me of a teacher i observed on the first semester (6th grade). She had a laminated list of the students (erasable)on the board and she marked on it "V" next to the student's name. In the end of the lesson she wrote the scores down in her notebook. In the beginning I didn't like it too much, but it proved to be a motivating tool and it encouraged their participation and good behavior. So I liked the 'dojo' idea.
Thanks for sharing,
Amira