I was resistant to learning from a remote instructor, but have found that our humanity can be found through this medium. Our instructor, Nick Kaisharis, has been funny, engaging, and down-to-earth.
Here are some super fun and useful tools:
Padlet - an interactive bulletin board. Planning to use it for exit slips.
Brainshark - add voice to Powerpoint presentations. Here is mine.
Smore -online newsletters and fliers
Prezi - online presentations - thousands of ready made ones too!
Animoto - "Make great videos"
Voki- create your very own avatar. Here is mine, I chose this one for the anime crowd
and my favorite, Symbaloo - a customizable online desktop. The OCD organizer in me loves this easy way to organize my bookmarks. It also has ready-made ones you can add based on your interests.
Here is mine (so far!)
Memorable quotes:
"They learned because they failed and then they figured out how to succeed."
"The difference between sucess failure is one more try."
I just love these. I have a poster in my classroom that reads, "Failure is proof you are trying." Some of the most authentic learning happens when we fail.
Even though I have had to spend precious summer time away from my babies, this has actually been a productive learning experience.
What are your favorite learning quotes/philosophies? What are your favorite web tools? How do you use them?
