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5 Things To Try In The 2008 Classroom

Filed Under (Resources, Tools) by teachingsagittarian on 29-12-2007 and tagged , , , , , , , ,



After listing Favourite 5 in the Classroom of 2007, and reading several posts about others’ favourite apps, videos, tools, resources of 2007, I thought it would be a great idea to list 5 6 things (in no particular order) to try in the 2008 classroom from others’ favourites lists. There’s some on the list that we have dabbled with before in the classroom but in 2008 I’d really like to see them being used to their full potential.

1. Animoto (seeing the potential for students creating “hooks” for other students when summarizing/reflecting on, their learning)

2. Google Earth and Maps (seeing the potential for visually connecting our classroom with the world)

3. Flickr (love the potential of the visual design)

4. ToonDoo (can taste the potential for hooking in the boys)

5. PictureTrail (there’s that visual design potential again)

6. Sketchcast (imagining the potential for students to demonstrate mathematical knowledge)

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What will you trying out in your classroom in 2008?

I need to say special thanks to my good friend Kim, because she contributed heavily to an “aha” moment when I realised that I’d been categorising my posts instead of tagging them. Doh!  So now I will be tagging all my posts and tidying up the categories!

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4 Responses to “5 Things To Try In The 2008 Classroom”

  1.   Dean Shareski Says:
      December 30th, 2007 at 5:14 am

    Chrissy,

    I’d really encourage the use of flickr now especially because of its built in editor (Picnik) All the best in 2008!

  2.   Travis Says:
      January 4th, 2008 at 2:26 pm

    Great list. I’ve recently been exposed to Animoto . It’s a really good tool. You should try Mixbook.com, it’s a photobook application that the whole class can contribute to.

    Happy new year!

  3.   Lisa Parisi Says:
      January 7th, 2008 at 4:49 am

    Thanks (?) Chrissy. Now I have some more work to do. Animoto is blocked in my district. So I have found that bubbleshare is a better choice for me. Google Earth is coming into my room in a few weeks. Yay! Flickr is already being used, ToonDoo has been introduced and used by a few but maybe I need to reintroduce it. Book summaries…what do you think? But picture trail and sketchcast are new to me so off to learn. And someday soon, you’ll have to explain tagging to me. I really don’t get it although I’ve tried.

  4.   Jo McLeay Says:
      January 10th, 2008 at 12:54 am

    Hi Chrissy,
    love this post – it’s got such a hopeful ring to it. I will be trying toondoo for sure and maybe I’ll have a go at animoto and Flickr but the others I’ve got to go and find out more about. Not really tried google earth and haven’t heard of the other two

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