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Jennifer Gonzalez: Cult of Pedagogy- January 14, 2018

This past week Jennifer Gonzalez created a blog post that could not have come at a better time for me.  She posted about the "6 Ed Tech Tools to Try in 2018."

1) Flipgrid : flipgrid.com

  • Flipgrid allows teachers to post a question for students to answer.  The students make videos of their responses and then can collaborate with other students through commenting on one another's videos.
2)  Insert Learning: insertlearning.com

  • Insert Learning allows you to find any information on the web that you would like your students to participate with for a lesson.  Jennifer provided the example of using an article published online for your students to read and adding your own touch to it through questions, etc.  Your students responses are then sent to you.  I cannot wait to try this one!
3) Book Creator: bookcreator.com

  • This allows students to create their own books and publish them online.
4) Newseumed: newseumed.org

  • Newseumed is a news museum that allows you to find any historical documents to share with your students. This would be great for history teachers!
5) Autodraw: autodraw.com

  • This allows students to draw and guesses what they are drawing.  Jennifer suggests using this if your students are adding notes to something and are becoming frustrated with their drawings. 
6) Sway: sway.com

  • Sway is an upgraded version of PowerPoint and Prezi and functions in a similar manner.


I cannot wait to start my own research on each of these tech tools that Jennifer has shared this week! I am especially interested in Insert Learning for small group rotation work.  This article made me realize that there are so many tech tools to add into my classroom that I had not ever heard of.  It's making me curious to see what else I can explore this semester to enhance my math classroom.

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  1. UnknownJanuary 15, 2018 at 11:24 AM

    Hi Danielle, that Insert Learning chrome extension looks appealing to me since my school uses the Chromebooks. That sounds like a great way to chunk up a lesson for students with IEPS. Thanks for sharing!

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    1. Danielle TerryJanuary 15, 2018 at 1:10 PM

      You make a great point, Joe! I had never thought of using it specifically for students with IEP's. I was also thinking it could be a great way to differentiate learning to send different links with tiered assignments to various groups of students.

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  2. UnknownJanuary 15, 2018 at 12:36 PM

    Danielle,

    I also follow Cult of Pedagogy and read this blog post! I am so excited to try out some of the tools she suggested. I equally want to try the Insert Learning. You'll have to let me know what you thought about it. I think I am going to try to use it in a social studies lesson. I am also interested to see how FlipGrid works.

    Good luck using the tools! I'm excited to see what you think!

    - Kelsey Joy

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