My favorite tools are all of them. I think they are fabulous! This year I will use the trading cards and wordles again. I start out the year with a wordle with their learning buddies as a get to know you activity. This year I want to keep up with creating library rings--creating a trading card for each book we read in class. Also allow kids to make recommendations to their classmates and create a trading card to add to our library rings.
I am excited to use Skype in the classroom this year. This will be new--kind of scary to jump into but I'm excited for the chance to expand my classroom beyond the classroom walls.
Since I have been fortunate to have some technology hardware and the passion for learning about new technology I think I have done a good job already fostering 21 century learning in my classroom. I look forward to continuing this learning, not only for my students but for my self as well.
I did not have any surprising outcomes through the 11 tools. I enjoyed learning about some new websites, apps and finding new blogs to follow. I am thankful that my school was able to do this during the summer. It consumes more than 9 hours of your time. In order to really learn and understand each tool a person needs to spend time to explore and understand each tool. I'm thankful that I was able spend that time on it during the summer vs. having to juggle school in full force in addition to the 11 tools class.
Excited to say I'M DONE!!! Now I can start planning how to expand on what I have already done in my classroom.
