February 11, 2017

Weekend two journal entry.  I have a lot of new learning from this past month and this weekend of class.

• Padlet:  I learned this tool, and used it with my classes and presented it for my speed geek session.  I learned about this tool from the book "Amplify digital Teaching and Learning in the K-6 Classroom" by Stephanie Harvey.  I had not even heard of Padlet before reading about it in this book.
• We Video:  I have never done anything with We Video ever.  I did a "My Health Meal Plan" introductory video for my classes to get them excited about the project (as  hook).  I used picture clips, and video segments to make my video, added a theme with background music and added voice to the picture clips.  My student told me it was a good "first time ever" We Video.  That felt good.  I have already started my Promo video using We Video.
• Twitter:  This is a constant learning experience for me.  Totally new, a little confusing, but I have found some very good resources on it and plan to keep exploring it a little each week.
• Tinkercad - I made a pretty cool valentine day design using this tool and again had never used this tool before.
• Speed Geeking:  Introduced me to some new tools (SeeSaw sound like a good student resource management system.  Thinglink has some good concepts to it that I might be able to use in the future.  Very informative, all I need now is some time to play with these new learning tools.
• Plickers:  Lisa introduced this to our class and I want to explore it more.  It would be so useful in my Action Research class in obtaining feedback from students in a quick and easy way that keeps a record of student responses.  It also allows students to respond without being influenced by their peers (like when raising your hands or thumbs up or down), which can help to ensure that their feedback is honest and biased.  I look forward to researching this more.