June 14th

In Class Discussion:

Today we looked at Canvas and Weebly. Both are website building sites in a way, although Canvas is more a mix of website building and social media all bent toward teaching. Canvas seemed the most straightforward. I like how easy it was to make tests in Canvas. Weebly allowed you to be more artistic, but that freedom made it more complex to loose and without a guide I would have found myself easily lost in it.

What are Plickers?:

Plickers are a way to take in class quizzes and surveys sort of like clickers. With plickers you just have to give a student an individual bar code instead of them purchasing a clicker. This makes it more cost effective. They hold up the code and you scan the answer with your iOS or Android device. At least in the making of the tutorial video this seems a little too tedious, but it is an interesting idea.

What is Stoodle?:

Stoodle is a peer help website. It is awesome that it was developed by students for students to use. You set up a classroom and then within that online classroom students can interact with each other in real time asking for advise and helping each other out. The only real danger I foresee is one sharing something inappropriate, but it would seem obvious for them to share that stuff outside of a teaching website that would be monitored. 

How I would implement this technology:

If Canvas was what my school was using, I would use it as my classroom manager. If it was my choice I think I would stick with Edmondo. I might set up some quizzes to test out how easy and accurate Plickers was and if it delivered I would use it for most class room quizzes and surveys. I would set up a Stoodle for my class especially around test or paper time so that they can easily share and aid each others work.