American Literature
Mrs. McKinstry
Below are a list of resources that I think are worth checking out to assist you throughout this course. I have explained what I like about them and/or how I use them as your instructor. As always, we are all in this together and your success is important to me. Do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or concerns. Lastly, please post to the discussion board link with any suggestions or tips that you have to offer the class that you have found useful for you in previous classes.
AroundMe http://www.barnraiser.org/aroundme: AroundMe is a free collaboration tool for students and businesses. Features include setting up multiple groups, a group blog, board and wiki space (AroundMe, 2015). An example of using this tool would be to collaborate on a project such as a wiki site where students can add as they wish and also can communicate via the group wall with any updates.
Classroom 2.0 (http://www.classroom20.com): Classrooom 2.0 is a community site of educators and students that discuss various ways to implement technology into the classroom. Classroom 2.0 showcases their site as a place interested in Web 2.0 tools, social media and participative technologies in an online, supportive community (Classroom 2.0, 2015). The site is free and you can sign up or just browse and find articles, forums or professional development opportunities. This site would be excellent for connecting with colleagues especially when it comes to utilizing the newest technology in the classroom to engage students.
Edutopia (http://www.edutopia.org): Edutopia offers up to date information and discussion forums for teachers, administrators and students in higher education. You can search by topic and see what topics are trending. As an instructor this site would be useful for researching topics that I am discussing in class and finding resources that would be useful to my students.
Elearners (http://www.elearners.com) : Elearners.com is a site that I would recommend to students in the online environment. There are useful tools such as time management tips, financial aid assistance, finding degree programs, and articles for online students.
Evernote https://evernote.com: Evernote is a free organizational tool that can be used by both instructor and student to keep on task. Evernote was voted one of the top tools in 2014, is user-friendly for capturing and managing information (Institute of Education Sciences, 2014). An example of using this technology would be to arrange upcoming assignments and tasks as a student so that you were prepared and didn't miss anything. Evernote would aid the student in prioritizing tasks based on their schedules.
Eyejot http://corp.eyejot.com/features: Eyejot is a free internet tool that offers users to send video messages. Users can upload it from your phone or computer and save video and formulate a directory (Eyejot, 2015). This would be useful for communication with an an instructor about an issue that you may feel better verbally explaining rather than sending an email.
GQueues https://www.gqueues.com : Supporting academic success takes staying organized and GQueues supported by Google would be a useful tool. GQueues allows the user to organize and manage projects and assignments through their Google account for free (Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies, n.d.). What I like about it is that you can set your due dates and the site automatically files them in different sections based on the due date. I would utilize this for my class because I do already have a Google account so this would be an added bonus to stay organized when managing multiple classes or assignments. For example, I could enter all due date assignments for the upcoming weeks along with personal to do items so that I would be reminded of upcoming dates and time management based on my schedule for the week.
Prezi https://prezi.com/your/: Prezi is a top rated tool for presentations and also is a free application that can be used by students and teachers. Prezi allows users to create unique maps that include images, video and a zoom in and jump around feature (Institute of Education Sciences, 2014). An example for utilizing this tool would be for an instructor to present a lesson to the class that would allow the users to jump around when viewing it and also would be pleasing to the eye with its graphics and videos.
Resources
Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies. (n.d.). Directory of learning & performance tools. Retrieved from http://c4lpt.co.uk/directory-of-learning-performance-tools/
Institute of Education Sciences. (ED), & Decision Information Resources, I. (2014). The Right Tools for the Job--Technology Options for Adult Online Learning and Collaboration. Regional Educational Laboratory.
Link to discussion: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/americanliteraturegenres/e__KuQIwX7E
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