Tool #4 Cloud Computing

Google Apps


I am familiar with some of the google apps, and I plan to use even more of them for the upcoming school year.  I really like the idea of having the document in a central location and allowing others to access it.


I created a document and sent it to a couple of staff members. 


I created a form and sent it to some staff members as well. It was involving how to improve AOC.

Tool# 3 Online Resources

I thought the following video was interesting. It was at the TED conference and the focus was on global power shifts.  Being that my primary focus was the social studies instruction this past year, I thought this would be a good video to show students.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuAj2F54bdo

I also found a video on Discovery Education that was focused on The Great Wall of China.

http://player.discoveryeducation.com/views/hh_httpView.cfm?guidAssetId=14ee053c-7456-4912-8249-5b5362d659ec&skin=DSA

Ethics and Copyright

I thought the video was extremely entertaining. There were some things that were understood through my experiences, but it was excellent to see something entertaining and informative.

I created a Dropbox account.  I think the dropbox will be extremely useful for as I will be able to access all of my files from anywhere.

Tool#2 - Building Community

Building networks for learning and communicating with other people with new or different ideas is where this tool has the greatest impact for me.  I feel like it is imperative the we grow and learn from each other because all of us have reached this point through different paths and experiences.  I plan to use the Learning and Laptops blog. I chose this blog because all of our students are issued netbooks and I want to find a way to maximize the benefit of this wonderful technology.
http://learningandlaptops.blogspot.com/

Tool #1

How hard was this?