Tool #11

I think 11 may be my new favorite number.  It has not been easy to get here.  When you spend a large portion of your summer in places that either do not have internet or a connection on your air card that is the slowest ever, it makes life interesting and very slow and frustrating.  However, I am almost there.  Yahoo!!!  I might even finish before the last day of 11 Tools!  I know....shocker!!!

I really liked the capability of Google Docs to let groups collaborate together on the same piece of writing.  My kids loved making stories together last year, and I am hoping my new group will too.  I am sure that I could pair up with another class and let them work together.  That would be so cool! I will continue to use Wordle and use it even more.  I think it would be a great closure for a lesson or the day to just create one together about what we learned.

My thinking has transformed by beginning to think beyond my four walls of my classroom.  I want to collaborate with other teachers and have my students collaborate with other students too. I am used to seeing my students in small groups working, but now they will be working with each other on a variety of computer projects. We will be embracing even more technology this year, and I can't wait to see the outcomes that we will achieve.

One unexpected outcome for me is that I am excited about learning more with Atomic Learning.  On some of the tools, I want to go back and play even more.  I enjoyed reading other blogs, and learning from others through their blogs.  I think my students will get a kick out of their teacher was in summer school, too.