What a perfect class to have been involved in during this crazy time of online EVERYTHING. I feel like this was the best time to be in this class as we were all researching, using, experimenting with these tools as a matter of survival. We were able to bounce ideas off each other and gain knowledge not just in a "what if" sense but by ACTUALLY utilizing these tools. I hope that we will all continue to have adventures in new (and sometimes not-so-new) tools as they come along and make well-informed decisions about whether or not those tools need to be added into our repertoire - OR perhaps even replace something. I think this is where the potential pitfalls lie....so many of these tools are good - great, even. BUT are they what is best for what we need, what the students need, what the class needs? I think having a rubric that applies to the content we are teaching will help greatly in this manner. We need to look beyond whether the tool is FUN to use and just a way to fill time, and find tools that will enhance learning (and maybe even be a little bit FUN at the same time!)
I am glad that I've found a few new ways to help share information with my library students and equally as glad that I've eliminated the need for some platforms as they are combined into some of the new tools! Here's hoping that in August we are all back in our classrooms looking at students' face-to-face and not through a computer screen - but if that's not to be, at least we are better prepared to share knowledge with our new tool-belts of technology.
I am glad that I've found a few new ways to help share information with my library students and equally as glad that I've eliminated the need for some platforms as they are combined into some of the new tools! Here's hoping that in August we are all back in our classrooms looking at students' face-to-face and not through a computer screen - but if that's not to be, at least we are better prepared to share knowledge with our new tool-belts of technology.
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