I really enjoyed making up our own fairy tale in class. Being able to work on the same project with multiple people can be very useful. This program could teach students how to work together on projects, and give them the ability to work on them from home. It can also allow the teacher to see who did what on the project to prevent some students from slacking off.
Being able to create your own database is very useful in the classroom. You could create surveys to help get to know your students, or a welcome sheet for the first day of class to retain info about students and parents. This program could also be used to create tests, and because it can all be done paperless we are saving the planet! The able to link the database to anyone's email would make grading very quick and easy. All of these helpful tools are going to make our lives as teacher much easier.
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Jaime,
ReplyDeleteI have to say that I really enjoyed all of the presentations on thursday's class. And I agree with working with students in a group that is what the best part was, working together with many differnet ideas and the creativity that was put together from all the classmates. This project will be a great tool for everyone involved. Great Presentation!!!
Ophie
I think making the classroom as paperless as possible is a good thing. Saving the planet is very important. The school are also facing budget buts as well so going paperless would help that a lot. Getting kids working together on projects is always a lot more fun then doing work by themselves.
ReplyDeleteI had never thought about the whole slacking off thing, and it is a great idea! Many students take advantage of other students and through google presentations you are able to see who worked on what and who made corrections, this allows you to give credit where its due.
ReplyDeleteI really like your idea of tracking students with the contribution. I never thought of using it to counsel the students that are "slacking" off. This will allow the teacher to evenly distribute the grade between the team. Good idea!
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