Callie in Tally

DIIGO Diigo is so helpful! I actually just wrote a paper and used Diigo to organize all of my sources. In my high school English classroom, I could use it to save helpful resources for lessons, or have students use it to organize and annotate sources for a research paper. With team members, making a group that you can share sources in and actively collaborate within those sources is super helpful. In my individual professional efforts, saving helpful resources (blogs, research, news articles, etc.) that would help me develop as a teacher would be very useful. Overall, I really like Diigo! I'm going to continue using it outside of class. BLOOM'S TAXONOMY PowerPoint can be an incredibly powerful tool for helping students learn. Looking at Bloom's Taxonomy can help us see the benefits of it. Knowledge: Slides can help give information to students, presenting it in a way that is easy for note-taking and learning.  Comprehension:   You insert videos that help further ...

I've really enjoyed Twitter so far! As I've shared before, I never used Twitter before this class, so there's definitely been a learning curve, but it's very user friendly. No complaints here! I've been able to access a lot of interesting articles that I wouldn't seen before this assignment, and I think that has been my favorite part of Twitter so far. I also enjoy seeing what professionals in the education field have to say about current events, and Twitter has definitely allowed me to broaden my horizons in that scope.  Twitter, you get a 10/10. The Web Design assignment we just did in class was a lot of fun! Before this class, I didn't think I would use a website in my classroom, but I think it's a great way for students and parents to access classroom information, especially if something like Canvas isn't provided for that school. It was a little tedious and some of the requirements felt a little unnecessary, but overall, I think my wor...

Hey y'all! This week, I did an ILP Design project. To do this, I made a Prezi, which you can view here  (and check out the sneak peak pic I posted below)! I've explained my project and how we can use Prezi in the classroom in a VoiceThread you can see here ! In my VoiceThread, I talked about what Prezi is, shared the content I created with it, talked about how Prezi is used, and discussed how it can be used in the classroom (and in an English class). Prezi is a much more interactive, and free, PowerPoint. You use it just the same as you would PowerPoint, but it is accessed online, making it even more accessible! I used Prezi to make a book overview of The Secret Life of Bees  by Sue Monk Kidd, a book that my students could be reading in class. Teachers may also find this helpful in their classrooms, for reasons I discussed in my VoiceThread. Unfortunately, I will not be posting a Thursday blog post this week, but I hope you enjoy this ILP! Enjoy, and have a great week! ...