Friday, October 28, 2011

BP03_Edmodo & Wix


Edmodo & Wix

First, I must say that this assignment should be labeled with a caution sign.  Students should be told to set an alarm and give themselves a set amount of time to browse and select.  Otherwise there is a bit of the “kid in the candy store” effect on a teacher.  I raced from site to site to check out the exciting tools.  Yes, some were not for me, but others will make my life awesome.

I had heard a lot about Edmodo – So this was my first choice.  As I was looking for the link, I came across Classroom 2.0.  It looked welcoming.  I noticed they also had a group of 365 members called “Second Life” with the logo of the familiar hand altered with an apple.  Hmmm… Just what I was looking for.  The first threaded discussion was bout Virtual Field Trips.  This is exactly what my Action Research is focused on.  This page must be my current project.  I followed the usual signing up, but then was told I was pending approval.  Maybe I’ll check back in the morning.

Oh no, bad move… The posts are all so old.  Back to Edmodo.


Signed up and uploaded by photo:


Great classroom page.  This is exactly what I had been nagging my IT guy about.  I have always wanted a place to have a discussion board on the novels we read as a class.  This will work perfectly.  I also wanted an interactive posting place where we could post class made videos, podcasts and interactive writings.  I don’t think this place offers all of that, but it will act as a great hub for other Web 2.0 tools.  We shall see…

I was looking for an interactive timeline next when I found Wix.











I couldn’t pass it up.  I have been looking for a more creative way to recruit for my project.  It would be cool to have a website that details the project a bit more for students and parents to access.  This would be the tool.  I have already set up the bare bones structure of the site I want.  It has a spot for students and professionals.  There will be space for Second Life snapshots from field trip locales.  There will also be a page to access my survey, computer requirements, and parental notification.
I’m not sure if I can connect it to my Edmodo or if I will have to use y own web site hosting service through Comcast.  Either way will be fine.  It will take much more work to get it up and running.  Here is the screenshot of my title page.  Wish me luck…



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