Comments on: The Unexamined Tool is Not Worth Using

By: Jan Smith

Jan Smith — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 05:16:32 +0000

You’re welcome–
I have some things to figure out, so I am still sort of lurking. I am not sure I can blog successfully with students because our computer time is so limited–will see where it goes!

By: Miss W.

Miss W. — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:32:29 +0000

G’day Jan,
Glad you finally decided to join twitter and thanks for asking to follow me. I have only been blogging since January this year and my students since about March. We are having a great time and beginning 21st September we are running a blogging competition just for students.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:35:48 +0000

Oops traveling so really tired and pressed the button before I finished writing what I wanted to say. Was going to mention that it is very important to keep an open mind when using these tools as it can take time to appreciate their value.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:33:53 +0000

I’m the same as you Jan — when I see those really long list of tools it’s really hard to know where to start whereas it is a lot easier when people present a smaller selection to choose from.

However saying that you should check out Alan Levine’s 50 Ways To Tell a Story because he has created a story using each different tool and you can see how they were used.

By: Jan Smith

Jan Smith — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:14:40 +0000

Hi Vicky,
Yes, I will do something similar with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. I used Animoto as a way of showing parents what went on with a science unit on electricity–not earth shattering stuff, but it the results looked great, and the parents appreciated it.

By: Vicky Sedgwick

Vicky Sedgwick — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:46:41 +0000

I think Wordle is fun and plan to use it with some of my grades too – I saw an interesting one using the Preamble to the Constitution and I like the idea of having them see which words appear more than they should in something they write as an intro to using the thesaurus.

I’m hoping to use Animoto to have some of the grades create an ad for the school or something on Cyber Safety. They’ll have to include key points and know the material but this will be a fun way of showing what they know.