Pages

Sunday, July 17, 2011

Week 5 Web Tools Exploration 3: PLN and Family!

I spent three days this week visiting family in Kentucky, working on my grad classes whenever I had a few minutes.  Little did I know that a GREAT addition to my PLN was right in my family!  I had forgotten that my niece's husband,  in addition to teaching math full time, is the technology coordinator for his high school while working on a master's degree in educational technology.  He gave me lots of websites to look at and some tips from his own experience.  I got a bit overwhelmed by everything he showed me, but I was so excited to know that I had a relative that could help!  I just wish I had realized that about 5 weeks ago!

Here are a few web tools he introduced me to that look interesting...


Gapminder - view fact-based world data

Quizlet - find/make flashcards to help students study for quizzes and tests

Yola - make your own website
Posted by at

2 comments:

  1. MaryJuly 19, 2011 at 7:39 PM

    Gapminder-I will have to check this out; I believe Hans Rohling uses it ( or maybe helped develop it- he has some great TED talks http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html

    I recommend quizlet to my students, and some of them would rather write their vocab out on Quizlet and use that than flash cards.

    ReplyDelete
  2. JDJuly 22, 2011 at 12:38 PM

    The Gapminder fella is sure an interesting character isnt he? Ive enjoyed every one of his TED talks.

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)