tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74280192801430728632012-02-16T03:37:34.196-08:00eevans4http://www.blogger.com/profile/15408288298256659951noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428019280143072863.post-67452929529721827082011-04-18T07:23:00.000-07:002011-04-18T07:24:05.035-07:00<p$1>I am seeing online collaboration more and more and I expect that it will continue to increase in the future. <br /><p$1><p$1>Some ways I use it now:<br /><p$1><p$1>- Students who are working in pairs or on group projects can collaborate without having to share usernames/passwords. This helps when students are at home or absent.<br /><p$1><p$1>- Teachers in the same content area or across content areas can plan collaboratively even when they don't have shared planning time.<br /><p$1><p$1>Some ways I would like to use it:<br /><p$1><p$1>- Planning and comparing notes with&nbsp;paraeducators and special educators. Our schedules never coordinate, so we are often catching up on the fly.&nbsp; If we collaborated using something like Google Docs or PB&nbsp;Works,&nbsp;we could more easily address student needs.<br /><p$1><p$1>- Parent conferences with multiple teachers.&nbsp; Teachers could all share information about students, including progress reports, and&nbsp;parents could respond. This could be more efficient than excessive emailing with "Reply to All".</p$1><br /><p$1>How do you use online collaboration?</p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1></p$1><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7428019280143072863-6745292952972182708?l=lifeinthemiddle00.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eevans4http://www.blogger.com/profile/15408288298256659951noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7428019280143072863.post-86590629682814854292011-04-18T07:14:00.000-07:002011-04-18T07:14:07.380-07:00My students are writing poetry for our schoolwide poetry contest. I have been using a microphone to record students reading their own poetry.&nbsp; This has been great because hearing poetry aloud gives it so much more meaning, especially when it is read by the poet.<br /><br />Now, I can put these podcasts in our faculty/staff shared drive to be played over the announcements and at our school Gallery night. I love it!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7428019280143072863-8659062968281485429?l=lifeinthemiddle00.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>eevans4http://www.blogger.com/profile/15408288298256659951noreply@blogger.com0