Cloud Learning and Link and Reflection

Here is a link to an artifact from Google Drive. Attached is a science assessment for my first grade students.

Contraction Quiz
 

Google drive is a great way to organize and share documents with other teachers. All parties can easily access and edit the documents without having them on their computers. Google hangouts is a great tool to use to collaborate and communicate with people all over the world. Students can have conversations with people they wouldn't normally have access to through the use of this interactive tool.

Ms. Heuberger's Helper

Here is a link to my classroom blog!
Ms. Heuberger's Helper

Blog Reflection

1) How are teachers using blogs to foster student learning in an innovative manner? Teachers are using blogs to assess students and interact with them rather than writing the term papers that we all know and dreaded writing during our education. Instead of undertaking the cumbersome and intimidating task of writing these long papers, students are writing blog posts. Not only is the medium less intimidating and daunting, there is a greater purpose to these posts as well. The added benefit of someone reading and responding to their published work over the internet adds an extra element and can be an extra motivational factor that may make the learning more meaningful for students. 2) How are students using the blogs to interact with each other? Students can interact with each other by reading and responding to one another's blog posts. They may learn additional information, make greater connections and receive quality, real-time feedback from these interactions that would not have been possible without the help of the internet.

Web 2.0 Reflection

1) Which Web 2.0 tools do you presently use?
Some of the tools which I currently use are Pinterest, Google Docs, Facebook, TeachersPayTeachers, GoNoodle (for movement breaks) and YouTube. 
2) Which one(s) are your favorites? 
 My favorites are Pinterest and TeachersPayTeachers for finding resources and ideas for my classroom.
3) Why did you select one over another?
 I selected these tools because I find them to be a very user-friendly way to find resources and ideas for my classroom.  A simple search generates hundreds of pictures and ideas that I can apply to my own classroom.
4) What value do Web apps have over traditional programs that are installed on computers? Web apps are valuable because they can be used on any computer or device.  Installed programs can only be used on the computer they are saved to.  Also, with a web-based app you can save your progress and start right where you left off on any device.  They also save your information on the web as well.