Collaborating, Connecting & Sharing... I have to say that this is something that our district does not do well in my opinion. I am encouraged after the exercises for "Thing 8" to work out a plan to more collaboratively work especially with my ELA team to create a collection of tools, plans, and collaborations for us to use.
The first tool I looked into was Google Docs. At first With most new tools I had a little trepidation about the usefulness for my particular situation, but found it to be a little enlightening. I could use Google Docs for a plethora of personal tools including curriculum resources, lesson/ unit plans, but also see a use for this in the classroom for discussion boards and literature circles.
I also looked briefly into Scribd and was pleased again at the prospects of document sharing abilities and thought this tool to possibly be useful in sharing curricular files across a district.
Another tool I examined was Google calendar; I create a yearly calendar with important dates for our district and would find this useful for instructors and student's in helping keep organization at hand.
I will continue to use these tools and hopefully further commit them to more district use as well.
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