3. The benefits of twitter
• tracking news in real time
• give and get instant feedback
• keep friends and/or contacts up to date
• network and follow trends in your
industry
• *strengthening your connection with your
local community
• can access it on my cell phone
4. Delicious.com
• Extremely easy way to keep track of
bookmarks
• social aspect adds another level of
interaction and communication
• tags help you create a collective library of
bookmarks
• allows for creation of shorter urls, which
provides easier access to web sites
5. PLN - Edmodo.com
• for teachers or students
• create a group or make a classroom
community
• post quizzes and assignments
• post grades
• send posts back and forth
• create a library
• connect with other teachers
6. Stixy.com - My additional tool
• an interactive dashboard where you can
drag and drop notes, documents, photos,
to do lists and web links
• can be private or for public viewing and
others can be granted access to change it
• create as many boards as you wish
• stixy blog for sharing of ideas for use
7. Moodle
• online access to instructor
• keeps you informed of progress via email
messages
• enables students to work on class
assignments when convenient
• discussion boards available to give and
provide feedback and answer questions
8. Successes/Challenges
I found twitter a little overwhelming when
using it for business as opposed to
personal use.
I could spend hours online reading various
articles and making connections with
people. It will be some time before I'm
feeling really comfortable with it.
