Blogs

The blogs I commented on - followed by my comment - are as follows:

http://misterteacher.blogspot.com/2012/01/flipping-classroom-part-two-nuts-bolts.html

I really like how you tried it out with a chapter that you knew the student could handle.  The last thing you want when flipping the classroom if for the students to be overwhelmed at home and give up.

http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/2013/07/what-technology-would-you-kill-in-schools.html

The technology I would kill in my school would actually be the repressive internet filter.  I understand the need for a filter, but it seems to filter out way too many sites, especially when students are logged in.

http://blog.garethl.com/2013/04/old-and-new-learning-spaces.html

To be honest, I don't often think about the physical space and setup of the classroom.  I am always in 2 or 3 different classrooms, and I do not reflect enough on how they should be set up.  I like your point about the two contrasting meeting places.

Audacity!

Audacity is a great and simple program that you can use to have students make recordings and save them - either to their own personal drive or to the shared folder. It is extremely useful when students are doing a speaking activity, as they can easily save their file into the teacher's shared folder so the teacher can grade them at his/her convenience.

You can download the program at:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/about/

It is free and open source, meaning it can work on all platforms.

Hello!

This is a blog that will attempt to be a place to share technology ideas that can help teaching and support learning.  Feel free to post and share anything that you have come across or have tried in the classroom.