I guess what all this comes down to ultimately, when it comes to trying something for the classroom is just trying it in the classroom. While I teach 4 sections of science, what with all the benchmarks, it feels like there is no time to experiment with technology during class time. I also, however, have an elective class that (for better or worse) where I pretty much have free play to teach my students about a variety of technology topics. I'm thinking that I might do some re-vamping of this class, and start using it as much for my benefit as for the kids.
Using Zoho slideshow will be an excellent opportunity for students who don't have MS OFfice to create slideshows for many different classes. It doesn't allow for buttons that go to different slides (that I could tell) in order to make a Jeopardy-style review quiz, but the collaboration aspect might make up for it. For my benefit, I need to learn how to answer the questions about "How can you tell who does what?" and this class seems to give me the opportunity to do this.
Wish me luck.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
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Good luck! And I'll find out later how it's working out for you.
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