Student Presentations

Last nights class was a lot of fun. It was really interesting to see all the different technologies and to see what the presenters thought was most useful in that software. In this post, I have highlighted the ones that appealed to me most, and the ones that I think I could start using immediately.

Blabberize won the contest for software that could be useful, but also the biggest time waster. I was also really interested in Screen Toaster, as an alternative to Adobe Captivate, and I could see myself using that in my current position, too.

The three book tracking programs - Shelfari, goodreads and bookglutton were all very similar, but had some distinct differences, i.e. one you can use real-time chat in, another you can read entire books. Assuming you were allowed to, you could save your district money by having students read books online instead of purchasing them.

The last technology that really struck me was soshiku. I think it would be great to suggest to students so that they can keep track of their assignments online.

The technologies were a lot to think about, but it's great to see what is out there and how it can be used.