New Tools

In our last SEDU class on Tuesday three students shared with use technology that they found to use in the class room. The three tools shown to us included the wordle, popplet, and story jumper. All three presenters explained the ups and downs of using these tools and showed examples they created. My favorite tool was the popplet. It is a free and creative program that I could see being used in all subject areas. It is also simple, which is very important when working with young child. Some of my favorite qualities about this product are that it’s private. This is important when working in a school because you want the kids to be safe and you want parents to know that their kids are safe. I also like the fact that students can continuously post, and students can upload pictures and videos to the discussion. The downs sides to a popplet are you can only create six popplets on one account and we could not figure out how to share it with other people.