In November 2009 I wrote about EtherPad which I think is a fantastic tool for classroom collaboration. I could see a number of uses for it in various subject areas across the school, and was planning to introduce it to other departments next session. Then, in December, AppJet, the company behind Etherpad announced that Google [...]
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Class Blogs
November 29th, 2009
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I decided a couple of weeks ago that it would be good practice to get my classes blogging about what they have been learning each day. I have two Intermediate 2 Information Systems classes, one in S2 and one in S3 and they seemed the ideal candidates to test out class blogging. I was looking [...]
Using Edmodo
November 5th, 2009
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I have been trialling Edmodo this week with an S2 and an S3 class and my first impressions are that it is an excellent tool. It may be that when Glow arrives in Edinburgh after Christmas it will offer similar functionality, but until then I am keen to see how pupils handle homework being set [...]
