Spotlight on Finalsite Remember the story I told about attending Finalsite University? Well, if you're interested in seeing Jamie's presentations and others that were shared at that conference. Click here. PW to that site is: letmein --all one word. Most of the topics were around branding and marketing, but there were some sessions that give you insight on what other schools are up to. This is Jamie's presentation that went viral. Also related to finalsite--- I recently met with Ahmed, who has plans to explore online discussion threads for his concert rehearsals. Ahmed's request was, "Jen, most discussion posts start with newest to oldest, can we do the reverse?" (which I thought was odd) We brainstormed and I soon realized--- Finalsite does just that! Ahmed wanted the page to reflect the natural evolution of work, so that the viewer sees the progression of thoughts, scrolling from top to bottom. Keep us posted on how that turns out Ahmed! If you're interested in knowing how to use Finalsite for online discussions, come find me or send me an email.
Just when you thought you had enough memory... Dropbox is an online storage site that works well with both the iPad and laptop and we have an account here at Castilleja. Good news--- they just increased our storage size from 100GB to 1 Terabyte (1000 GB). Contain the excitement! Come see me or Sarah for login information. Oh and to avoid an unruly file system, please clean up any unwanted files from last year, so we can keep it nice and tidy. DropBox also just added a "View Only" feature --- so if you want to post folders for your students and don't want them to delete any files (which has happened!) then mark it "view only" and you're safe from unwanted deletions.
ClassKicks - student feedback app Back when I first started at Castilleja, Doris asked me for suggestions on an app that would allow her to view several iPad screens at once for formative assessment. During class, she often times will pose a problem and have students work in
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