Cloud-based Tools for Professional Educator Activities
Resources at http://www.diigo.com/user/emTech
What do we mean by cloud-based tools? (Diigo tag: “cloud computing”)
· What is the Cloud? By Matt Mansfield (7 min video)
· How Cloud Computing Works
Three Cloud-based Tools for Teachers: Doodle. DropBox and Diigo (Social Bookmarking)
Note: You can use this to schedule family reunions, trips home, interviews, SKYPES with friends.
DropBox for collaborating or sharing files with colleagues, students, parents (Diigo tag: DropBox)
Note: You can use this for family (large files or ONE letter for everyone); you can also use a program like DROPBOX as a way for students to turn in work. There is more information on this on the Diigo account tagged “Dropbox”.
Social Bookmarking
Diigo
What do we mean by cloud-based tools? (Diigo tag: “cloud computing”)
· What is the Cloud? By Matt Mansfield (7 min video)
· How Cloud Computing Works
Three Cloud-based Tools for Teachers: Doodle. DropBox and Diigo (Social Bookmarking)
- Doodle for scheduling parent conferences, committee work, field trips (Diigo tag: Doodle)
- How to find it, How to use it in the Classroom
- Get Organized with Doodle.com – PC Magazine (Video 2 minutes)
- Teachers Use Doodle (2011, eLearning Magazine)
- Scheduling for Group Meetings (Video 6 minutes)
Note: You can use this to schedule family reunions, trips home, interviews, SKYPES with friends.
DropBox for collaborating or sharing files with colleagues, students, parents (Diigo tag: DropBox)
Note: You can use this for family (large files or ONE letter for everyone); you can also use a program like DROPBOX as a way for students to turn in work. There is more information on this on the Diigo account tagged “Dropbox”.
Social Bookmarking
Diigo