Today was kind of a disaster. Documents weren't loading correctly because I had emailed students a document where the pages were landscape and docs just wouldn't do that. I also realized I was lacking a digital copy of one of the placards with information, so I took a picture and emailed it to myself and forwarded it to the students. The first period bell rang without me knowing class was over so there was no clean up time with the laptops and students were scrambling. I felt like a complete failure, but I didn't give up and I felt like it got easier every period. I got the idea to ditch the doc and use a presentation instead, which worked really well. Students were looking up definitions, filling out spreadsheets, and answering questions about data charts. I feel like it was straight digital replacement of worksheets, but at least they learned a basic understanding of putting items into a spreadsheet. They are getting information together because they will be creating a tourism commercial for a Middle Eastern country. I am unsure of how it will go, but it should be interesting. I feel like I am giving them a lot of freedom, which could be a great thing and it could be a disaster.
The students finished their Prezi timelines today and as they walked in I had students ask if we were doing any more because "they were kind of fun," which is something I have never heard about a timeline before.
I'm looking back on the digital things that I have taught them, and in 2 weeks we have used documents (shared with everyone, shared with only me, private), creating tables in docs, filling out forms, Google image search copying image and copy image URL, filling out spreadsheets, creating spreadsheets, creating Prezis, researching, taking screenshots and putting them into docs, and more I'm sure. I think this is amazing.
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