I started out by thinking about my own connected self and how I’ve developed some connections using ICT.
I’m going to tell you a story.
Last June I was finished packing my room up on the last day of school, and I still had to hang around until 2:50. another member of team layoff and I were playing the imagine we got hired back to this school in this grade what would we get up to.
We proposed an idea for a graphic organizer to tie the two grade 8 teams together: a timeline out in the hallway that would start at one end of the grade 8 area and continue through the hallway to the end of the other grade 8 area covering the time period of the social studies curriculum…
I kind of finish this post on my other blog because I couldn’t make my pictures show up on here (I think that’s an iPad problem) so click on the link below.
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Dropbox
Dropbox explained video
Tips for sharing with Dropbox video
Thanks for sharing how multiple classes in different physical spaces and times can share, collaborate and co-create! I appreciate you showing how through Dropbox, we can break down the physical boundaries of classroom walls, bell schedules and more.
I think the best part of it in the end is that this takes away some of the perception that collaboration is more work. Using dropbox and sharing unit plans amongst us has enabled us to reduce individual workloads, while still collaborating to come up with something new and exciting for students.
Nice use of Dropbox for collaboration. I could see this used across schools too. Sharing ideas, units, songs, scripts. Thank you!
Yes and I feel that I can continue to collaborate with those colleagues from my old school even if I join a new school. Our collaboration isn’t going to end with the end of the school year.
I’ve used dropbox for my own personal use, but sharing files with colleagues to plan was great. Thanks
It’s okay if you can’t show us everything. I can tell by your presentation that drop box has been useful for student collaboration .
It was great presenting and having some people beautiful to help me fix the problem as I went because if you go back to Babylon now the photos are all up!
Thanks for sharing. I was looking for a site that lets teachers share lesson plans and resources online within the school community. Is there a limit to the number of people you can share a dropbox folder with? Ideally this could be used among teacher librarians at a district level.
I don’t know about limits to sharing with Dropbox. I do know that the more people that you invite to join Dropbox the more storage space you get. I don’t know about limits on file size or folder size however. There may also be limitations on what is possible with the free dropbox account that may not exist with the paid account. But I’m too cheap to pay for one so I just take what I can get!
Thank you for sharing a tool for me to look into.
Great tool. I’ve used Dropbox for photo sharing, the amount of pictures you could send is wonderful! Usind Dropbox as a means to share and collaborate with other is a fantastic idea. Enjoyed hearing how you’ve used it in your current practice.
Thanks. I have enjoyed how the virtual Dropbox has even increased my face to face collaboration.
Thanks for bringing Dropbox into the conversation. I have used it myself for collaborative course writing and it has worked very well. It is a great feeling to put effort into a project, pass it on to someone else and presto chango the project is much better because of their contribution. Not only that, but I find collaborating stimulates my imagination and get my creative juices flowing.