Diigo Assignment

http://www.diigo.com/user/sean_obrien Here's a link to my diigo library. It is a very useful tool for young teachers who wish to learn more about their professon. It allows users to organize information into certain groups. It also helps students with something like a research assignment because it easily allows users to save and bookmark websites that are easily accesible later. I mostly would use diigo with remembering sources for future assignments.

Goanimate Review

While I don't really know how a future math teacher such as myself could use goanimate, I will say that it is very fun to use. Students could use it for fun to just express themselves. They could also work in groups and incorporate themselves into their videos. I think that the best way for teachers to use it would be to use it as an alternative style of teaching.

Goanimate Assignment

GoAnimate.com: Educaction Assignment by obriensc

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Pixton Comments

I really enjoyed using Pixton. I think that both students and teachers would like expressing their thoughts about school for some comic relief. It could also be used to poke fun at misconceptions of education.

Pixton Comic

Reflection on Google Docs

I enjoyed using Google Docs. I tried to use it very similarly to my group's Voicethread project so that I could compare the two. I think that Google Docs is easier to use because I was more used to some of the features. Plus shapes were made on their own instead of being doodle (Voicethread). I would recommend being able to select the size of the text immediately and not have to wait and see what it looks like, which provided a small inconvenience. One application of this tool in education is how I applied it (as an algebra problem). I think that another way to use it in the classroom is in English class. The teacher could type a sentence and ask the students to correct any spelling. Note: I followed the directions for putting the link to my Google Docs assignment on my blog. Unfortunately, the link is not working for some reason.

Google Docs-assignment

https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1JS6Fxnwz688ioCvQRz9seEDq85A07NCzdSYD7Qjsp9w/edit