Blended Tools

Blended Learning Tools

TOOLS	SHORT DESCRIPTION	WHERE WOULD I USE IT?	PRO	CON
D2 LEARN	a learning management system	If I was an e-learning teacher for our board	-many Brightspace employment opportunities in Kitchener, Ontario -similar to Blackboard -a dropbox for assignments	-students have not been able to keep the momentum and finish -some systems have long wait times for teacher help is common complaint I hear
NING	a private social network platform	I would not use this as there is too much available for free	-a private facebook -build your own network of friends & hopefully they can also afford the fee	-need a credit card to qualify for the ‘free” trial
EDMODO	an organization tool for a blended classroom	two days per week in computer lab for online research, one day for quizz	-it tracks student progress -paperless -you direct them to resources -lesson plans available	-resources are confined, stunts creativity -quizzes can be plagiarized -can it be linked to G+? -i can’t be just Ada ...i must be Mrs. Storin

Just a snapshot view of the three learning tools mentioned.  Edmodo is on my list for a more indepth look.  It seems to be something that could work well in conjunction with Google+ and of course the in classroom discussion circle to model a blended classroom.