Week Two
The online storage sites are the items that I'm currently most intrigued by. I currently have this disastrous system not working for me right now where I try to remember at the end of the day which files to put on my flash drive, then forget the one file I truly needed at work. The next morning I then frantically work to finish/fix the file in question minutes before 30 kids come rushing into my room with a million conversations of their own. It is brilliant.
I really hope that setting up some storage online can remedy this situation for me. At the very least it will reduce some of the end of the day rush. In addition to reducing stress I'm hoping to introduce the other Geography teacher to the idea. If we both are there and sharing files we should be able to increase our efficiency and effectiveness by duplicating less work.
My students are always forgetting their work/flash drives at home and I want to try to encourage them to use this application to settle this issue.
Overall I really think this idea shows some real promise for me personally and professionally.
Final Point- In this weeks class someone mentioned the idea of collecting bookmarks as a class. I will definitely be trying to set up a situation like this for my students this semester. I've made it a goal for my class to create a one for all, all for one attitude in my room and I think this might just be the right tool for the job. Now all I need to do is figure out how to create a social bookmarking group that is accessible to all my students, but somewhat insulated from the greater online community. I'm also guessing that one of my challenges will be to set up a standard for use by the students so we can achieve some continuity in the way it is used.
My thoughts exactly. My kids both lost there flash drives first semester. Ok so we are going to set up a social bookmarking group for this class. I will talk to you about it tonight on our video chat. Good luck with your class.
ReplyDeleteI have six unclaimed flash drives on my desk right now. Of course none of them have given the drives their own name, and documents are nameless, so the drives have become very small, light paperweights.
ReplyDeleteYou know... lately for some odd reason I have been thinking to myself "what if I lost my flash drive?" This would royally suck considering that all of my powerpoint notes for the whole school year are on it. Since this though has entered my head it has not left and has been lingering as some type of warning to me. Now that Ive found google docs and online storage, hopefully my worries will go away. Then, all Ill have to worry about is the internet failing! It's always something!
ReplyDeleteHey Jason - I'm feeling your pain with trying to remember where work is saved. Because I do so much of the videotaping at our school, I am forced to scrounge for places to save these huge files. I have had to literally store part of a file on one laptop and a section of another on a flash drive. In addition, my students have limited storage on our network so it leaves them no room for video and music and everything else I want to do with them. Very frustrating! So I, too, am extremely excited about the online storage. Just this year I had students in grades 3-6 purchase flash drives for the same reasons you did, and I laugh at your issues. Too bad we couldn't have brainstormed prior. Despite trying to keep them in a central location, the kids just love to wear them like a cheap piece of jewelry and leave them lying around. It makes me crazy! I'm so thrilled that I've subscribed to two online storage sites and am hoping that my school will pay the subscription for the greater storage. Good Luck!
ReplyDeleteOnline storage is great to ensure you have a backup - nice thoughts you are sharing!
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