HAPPY 4th of JULY!
I read an additional weblink about Jing called Jing Transforms a 7th Grade Classroom by Shauna Hedgepeth. The teacher, Shauna, relayed how difficult it had been to get her students to practice math problems. Jing changed all that. Students began begging to be recorded working math problems in all situations: at school, at home, with friends, etc. She mentioned that students used Jing at home, recorded themselves working, then would email her their actual process. Not only were students excited to do work at school, but they were also excited to do homework at home...how wonderful is that! We all know that the best way to learn something is to teach it. Jing helps to make this possible for our students.
Some additional classroom thoughts: teachers could use Jing to show students how to work through a process or learning activity in a learning work station. As the students rotated to the station, they could just click on the link to see how to complete the task. That would help eliminate many interruptions as the teacher worked in small groups.
Skype truly has the capability to bring the world into the classroom. I enjoyed looking through the resource 50 Ways to use Skype in the Classroom. I will need more time to continue exploring this. Skype is yet another great way to enhance classroom collaboration. The possibility of having real authors read their books to classrooms is so powerful. The authors could also talk about the need to revise and edit their work and actually illustrate these processes. Hopefully, that would help to illustrate how important those processes are!
The aspect of teacher professional development is also intriguing. Many, many applications!
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