Tool #4: Moving up to the clouds or using Google Apps

Using the tools in Google Apps with my team eliminates the need to email multiple people copies of the same thing, just like the demonstration video noted.  It is very convenient for everyone to have access to the information in one place and be able to see what other colleagues added or changed to the document.   I will be able to create data collection sheets to note my students progress on IEP goals with Google Apps.

Click on the following link and log into Google Apps to see the data collection spreadsheet.

Data collection

Tool #3: Finding online video and image resources

Click on the following links to see the videos:
Diagnosing autism

Four Little Umbrellas

I thought that Youtube, Kidstube, and Schooltube were very helpful.  I liked on kidstube how they had a section for recent tags which provides a great quick reference for finding something quickly. 

Copyright:  We can use anything for educational purposes in our classroom.

Creating a Dropbox account allows a person to store files and access them from any other location without having to go to the district folder.

Tool #1: Creating my blog

With the help of colleagues I found that setting up and creating my blog was not that difficult.  Now it's on to the next 10 tools. 

Tool #2: Visiting 5 websites.

The five blogs I visited were:  Learning is Messy, Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog, Children's Books for ELL Instructions, Learning and Laptops, and Science for All.  I thought Mrs. Cassidy's blog was the most helpful and interesting because she works with young children as do I.  Being able to get ideas and strategies from not just her, but all the people who commented on her posts, is very helpful.  A future site I thought looked interesting was 'The History Teachers Attic".  This site offers many ideas for fieldtrips and real life activities that students could get involved with.  I had no problems sharing my thoughts publicly on all of the blogs I left comments on.