This week in EDTC 300, we were asked to get a Feedly account, at first I was a little confused as to what Feedly even was. I also felt a little overwhelmed with having to create another account to manage. As shared before, I am not someone who is "tech-savvy", so having to learn how to use another browser and manage it kind of stressed me out. But Feedly is neat. Feedly is, " a news aggregator application for various web browsers and mobile devices running iOS and Android. It is also available as a cloud-based service. It compiles news feeds from a variety of online sources for the user to customize and share with others" . My first search was, "education", then, "teaching", then, "primary years". From there, Feedly started suggesting certain pages for me to follow. I then got into "ed tech" articles. Once I had spent enough time browsing, I saw the option of creating boards (this reminded me of Pinterest, I love Pinterest so I know all about 'boards'). I have created three feeds so far. One is "teaching" related, another, "primary year", and the other, "education" . I also made myself one that is titled, "Activities for Kids" which has already shown me awesome resources (some even FREE). After creating some feeds, I created a board. In my board this week, I added in articles or posts from my feed that caught my attention. Some of the posts I saved to my boards have information I want to remember or resources I would like to use later. One account stood out to me in particular. Cult of Pedagogy's account and feed stood out to me first. The first article that stood out to me from Cult of Pedagogy was titled, "6 Ed Teach Tools to Try in 2021". I thought this would be a good read since, well, I am in an EDTC class and with our world right now, we all could use some more knowledge around technology in the classroom. I enjoyed the option of being able to listen to this article in podcast format, that is something new to me! This time, I read the article, but perhaps next time I could use that feature. In this article, it shared 6 tools that included, Mote (justmote.me), AllSides (allsides.com), Google Lens (lens.google.com), Bulb (bumbapp.com), Embracerace (embracerace.org), Prezi Video (prezi.com/video). I thought Google Lens was SO cool. Google Lens allows you to point your smartphone camera at an object and the app can give information about. You are able to pint it at images, plants, and even texts in other languages to translate. This is such a useful tool and I am so glad I read about it. Check out this neat video! Categories
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2/3/2021 07:42:10 am
Hi Haley!
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