Having a reliable source of websites that have been vetted for our needs is something we would have embraced as we began our endeavor. With that in mind, and with our Middle States Implementation plan in mind, we decided to investigate and store some of the better sites for our colleagues to share, and hopefully to contribute to as well.
The objective was to find a sensible way to organize important and relevant resources to help teachers in our school, in our system, and beyond. The page should never be complete. It should continue to grow and expand.
– Find a method for organizing the resources
– Be aware of different resources that might fit well in the parameters
– Create a system of hyperlinks and annotated descriptions.
– Create a system to continually update page
One of our members found a great list of the ten things needed to increase digitial literacy. We used that as the jumping point, and are in the process of organizing our links around a key word in each item. There have been some snafus in the process, with pages not being easily found after we created them. But with the expertise in problem solving and stick-to-it-ness that we have developed after being involved in PLP, we are working to trouble shoot the issue.
Throughout this process, we found that we were more likely to discuss what we were doing in the classroom and to share best practices. In some ways, the project got in the way of productive sharing opportunities. Some of us took our skills with google applications to another level after meeting to focus on this project. In some cases, as in the video above, two classes collaborated using google docs as a peer-reviewing tool. See below for links to the “things” that we have been doing. Interestingly enough, trying to complete this project actually enabled us to collaborate at a different level.
