Poll Everywhere

Greg, from History 2.o Classroom, talks about using poll everywhere and his techniques for "screens down," scales of agreement, and scales of understanding in this great article.

Student Reflections

Here are a couple of interesting posts about student reflections and the important role they play in learning. This is something I want to incorporate, but have not found a way to yet. Maybe I could try some of these.

http://www.peterpappas.com/2010/01/reflective-student-taxonomy-reflection-.html

http://www.peterpappas.com/2011/11/student-bloggers-reflect-progress-learners.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogs%2FcXqu+%28Copy+%2F+Paste+by+Peter+Pappas%29

MakeBeliefsComix

This might be pretty cool. I have not tried it yet, but I like the idea for character analysis or book reports. Only problem I noticed is that the comics are only 3 boxes long. Maybe too concise.

Notaland.com

A new alternative to Glogster. No teacher accounts, but easy to use and students can create multiple pages for a whole magazine feel.