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Blog Journal 6

 Going into EME I had no idea what Diigo was. After having to do a few assignments with it, causing me to navigate it and bookmark on it I can see why many teachers and classrooms choose to use it. Diigo allows me to see what others in my group have bookmarked. When they bookmark it allows me to go to the direct article or website they are looking at without me having to go search it up myself. This is a great tool when a class may all being looking into research or websites and we can all share ideas to help when one may be stuck. However, I have to be honest in the fact it seems a little too confusing for my liking. I am more simple when it comes to sharing whether that just be a huge group discussion post where everyone posts their website or in class. However I can see how diigo not only allows bookmarking but also notes that can help even more. 

Blogging as well, was never something I saw myself doing..let alone in a class setting. Whenever I thought about blogging I was quick to assume it is those people who want to make a difference, express their travels, be motivational, etc. After having been required to blog for this EME class It is not all that bad. Answering questions and writing how you feel and not necessarily having to bring facts into it creates a free writing environment. Also being able to see others blog posts and see what they have to say on the topic or questions allows me to learn a little more about a person or subject that I never would have thought of.

Fir my future classroom I could not choose between two Web 2.0 tools that I would use for my classroom. Those apps are Remind and Kahoot. If I were teaching in the age level of first graders I expect that my students will not be as mature or on top of assignments as I would of students in higher levels. Saying this, Remind is an app that I could allow students, as well as their parents to join where they can join a class remind group where I can send out reminders, updates, due dates, any anything else that they might need to remember when they are home and not with me. Secondly, Kahoot is a Web 2.0 tool I hope on using in the future in my classroom. Kahoot is an interactive game where I will be able to write questions to show to all the students on their own screen device where they will be allowed to race and test their knowledge as a competition. I have used cahoot before and I always found myself learning the information more when I had a friendly competition. Especially with the level of first graders they could benefit from interactive games to test their knowledge. 

Remind

Kahoot

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