iTunes/Texas U
I found a really cool resource that I really look forward to using this year in second grade. I found a program on elementary reading strategies in the K-2 classroom. It takes all of the strategies: synthesizing, making connections, comprehending information, inferring, questioning and visualizing and not only discusses each but shows examples of how how they look at the different grade levels. For someone who is brand new to the 2nd grade classroom and my focus is ELA instruction (we are blocked) this is a tremendous resource to guide me through this year. Here is the link for anyone interested:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/reading-strategies/id394013354?mt=10
Bookmarking
I for the most part have historically used Delicious as my primary bookmarking site. I actually downloaded the bookmark to my toolbar and I have to say that it is much easier to just click on the icon on the toolbar when I am on a certain site. I find when I have to cut and paste between two windows, it is a little more challenging and I am less likely to bookmark using Delicious. I am assuming I can add this tool to the toolbar at school.
The other bookmark resource that I have really started using more is Evernote. While I know Evernote may not be a pure bookmarking site like Delicious, I find that it is easy to create notebooks and within those notebooks specific tags to make it easy organize and find resources easily. I like the fact that you can take notes within the specific note and notebook and it really does make it one stop shop for everything personal and professional. While my Evertnote tags and bookmarks may not necessarily be public, you can share your notes/notebooks with others making it a nice collaboration tool as well.
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