So after a big day at school and then after watching the boys play league (which in an AFL school is quite a sight), I come home to an inbox of questions from my Yr 9 Class. These questions relate to their Cannabis Assignment which they have had three weeks to complete but of course have been left until the night before. Regardless of this I am impressed at the way in which some of them have used the technologies available to them to help with their assignments namely edmodo and vyou.com.
Within our class we have set up a virtual learning space using the amazing site edmodo.com. This has proved to be invaluable in engaging the students in something they are familiar with and enabling the learning to extend beyond the physical walls of the classroom. A number of questions have come through outside of class time (especially in relation to this assignment) which have been easy and quick to answer. An impressive ability of this particular site in my opinion.
As good as Edmodo is, I am more impressed with Vyou.com (check out my profile at http://vyou.com/mrgibson). It enables people to ask a question of another individual who has a Vyou profile. This question is in text form however the answer is in video format. Tonight this has already enabled two questions to be addressed rather then two students come in tomorrow and say they didn't understand and so haven't done a section. In terms of further potential, I believe this type of application has potential in allowing for assessment of students. I am currently looking at how I can incorporate this application into a presentation to be delivered later in the year. Any ideas would be welcomed if you see some value in it.
All in all I am happy my year nine class is using the resources available to them. Will keep you posted on further developments.
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