I really enjoyed making my Springdoo video (except for the whole part about having to watch and listen to myself). It was a fairly easy process compared to what I was expecting. I just had trouble figuring out how to upload it in the beginning. I hope it is as easy to use in school as it was for me at home. Some of my classmates had bad stories of how it worked one place and wouldn't work other places. When I get more comfortable with it, I want my students to send a video to our penpal in Kuwait.
I'm so proud of myself for figuring out Gaggle! When I first tried to add the user list it kept saying "file corrupt." I also felt that the site was a little confusing. It would have taken me a while to find where to go if we hadn't all been figuring it out together. On a positive note, I emailed the Gaggle people and asked them why it kept saying "file corrupt" (and expecting to get a non-helpful automated response back)....and they immediately sent me a template to download! I was so impressed! I finally got around to adding my students' user names/passwords in. We are going to start emailing as soon as I can think of some good topics to email on. Someone said literature circles, which I think it a great idea! I think the chat room could be even more beneficial than the email. I still need to learn how to work the chat room, though.
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