Velia Alvidrez-Aguirre
Live Binders
As an
educator it is crucial that we keep advancing with technology. This is a platform that I had never heard
about. The tutorials were necessary and
served as guide for me to use and learn about Live Binders. I was totally amazed of all the many ways
that teachers can use Live Binders. As
a pre-kindergarten teacher I can think of different ways to introduce this
program to my teachers. Teachers are
always saving their documentation on Microsoft word and pictures in
iPhoto. This really creates a problem
because they saturate the hard drive resulting in their devices running very
slow.
As I saw
the tutorials it made me reflect and try to provide more trainings on platforms
that are not only free but also can provide the space and features that they
need. On my next professional
development I will deliver this program to teachers. Especially in today’s 21st century
where students do most of the work online, teachers need to move away from the
paper pencil method. This digital binder
will provide all the necessary tools for teachers to save and collect material
and the best part they can share it.
My training
and teaching will be targeting the teachers.
I would like to target three different objectives to use it in our
campus. The following are my ideas on
how to train teachers: 1) The first one
is for teachers to create Live Binders and learn about these digital
binders. I will introduce how to create
an account and provide an overview of the platform. Teachers will learn how to use the binders
and save educational material. This will
allow them to organize their material and resources. 2) The collaboration that Live Binder offers
is a valuable tool. Teachers will learn
how to compile their resources to facilitate finding and searching when they
share these resources with peers. It
will allow teachers not only to share in one platform but it offers more
options such as twitter, Facebook and Google.
3) The platform is also great for teachers to learn how to involve
parents and share the student’s work.
Teachers will learn how to create a tab on a binder specifically design
for parent to access their child’s work.
This aspect of teacher sharing with parent serves many purposes. One the parent will be involved in their
child’s education, teacher will validate student’s work and students will be
motivated to create quality work.
This is a
great tool for teachers to minimize the use of paper. It is also a great opportunity for teachers
to create more online projects and integrate technology. It also allows students to engage in online
projects. All stakeholders will benefit
from these digital binders.
Hello Velia,
ReplyDeleteI really like your ideas, it inspired me to develop some new ideas myself. I like how instead of simply finding ideas as to where the students can use it, you used it as a way of having parents involved in their child’s education. By doing this, it might also replace those flyers that are sent home, in which with this LiveBinder, we can upload the flyers and have the parents access important information through there.