Jenny She is a elementary/primary school teacher. She is currently a teacher at Pt England School in Auckland, New Zealand. She says she is very into social media, twitter being one of her favorites, and she is "obsessed with using technology to enhance the students' learning".
In the first post Jenny talked about the capabilities Google Plus could have in the classroom. Google Plus is a newer social networking site that is created by Google. She stated that the idea came from a relative having a "hang out" with some classmates through Google Plus. In this "hang out" there were eight in a live video chat. So her blog sort of poses the idea that she could possibly use this with her students and fellow teachers.
In the second post that I read Jenny explained how she was introduced to Google Plus and her first experiences of it. Her Facebook friend Nicola first mentioned it to her and he also sent her an invite. Though she missed out on the invite, Jenny eventually signed on with Google Plus. She says although it took her awhile to get the hang of how Google Plus operates it is a very awesome site. This post was published two weeks before the first post.
In my comments to Jenny's two post I expressed that although I am not someone who is into social networking sites, Google Plus could definitely be useful in the classroom. I did some reading about the site and it seems that it takes the ideas of twitter, Facebook, and Skype then combines it all in one website. At the very least, I think it could be effective if used only among teachers.
No comments:
Post a Comment