Hey Cloggers,

For this week’s EdTech class, our cohort had to have class on the online platform called Zoom! It’s kinda of like Skype but I think it can have more people on it. It was a really awesome experience and went way better than I thought. It was also so nice to see everyone again and get to reconnect with our cohort after being away from each other. As crazy as it might sound, it’s been like 1 day without class and I truly miss seeing my peers everyday.

We also looked at a platform called Twine in today’s class. It’s a platform that allows you to create and tell interactive stories. Although it is somewhat tricky to navigate, we had instructions to help us get through some of the initial steps. If I implemented Twine in my classroom, I would definitely give the instructions to ensure students understand the task and do not become overwhelmed. I started working on a story about how COVID-19 is affecting our education but it was quite messy and all over the place and I got lost so I ended up just getting rid of that one (they can’t all be winners…). I would, however, like to keep working with Twine and get to know more about it because I think it would be a super fun and creative way to get students to tell stories. I might use Twine to submit an assignment that is due in the next couple of weeks – we’ll see what Carly thinks, but I think it could work.

I’ll keep you updated on my journey with Twine.

Oh, and my group is going to be using Zoom to work on an assignment next week because one student has an Android phone so we needed an alternative to FaceTime. So, shoutout to Rich for introducing us to this platform!

Clogging off for now,

COordt 🙂