10 More Great ways Educators are using LiveBinders
By Tina Schneider
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Everyday Barbara and I enjoy checking out the ‘recent’ Featured shelf on our website and continue to find so many interesting and creative ways in which educators are organizing their resources. We thought it was time to highlight another 10 great binders for you to enjoy.
Virtual Summer Camp
User ‘mikefisher821’ – created the Virtual Summer Camp binder for teachers who are looking to improve their Web 2.0 skills, and look for inspiring online lectures and resources for teaching. He also created a comprehensive web 2.0 resource binder called ‘Evidence of Learning 2.0’. It is a fabulous collection of web 2.o applications broken down by category.
Our user ‘bknight’ created a 9th grade English class binder for both students and parents. She uses googledocs to create a syllabus and surveys. When she updates her googledocs syllabus, it will automatically update in her livebinder. The combination of googledocs with livebinders provides flexibility for the teacher who wants a collection of documents organized by context, and yet accessible anytime for editing without having to worry about re-uploading documents.
Sailing Camp LiveBinder
User ‘rlaffey’ put a complete course of information for his summer camp sailing program. Students are able to access information online at anytime during the course instruction. ‘Rlaffey’ organized videos and handouts throughout the binder.
MCA Orientation Binder
Our user ‘mcalibrary’ created an excellent resource binder for staff members who are relocating to Taiwan. They put together a comprehensive resource on local transportation, english language support networks, television stations, tourist sites, language resources and a history of Taiwan.
Conference Presentation Binder
‘Dmantz7’ used livebinders as a way to present conference material in an organized format in the binder. He addresses unique 21st century issues with examples of tools that teachers can use for their classroom. He also provides guidelines on how to use some of the web 2.0 tools he highlights. Its a great resource for teachers and also another example of how to use livebinders as a presentation tool.
Everyday Barbara and I enjoy checking out the ‘recent’ Featured livebinders shelf on our website and continue to find so many interesting and creative ways in which educators are organizing their resources. We thought it was time to highlight some of those binders to you.
User mikefisher821 – created the Virtual Summer Camp binder for teachers who are looking to improve their Web 2.0 skills, look for online lectures and resources for teaching. He’s collected a great number of video resources, online lectures and websites that caters to teachers wanting to freshen up on their skills. It is basically a virtual summer camp at your fingertips.
Virtual Summer Camp
<div style=”width:75px;height:78px;background-image:url(‘http://www.livebinders.com/images/binder_straightened.gif’);border:0;margin-top:4px;background-repeat:no-repeat;”> <a href=”http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=17616″> <img src=”http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url=http://livebinders.com/media/get/MTIzMDY5″ style=”width:60px;height:60px;border:0;margin:14px 0 0 11px;padding:0;” /> </a> </div> <div><a href=”http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=17616″>Virtual Summer Camp</a><br /></div>
Mrs.Knight’s English Binder
Our user ‘bknight’ created a 9th grade English class binder for both students and parents. What I like about her binder is that she incorporates the flexibility of googledocs into her binders in appropriate ways. For example, she has a welcome letter drafted to both the parents and students as well as a tab for a google doc survey. The nice thing about using google docs and livebinders together is that you can edit your google docs remotely so that the latest updates or edits can appear on the document even though it is already linked in the binder. It provides great flexibility for the teacher who wants everything organized in appropriate tabs, but also allows her to update her google docs from within the binder.
Mike’s Evidence of Learning 2.0
Shelf of 2sparkley
MCA Orientation Binder
Dean Mantz’s iCiL 2010 “Simplify Virtually” presontation –
<div style=”width:75px;height:78px;background-image:url(‘http://www.livebinders.com/images/binder_straightened.gif’);border:0;margin-top:4px;background-repeat:no-repeat;”> <a href=”http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=16713″> <img src=”http://open.thumbshots.org/image.pxf?url=http://docs.google.com/Doc?docid=0AYJccUMtDzncZGZ2OHgyYl8yMzJmbWd4cjdjYw&hl=en” style=”width:60px;height:60px;border:0;margin:14px 0 0 11px;padding:0;” /> </a> </div> <div><a href=”http://livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=16713″> iCiL 2010 “Simplify Virtually” preso</a><br /></div>
Sailing binder
Science Links
‘Jmayo’ put together a great collection of science virtual worlds and interactive online programs in the subject of live sciences. There are some very fun and immersive environments that students will enjoy exploring and coming away learning something about the world they live in.
Poetry Pathfinders
User ‘arosheim’ created a lovely binder for kindergarten to 5th grade students to learn more about poetry. Each tab is organized by grades and includes sub-tabs with links to poetry examples and exercises that are grade appropriate.
LiveBinder Shelf of 2sparkley
User ‘2sparkley’ has created an enormous resource of great information for teachers in all subject areas. Instead of focusing on one binder, we are sharing her entire library of public binders in this link to her livebinder public shelf. Resources include useful links to math and english subjects, safety on the web, word clouds and virtual worlds.
http://www.livebinders.com/shelf/search?search=&terms=2sparkley&type=1
Here are some more examples.