Miss Smith's Dynamic Learning Blog

Content curation has evolved tremendously since the late '90s when every other website was titled "My Favorite Links"! It is amazing how many tools we have at our disposal to organize content. It is more important than ever that we are giving ourselves and our students places to organize relevant and important information. With so many curation tools we are lucky to be able to find something that suits our own individual needs. I love pinterest because it is so visual, but found that uploading from the web sometimes feels too public and a little clunky. For this assignment I tried LinkHub which I found to be quick and easy to curate, but there seems to be an issue with the way they pull images from the sites you link to. I haven't had to tool successfully pull an image on its own, and stopping to upload one separately is time consuming. The tool is still in beta so I sent some feedback to them and am hoping for an update soon! I loved the arguments made in the ...

I've used google forms in the past for many purposes, including student feedback and assignment submission. By going through this form-creation exercise I am getting excited about the possibility of using student feedback forms to shape the studio centers that my students will work in throughout the year. Working artists that share a studio would constantly be communicating with each other about personal and studio-based needs. I think that by asking the students to contribute, on a monthly basis, by giving feedback about what works in the studio will help to further the authentic experience that I am hoping my choice-based curriculum will give them as artists. In addition to helping me craft my classroom space and curriculum based on student need, using this feedback form will help me to keep track of inventory and address questions of students in a timely manner. I am hoping to replace one reflection period per month with a feedback form similar to this draft. Loading...