My exploration of the Web 2.0 tools included 30 Boxes, Ta-Da List, and Weebly. 30 Boxes has already sent me a reminder about my grade level meeting on Monday. However, our school email system has this capability. 30 Boxes also was not as clear cut as I needed it to be. An option for reminders about birthdays was provided. But, all of the dates (in various months) that were placed on the calendar were reflected on the calendar on the same day. So further instructions were needed in developing the calendar.
Ta-Da List was beneficial to me. Ta-Da allows you to create a list of things that you need to do, and then send it to your email. The list was sent immediately (ta da) to my email after saving. Since I have a grade level meeting on July 14, I decided to create a to do list related to the meeting.
A recent request from a colleague in another state prompted me to explore Weebly. Weebly is a site in which you can develop your own website. Rather than send my colleague links of various resources via email, I decided to develop a website that she can access without having to search through emails to find something that is needed. I will continue to update the website with additional resources. This may also serve as my “technology toolbox”, which was mentioned in Thing #1.
