I know we all have tried different ways to keep track of conferencing notes. I have found two that work well for me.
I have made a template that fits six post-it squares. I first took this template and printed it on different colors to represent the different content areas (2 of each color). Blue - Math, Pink - Reading, Green - Writing, Yellow - Social/ Emotional, etc.. I laminated the color sheets back to back allowing for 12 post it notes. I use matching post it notes to the color of the board. This allows me to quickly know what the conference is about at glance. I set up the boards knowing these twelve kids are my priority to conference with. After the conference I move the post it to a binder that is divided into sections for each student.
What I like about this method is that it is easy to see who I need to conference with and I only need to move around the room with the board rather than a big binder.
This year I have been using the Confer App on my iPad. It's $14.99 but well worth it.
You need to play around with it so you can use it to it's fullest potential. Some of the things that I love about it. I feel that I'm able to conference with more students in a given period because I don't have to type or write out all the notes. I have previously entered teaching points, strengths and possible next steps into the app. I also love that you can group your students based on any of your notes. This has helped me keep my groups current and effective.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Saving to the Cloud
I don't know about all of you, but I was finding that I have multiple copies saved of the same document. I have documents saved on my home computer, my classroom computer, on multiple thumb drives as well I find myself emailing them to my various accounts. I decided I needed to get organized. I had been using dropbox for a few years and really like it but the problem is that I didn't have enough space to hold all my documents. So I began looking into various online sites that allow you to save to the cloud. There are so many out there, but in order to have the space I needed I would have to pay a monthly fee. I was hoping to find something that would be free or a one time fee since I would be using this only for my school documents. I kept searching and find BOX.com. I've been using it now for the past month and I think it's great! I was able to get 50 GB of space for free!
Check out this link
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505124_162-57569138/box.com-offering-50gb-online-storage-for-free/
or go directly to box.com
Check out this link
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505124_162-57569138/box.com-offering-50gb-online-storage-for-free/
or go directly to box.com
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