Using LiveBinders for teaching and learning
LiveBinder is a Web 2.0 tool that we can use as a digital binder to
store any kind of online information. There are no design or layout issues to
contend with when we use LiveBinders because everything uploaded to the binder
is organized in tabs and sub-tabs. The tabs and sub-tabs, are similar to pages
in a book, organize information and resources for ease of students viewing. The
features of these binders allow us as educators to upload resources in the form
of PDFs, images, presentations, videos, podcasts, documents, and more. If a
teacher or instructor desires to include links to online resources, all they
need to do is create a special tab for these links.
As
educators we know that we are always so busy in our classrooms creating,
organizing, and storing lesson plans. LiveBinders allows us to create,
organize, and share information. As users we can put almost anything into the binder.
Students and teachers can link web pages and YouTube videos or just put
documents, images, and videos inside their LiveBinders. All LiveBinber users have the option of create different tabs and
sub-tabs just as we would do in a tangible 3-ring binder.
One
idea for using LiveBinders for teaching and learning could be for a reading
class. A reading teacher 1st-5th grade can collect all the reading material of
the year using one digital binder. She or he can include tabs and sub-tabs that
links to different types of readings as well as tabs and sub-tabs that links to
libraries and reading tools with techniques to improve reading depending on the
grade teaching. When the teacher feels that his reading digital binder is
strong enough for the grade teaching, he can share it by making it public to
other reading teacher. Other idea could be for a 5th grade History class. The
teacher can create a digital binder to learn History by creating a travel
binder. Students team up with partners and plan a trip to a particular country.
The idea is to get them to create a scenario where they have to travel to this
country and then document what they visited. The teacher need to provided
guidelines, handouts and resources that help the students with their
projects. The digital binder can include for example one tab as an
introduction of the country to be visited. Also one tab for each day spend in
that country with sub-tabs that links to the places to be visited as well as
relevant information of each place. Finally other idea could be a digital
binder for a teacher conference presentation. This project can be use as a way
to present conference material in an organized format in the binder. The
teacher addresses all the important issues about the presentation with examples of tools that other teachers can
use for their work, depending on the grade and the subject to be teach. Teacher
can also provides guidelines on how to use some of the web 2.0 tools that he or
she is using.
Jorge Villarreal.
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