Dropbox is such a great tool to have in any classroom, not
just English. You create a username and password, and you can access any
documents in your computer from anywhere, only if you have Wi-Fi. However, you
can ask your class to join and you get more memory, and the students get to put
documents up and see all of yours. This way, if they are not in class one day,
they can just put the file in Dropbox without being there. That makes it so
much easier for everyone, not just the student. Also, you can create different
folders, so you can have a folder for every class. This is such an easy way to
share files with your class. Also, if it is summer break and you know who your
students are, you can add them to Dropbox and send them things like summer
reading information. Whenever a file is added to Dropbox, your computer alerts
you, so they always know when something is being added. This also makes group
work so much easier; instead of having to meet up, students can just create a
folder in Dropbox and put everything there. This program is such an amazing
tool; you can transfer music, pictures and PowerPoints, so your students can
never say that their email wasn’t working. Being able to access Dropbox from
anywhere makes everything so much easier, and every teacher should have it in
their classroom.
Wow, we think alike. I too wrote about Dropbox, however, I wrote from the perspective of how it limits paper use and can be used as an organizational tool. But what you bring up is great too, I forgot about how students can work on a "living" document, if you will, where the document can be edited or added to by several people. That can be a great tool for hosting discussions on reading assignments, where students can feed and build off each other.
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This is a great resource for project submissions too! No more lost memory cards, CD's, or forgotten emails. Just upload the document to the class dropbox and be done. I definitely plan on using this in my music classrooms especially if I work in a computer lab that requires students to save documents.
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