ClassFlow ... The Newest from Promethean

As of January 2014 teachers are able to sign up for a complimentary ClassFlow account. They got my attention with the ability to use my 5 iPads, 6 netbooks, 12 students with Smartphones, 12 ActivExpressions, and 3 laptops all within the same lesson in ClassFlow.  The ability to send graphs and images to the students (similar to InfuseLearning), have them complete a task, and send it back also got my attention.  The website states that with ClassFlow, teachers can build and access interactive lessons from any web browser, share lessons with other peers, and collaborate using the latest mobile and student response technology. Not only will ClassFlow help teachers save time at the planning and setup stages of lesson development, but it can also facilitate a more connected classroom.

 Ron Clark says ClassFlow really makes lessons more engaging. The kids get feedback on their work and everyone collaborates together. ClassFlow really connects us all.

Points of Interest for the classroom teacher:
•    Deliver, create, and easily organize lessons from any web browser
•    Develop lessons by seamlessly incorporating a variety of teaching resources and formats–video,  PowerPoint, documents, webpages, new content and more
•    Collaborate with a community of teachers by sharing lessons online
•    Unify your classroom technology, from your interactive whiteboard to tablets or any student devices.
•    Make edits, save changes, assess students, deliver and even share your lessons. 
•    Information goes two ways with ClassFlow. Send and receive feedback from your students - even photographs

The following Youtube video shows ClassFlow in action.  https://classflow.com/how-it-works
Check it out at https://classflow.com/ and let me know what you think.

I am at TCEA again and in a workshop with the fabulous Tammy W. Tang  http://tammyworcester.com/  As always she allows me to expand my knowledge.  Today she is talking about using Blogger for student  portfolios.  I can see this, especially since Blogger changed some security settings, and students can now turn their blog off so that it is not searchable.

I also think Evernote could be used as a portfolio as well.  Pictures could be taken of products and kept inside of Evernote.  The searchability (is that a word?) of Evernote is awesome.