Last week was the ISTE conference in Denver, Colorado. When I wasn't in sessions, I spent some time upstairs in the expo hall, meeting vendors, snagging t-shirts and other swag, getting a lot of ideas and resources and having a generally fabulous time. Every vendor wanted to scan my badge, and now my inbox is filling up with emails from the vendors. The extra email can be annoying but I have also learned a lot from some of these emails. Today, I got an email that reminded me about docs.com, which I had played with a little bit on the plane on the way to Denver but gave up when I got distracted by the Real Housewives reunion on television (I love JetBlue!). Based on first impressions, Docs.com reminds me of a Microsoft Pinterest. I have made some collections, and have documents and presentations loaded into the collections. The collections can hold any Word, PowerPoint, Excel, documents, as well as Sways and Office Mix presentations. These documents will retain all their formatting, which is awesome. I think Web pages can be uploaded as well, and PDFs. The collections can be shared through social media, and documents and collections can be embedded in blogs or webpages. Working at an Office 365 school, the potential of Docs.com seems very exciting. Notebooks can be shared, along with collections. Or maybe as part of collections? I have a lot more exploring to do! I have been using the preview version of Microsoft Classroom, which has been amazing in my freshman classes. But I am not able to use Classroom when I am working with the teachers, and I haven't found a great place to organize resources to share with teachers. The Staff Notebook was helpful, but I think Docs.com could be the answer to this organization and sharing hub that I have been looking for. I am going to try to embed my Collection of PowerPoint presentations for my Digital Literacy & Citizenship class on this page, and see how easy it is to do and what it looks like.
Wow, I added the embed code and there is the collection! I am so excited about this - I have to go play a little more at Docs.com!
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AuthorMom to two sons, married 23 years to college sweetie. Instructional Technology Specialist for a vocational high school. Educator for 20+ years. Love to read, do anything crafty, and spend time with friends and family. Passionate about education, technology, and the combination of the two! I'm a proud foster-failure with Big Fluffy Dog Rescue, having fallen head-over-heels for our first foster and adopting her :) Archives
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