Following Molly: May 2009

Friday, May 22, 2009

What is it like to be a Google Certified Teacher?

Recently, I asked my amazing network of Google Certified Teachers a few questions about what it was like to be a Google Certified Teacher, how they would describe the Google Teacher's Academy, and what their hopes were for summer vacation. Using the website Wordle (and idea from my last post) the results are shown as an image.

Describe being a Google Certified Teacher

Describe the Google Teacher's Academy

Describe your hopes for summer vacation.

In Three Words...Edina Public Schools

Recently, I saw a YouTube post with a very interesting idea. The developers wanted their users to describe YouTube today in three words. Next, they wanted their users to describe, in three words, what they wanted YouTube to be in 5 years. The developers put both sets of words into a website called Wordle and they got a picture of what they should be working for in the next five years. Wordle takes any text and converts it into a picture, with the words that are used most appearing largest.

I took this same idea and brought it to Edina Public Schools. I made a Google Form and asked the employees three questions.

1. Describe Edina Public Schools in three words.
2. Describe your 2008-2009 school year in three words.
3. Describe your hopes for summer vacation in three words.

Here are a few pictures of how Edina employees (over 180 of them) answered those questions.

Describe Edina Public Schools in three words.