Teacher Bytes

Today I got an e-mail from Pownce announcing the micro blog is now out of beta and open for anyone to use. I blogged about Pownce earlier as a way for teachers to share announcements and assignments with students, parents, and colleagues. I also use the popular Twitter which has proven to be an invaluable means communicating with friends and colleagues interested in education technology. However, Pownce has some features that I think could be more useful to teachers. Some of the features include:

• The ability to view videos and images in the notes.
• An improved calender to keep track of events.
• E-mail notifications of new postings, if needed.
• And my favorit, the ability to attach files which could allow teachers to send out necessary files to students and others.

One piece of advice, if you wish to keep your communications with your students and others separate then sign up for two accounts. You may be bombarded with requests to follow your postings and you to follow others. When this happens important student communications could get lost in the multitude of messages.