Saturday, July 21, 2012

MentorMob

MentorMob http://www.mentormob.com 
I saw this tool on Joyce Valenza's excellent blog Never Ending Search.
I dislike making step by step instructions, because so often the steps change.  This  tool seems to me  to counteract that  flaw, because it lets the crowd update the instructions, so theoretically if steps change, someone will catch the error and change the instructions, And maybe that someone won't be me :)  I think this may work best with videos, but below I made a step by step lesson plan., which had mostly text instructions



Create your own Playlist on MentorMob!

Classroom Ideas:
 This might work well as a supplement to lesson plans for substitute teachers, especially if  there is much to show from various sources.
This might work well as pathfinder in research projects.  In fact, I am going to try this out.

In chemistry classes, this might be a tool for students to explain specific chemical reactions.

In Math classes, this might work in combination with Kahn Academy.

2 comments:

Eric said...

Hi Joan,

Great post, I would love to get more feedback on the MentorMob platform if you are interested. My email is eric@mentormob.com

Thanks!

@CharlesUpTop said...

Thanks for the shout out, Joan! Using MentorMob and Khan Academy together is a great idea.

If you have any questions about MentorMob, you can reach me @CharlesUpTop :)