Gaggle

Gaggle is an email resource that teachers can use to correspond with their students. Teachers are able to control what is written to each other by their students, as well as who is allowed to correspond with them. Messages students try to send with inappropriate words are automatically sent to the teacher’s account. Students can even upload their homework on Gaggle, using what they call a “Digital Locker”, and can choose to make it public or private. There are also message boards and chat rooms available at different levels, from school wide to Gaggle wide. But teachers are able to control how much access their students have to all of these. The message boards and chat rooms are a great place for teachers and their students to discuss homework or review for upcoming quizzes and tests. Video conferencing, an online calendar, blogging, polling tools, pod-casting tools and a student Wikipedia system are among other things that Gaggle has to offer. Gaggle is a more efficient way for students and teachers to communicate with each other. It is not like a normal email application where you type in a message and attach a picture or file here and there. The extra features mentioned above make it more advanced and an easy way for students to collaborate on group projects. Who knew email could be so cool?! Click on the picture above to be directed to the Gaggle website to learn more about it!