What is MentorMob?
It’s that word ‘curating’ that is popping up again! I found MentorMob, a curating tool, by chance when surfing the Net and I really like this free tool. This is a great tool which allows one to put together articles, videos and blogs related to a subject of interest in a play list. The end produce has a gorgeous look in my opinion
Examples of MentorMobs
To show you what I mean
1) Take a look at this one on Blended Learning by Anna Conway http://bit.ly/NNlNDs
It is a mix of items – videos and articles.
Create your own Playlist on MentorMob!
2) Using Technology to maximise instruction by Susan Oxenvad http://bit.ly/zhVvJ4
This one seems to concentrate on blog posts Susan has written.
Create your own Playlist on MentorMob!
3) A collection of curating tools by Susan Oxenvad http://goo.gl/5eJ0s
Create your own Playlist on MentorMob!
Why should one use MentorMob?
This video gives some reasons for using MentorMob:
What is MentorMob? from mentormob on Vimeo.
How to create a MentorMob
Here are my instructions on how to create a MentorMob playlist from Slideshare
How to create a MentorMob playlist from Fiona Beal
This is my created MentorMob playlist – Great tools for teachers by Fiona Beal. I have used only articles and no videos or uploads this time around!
Create your own Playlist on MentorMob!
Webinar recording
Still to be added
Classroom uses
*It is great to use for a flipped
classroom instruction post.
*Students can collect articles for the
same project in a team and then present to the
class with a verbal explanation
*It could allow absent students
to catch up with work.
*Provides further resources on a topic.
*For language learning one could include reading, writing, listening and speaking resources.
*You can use a playlist for assessment as well, as there is something
called a ‘Popquizz
that can be added where one can assess if students understood the
material.
*Professional development resources –
this is a great way to create teacher training
material instead of the bulky paper booklets/handouts.
