n Grizzlies Drop ( http://drop.io/
grizzlies): Created to keep the parents
of my students posted about daily
classroom happenings, the Grizzlies
drop includes nothing more than messages sent from my e-mail account.
Sometimes I’d send one message a
week, other times, multiple messages
per day. If I changed a due date on a
project, I’d send a message. If there
was an after-school activity that parents
needed to know about, I’d send a
message. If I came across an interesting
website, I’d post it.
n Carbon Fighters Drop (http://drop
.io/carbonfighters): Created to house
all materials for a major project of my
6th grade language arts students, the
Carbon Fighters drop was an incredibly
valuable tool. Not only did I share links
to age-appropriate research sites, I also
posted digital copies of every handout
students needed to complete this task.
When parents wanted to help their
children from home, they had access
to the same tools that I used in class—
and when students lost class materials,
retrieving them was a click away.
How to Use Drop.io
To start sharing content with a group,
just visit Drop.io’s main page (www
. drop.io) and enter a customized name
for a new website you’d like to create.
With one click, your new site is ready.
As with most free tools, there’s
nothing fancy about Drop.io. Users can
add a picture to the sidebar and change
the “skin”—or color scheme—of their
site, but there aren’t any other complicated choices. Viewers who stop by a
Drop.io site see nothing more than a
list of items that the “drop’s” owner has
shared. These can be sorted by type
(such as links, documents, messages,
updates) or date. I share the URL for
my sites with all my students and their
parents.
What makes Drop.io beautiful is that
it allows users to post content to their
sites in about a million different ways.
If you’re a hard-core techie, you can
sign in to your drop and upload content
using the “Add” button at the top of the
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