30 Days of webools #24: Create a MentorMob playlist

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmE-h0Zjvz5NEhqQ0ycLJleV1Rpft4Y9corkqBWQlpdUukJTrsScbPEOR57OKNVT3I69yHm2lxqoUo0UrQRbMMeRDMkzuCtZvnxSFjFf0C5TiD_ttFAnxn3F2M6dm_WRfNVBqPuv732w/s1600/mm.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGmE-h0Zjvz5NEhqQ0ycLJleV1Rpft4Y9corkqBWQlpdUukJTrsScbPEOR57OKNVT3I69yHm2lxqoUo0UrQRbMMeRDMkzuCtZvnxSFjFf0C5TiD_ttFAnxn3F2M6dm_WRfNVBqPuv732w/s320/mm.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What is MentorMob?</span></b><br /><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It’s that word ‘curating’ that is popping up again! I found <a href="http://www.mentormob.com/">MentorMob</a>, a curating tool,  by chance when surfing the Net and I <i>really </i>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</span><br /><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Examples of MentorMobs</span></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To show you what I mean<br />1) Take a look at this one on Blended Learning by Anna Conway  http://bit.ly/NNlNDs<br />It is a mix of items - videos and articles.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.mentormob.com//learn/widget/72668/580/99cc33/3-0" style="-moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; background: #99cc33; border-radius: 10px; height: 248px; overflow: hidden; width: 580px;"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Create your own Playlist on <a href="http://www.mentormob.com/">MentorMob!</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2) Using Technology to maximise instruction by Susan Oxenvad <a href="http://bit.ly/zhVvJ4" title="http://bit.ly/zhVvJ4">http://bit.ly/zhVvJ4</a></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This one seems to concentrate on blog posts Susan has written.</span></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><br /></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.mentormob.com//learn/widget/38714/580/99cc33/3-0" style="-moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; background: #99cc33; border-radius: 10px; height: 248px; overflow: hidden; width: 580px;"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Create your own Playlist on <a href="http://www.mentormob.com/">MentorMob!</a></span></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3) A collection of curating tools by Susan Oxenvad <a href="http://goo.gl/5eJ0s" title="http://goo.gl/5eJ0s">http://goo.gl/5eJ0s</a></span><br /><br /></div><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"></div><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.mentormob.com//learn/widget/53752/580/99cc33/3-0" style="-moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; background: #99cc33; border-radius: 10px; height: 248px; overflow: hidden; width: 580px;"></iframe> <br /><div style="padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 10px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 2px;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Create your own Playlist on <a href="http://www.mentormob.com/">MentorMob!</a></span></div><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Why should one use MentorMob?</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This video gives some reasons for using MentorMob:</span><br /><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="281" mozallowfullscreen="mozallowfullscreen" src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/32422880" webkitallowfullscreen="webkitallowfullscreen" width="500"></iframe> <span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="http://vimeo.com/32422880">What is MentorMob?</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/mentormob">mentormob</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.</span><br /><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How to create a MentorMob</span></b><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here are my instructions on how to create a MentorMob playlist from Slideshare</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="356" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/embed_code/14118286" style="border-width: 1px 1px 0; border: 1px solid #CCC; margin-bottom: 5px;" width="427"> </iframe> <br /><div style="margin-bottom: 5px;"><b> <a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal/how-to-create-a-mentormob-playlist" target="_blank" title="How to create a MentorMob playlist">How to create a MentorMob playlist</a> </b> from <b><a href="http://www.slideshare.net/fionabeal" target="_blank">Fiona Beal</a></b> </div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is my created MentorMob playlist - <i>Great tools for teachers</i> by Fiona Beal. I have used only articles and no videos or uploads this time around!</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><a href="http://bit.ly/PShgAL" title="http://bit.ly/PShgAL">http://bit.ly/PShgAL</a><br /><iframe frameborder="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" src="http://www.mentormob.com//learn/widget/105411/580/99cc33/3-0" style="-moz-border-radius: 10px; -webkit-border-radius: 10px; background: #99cc33; border-radius: 10px; height: 248px; overflow: hidden; width: 580px;"></iframe><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;">Create your own Playlist on </span><a href="http://www.mentormob.com/" style="font-size: small;">MentorMob!</a><br /><b><br /></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Webinar recording</span></b><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still to be added</span><br /><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span></b><b><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Classroom uses</span></b><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt;">         </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">  </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">         *<span style="text-indent: -27.35pt;">It is great to use for a flipped classroom instruction post</span></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">         *Students can collect articles for the same project in a team and then present to the <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">          class with a verbal explanation<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">         *It could allow absent students to catch up with work.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">         *Provides further resources on a topic.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">         *For language learning one could include reading, writing, listening </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -27.35pt;">and speaking resources.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">         *You can use a playlist for assessment as well, as there is something called a ‘Popquizz</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-indent: -27.35pt;">           that can be added where one can assess if students understood the material.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">         *Professional development resources – this is a great way to create teacher training<o:p></o:p></span></div><span style="line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> material instead of the bulky paper booklets/handouts.</span></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 10pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">It</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: -27.35pt;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><br /></div><div style="direction: ltr; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0.38in; margin-top: 7.68pt; text-indent: -0.38in; unicode-bidi: embed; word-break: normal;"><span style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 32pt;"><br /></span></div><br /></div></div>

30 days of web tools MentorMob 30 Days of webools #24: Create a MentorMob playlist

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 blo…

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