Memiary… what did our class do today?
I’ve been using Memiary for a few weeks now, after seeing the iPhone app featured in the Apple’s App Store. It’s a really simple application / site with a simple concept… you simply answer the question ‘what did you do today?’
Every day, you are given the chance to record a maximum of five things that you achieved that day. I’ve been using it on a personal level to make a note of things I’ve achieved at home / at work / with my websites. However, a tweet from @alove this morning made me realise that this could also be useful in the classroom.
The children could update a class account throughout the day, or at the end of the school day, making notes about:
- things that they have learned that day (great self-evaluation!),
- any challenges that had been overcome (and how they overcame them),
- special memories of the day (fantastic for looking back over the year’s achievements).
These memories are recorded with the site and you can then look back through them as time goes by. It’s a great way of showing the wide range of things (and the huge quantity of things) that are achieved on a daily basis… a lot of which may otherwise go unnoticed. It could also be a good way of sharing achievements with the wider world, you can access the ‘memiaries’ via RSS / iCal links, so parents and pupils could review their memories / achievements away from school.
Of course, you don’t necessarily need to use Memiary to do something like this… it would also be possible with a class blog. However, the site has such a simple interface, it is incredibly quick and easy to update your memories.
Try it out – if you use it in the classroom, I’d love to hear your experiences.
Image credit – Memiary for iPhone
I was talking to a colleague about using Memiary in class after you posted a tweet about it recently and we came up with similar ideas for using it. I like the instantaneous nature of posting and reflecting on what you did. As a classroom resource for self evaluation its fantastic. I will be using it with my class soon and will let you know how we get on and whether other ideas are thought up.
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I LOVE this tool! Thanks so much for blogging about it, I had never seen it! Started one today, and can’t wait to use it with my kids next year. The reflective nature of it ties in so well with current brain research!
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Nice idea – I used it today and you can definately appreciate the potential for classroom use. Problem – I embedded it into my class website (OnePortal MySite – Qld Australia system) and it take over the page. It should sit as a little ‘add-on’ on my web page but there is something about it which makes it refresh your screen and take over the page – very odd – anyone else found anything similar… and possible a solution?
Another note – 4 weeks ago I read your Myst blog after a link on Facebook – I’m in the middle of teaching a unit based on realMyst – the first one – it’s going really well so thank you
Al
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Wow, I just picked this up via twitter, and Memiary pointed to your post. I am definitely going to give this a go!!
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