One Drive

I have access to Microsoft’s One Drive through the district that I work in.  We just started using Microsoft Office 365 this past school year so I’m still learning about the different products involved and how to efficiently use them.  The first thing I did after our brief in-district tutorial, was to save all of my files to One Drive.  The advantage is that I can share my files easily to whomever I’d like within the network.  No more sending a file as an email attachment and hoping it isn’t too big to send! 

I have also used One Drive while collaborating with other members of our district’s math committee. We just recently finished up some curriculum writing and were able to work on different parts of the pacing guide and assessments on our own computers, but work on the same document at the same time.  We did notice that some of the formatting was not saving correctly, so we decided for the time being to only have one working on a document at a time.  I’m thinking it was probably operator error, but with the amount of work we were doing and the limited time, we chose to be safe rather than sorry! 

I have talked to my team leader about working a little more with technology in the next school year, and One Drive is the perfect place to start.  Some of the ideas I have are listed below.

~Lesson planning: Each teacher can take a content area and fill in the standards and ‘I Can’ statements for the week

~Newsletters: As a team, we will create a newsletter format, and take turns completing the newsletter for the week, or work together to write different parts of the newsletter.  Sharing is super easy when we work within One Drive!

~PLC’s: The team leader can write the agenda and share it through One Drive.  At the PLC, the note-taker can use that document to add the meeting minutes.  The file gets saved with the minutes attached! 

Besides using One Drive as a sharing tool, I’ve been more than happy with being able to access my files from any computer!  It’s been helpful when I forget my computer at school, or even when I leave my computer in the classroom but still have access to my files on the work-room computer. That wasn’t always the case so it’s saved me a few steps in the last year! 

Below is a screenshot of a file I worked on in OneDrive and shared with my colleagues.

I’ve enjoyed using One Drive for storing and sharing my files and I know there’s still so much to learn!  As I learn more, I will add to this post.  If you have any comments or suggestions for me, please feel free to leave me a comment!

Pricing Information:

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ISTE-T
1. Facilitate and inspire student learning and creativity
    d. Model collaborative knowledge construction by engaging in learning with students, colleagues, and others in face-to-face and virtual environments.
2. Design and develop digital age learning experiences and assessments
   c. Customize and personalize learning activities to address students' diverse learning styles, working strategies, and abilities using digital tools and resources
3. Model digital age work ad learning
    b. Collaborate with students, peers, parents, and community members using digital tools and resources to support student success and innovation

ISTE-S
2. Communication and collaboration
    a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media
6. Technology operations and concepts
    a. Understand and use technology systems

Sources:
Microsoft One Drive https://onedrive.live.com/about/en-us/ 

ISTE standards- students. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-students

ISTE standards- teachers. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards/standards-for-teachers