Hello bloggers. I am really sort of sad tonight, but also had a great day of exploring Web 2.0 tools and want to share my thoughts. I just went outside to check on my hives and found Queen Honey's hive was a chaotic mess. It's been storming a lot here which the bees don't like. I thought that maybe they were just upset from all of the rain but after further inspection, there was no sighting of Queen Honey. Honey was a gentle, calm, and soothing sort of a Queen. Her colony was chill. I felt pretty comfortable going into their box without my bee suit on. Although I'm still new to all of this -- I would have seen her if she was around still. Perhaps a miracle could still occur but I am fairly certain that I just lost my first Queen. My only picture of her is in my head. RIP sweet Honey and thank you for your service to mother nature! I'm hopeful that I can revive her colony and help them build a new queen.
On a happier note -- I love Padlet!! Since going remote, it's been more of a challenge to access resources that my team would usually use in career advising. In the good old days we would just grab the printed version of a handout and write on it. Even though we moved all of the handouts to Microsoft Teams...it's like impossible for people to find them let alone utilize the handouts with students! Even though most of these are somewhere on our website it's still a struggle for them to be utilized. So, after discovering Padlet, I decided to create a try out Padlet for my career advisors with some of the key worksheets we want they to use with students. I shared it with my team this morning and they loved it!! People liked how visually easy it was to access the documents and how we can add important links too. Anyway, here is my draft Padlet (all of the worksheets are somewhere on our website or available to students in other spaces so I have no concerns sharing with you all 😊). I've asked for my career advisors to bookmark this link and test it out this week. Hopefully they will let me know how it works and what other documents/links/resources they would want on the Padlet.
https://fsu.padlet.org/ekennelly3/33ch9bk147hd5agv
Emily, I am so sorry to hear about Queen Honey! I hope you are able to revive the colony as well and keep it going strong - sending good vibes and all the bee love!! It is amazing that you are getting out there without your bee suit on!
ReplyDeletePadlet seems like a GREAT resource for the exact reason you are using it! That is so awesome that you are able to use it right now for your current job and it is going to make all of your lives easier. It's pretty cool that some of these tools are usable right now for all of us. I just used Miro for an assignment for my other class as well.
Thanks Abby! I've been using the Padlet this week and it's been super helpful so far! I haven't explored Miro yet so will have to check that out further :)
DeleteEmily, I am also sorry to hear about Queen Honey. I hope you will post about what happens next. I would love to hear more.
ReplyDeleteI appreciated seeing your padlet! I used a padlet when I was recently working with another faculty member on a course redesign. I was able to put it directly into the Canvas site we were working in and post examples and links do different items. This way I could put down ideas and she could go back at a later time and respond. Thanks for sharing!
I'll definitely post more about Honey. At this point in time, it looks like the colony left completely which could have been due to a few factors. Queen Beyonce is thriving so I'll post pics soon of what they've been up to. So good to hear about your experience with Canvas and Padlet. I didn't have time this week to check out the integration but want to do that soon too!
DeleteOh no, so sad about Queen Honey! I'm sure the hive is working overtime on tending to larvae so a new queen can emerge! That's great that Padlet worked out well for you - I reviewed the site, but honestly, until I read your blog (and Padlet design) and the other responses, I could not figure out what use I could make of it. Now that I see a concrete example of how you've put it to use, it makes much more sense, and I can see how it would be useful in both job and course-oriented tasks. Great work by the way, your padlet looked very professional and organized!
ReplyDeleteLauren, I like the way you are thinking and wish a new queen would emerge as well. My last inspection showed the colony was pretty much gone. Sigh. I'm hopeful that there are some queen cells happening in Queen Beyonce's hive and maaaaybe I can split them. We'll see. I'm so glad that seeing the Padlet was helpful! My team has been using it all week and after showing it to a coworker he said that would be perfect for the staff who answer our phones to have a quick collection of documents and things they usually need to respond to random questions.
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