525 Wk 3

Wow! Week three already! Not good that means summer is half over. I had never used or heard of bubble.us before this week. I was really impressed with its ease of use. I was able to just click and type to make a brainstorming web. This tool would be very useful for brainstorming ideas in the classroom as I cannot draw or write very well. This also would be easier than adding a web to a power point presentation. Education oasis also provided a ton of useful templates for educators. I could have used any of them in the classroom and it would be much easier and faster than creating my own and re-inventing the wheel. Exploratree also had a ton of thinking maps and organizers that could be used in the classroom. These maps could be shared with students so that they could choose the organizer that works best for them. With Exploratree students could organize thoughts and ideas with graphics that they choose versus just using a thinking map that I provide. The students would have more ownership in the learning process. I think all of these learning tools explored this week can be very useful to the learning process, some of these tools I can put to use right away in the classroom and others will have to be put away for another day!