Module 6

I love the fact that developers are now making Web 2.0 apps that we can use for free and not have to load software on our computers to use them. Mind-mapping software for students to use in schools is very expensive to purchase but "bubbl.us" solves the problem. Sure, it is not as sophisticated as Inspiration but it doesn't really have to be in order to be educationally useful.

I would use bubbl.us as a tool for teaching and learning for students to visually present, organise and demonstrate knowledge, to make connections between what they already know and what they would like to know.

Glogster is great fun! Students and teachers can use it to display work, understandings, to create new material. It is inspiring and can help to motivate those who bore easily because it is interactive and very visual. I loved the "Shakespeare Parodies" because the glog was able to bring to life what is normally a dry and often tedious section of the English syllabus. The Glogster EDU version makes the whole experience safe, private and easily able to be monitiored by the teacher which is a big concern with some Web 2.0 stuff. I am going to give my students accounts so they can create Christmas glogs to share with each other and collaborate.

I made my own quick Christmas glog so click and have a look.