Week 1 - Overview

This week I have explore a program which helps to design a concept map created on Bubblus. This program allows for key points or words to be easily moved, and linked to label and connect ideas. The program allows for colours and is very interesting as it allows students to build knowledge about dim 3 processes of classification. Brainstorming can be seen to be the key use of this tool, it is a virtual representation of the strategy and allows students to see how their ideas come together. I believe this is a wonderful tool for the early years in helping students to develop and scaffold their ideas in a way which allows them to pick out the important parts.

Welcome to My World

I am very much a digital native and have grown up and used technology on a daily basis. Blogs, and forums are part of my weekly routine. The information presented I believe is some of the most vital information when considering a topic as you are able to view many different opinions and ways of thinking without being caught up in the confrontation of the varying opinions. It is this sometimes anonymous way of sharing information which attracts people to the use of a blog. They are able to get their point across and share information from their own personnel point of view quickly and easily.

From an educational point of view, blogs provide an opportunity to allow students the agency to share and contribute information in a less confronting and often more productive way. The ability to have resources and other important information available to students is another fundamental success of blogs. However it is the ability of having the information presented in a way which appeals to students and from an author that they know which provides the personal appeal in which students can relate to the information provided. Blogs are more than a personal diary they are a direct reflection of a person, the style, content and overall message that a blog provides is a window into a person's world. Welcome to mine!