I found Bubbl.us and Glogster simple (for most of it) to use and completely addictive!!!!. Really enjoyed playing around with the brainstorming/mind mapping part of the Module, and can see students whose past attempts at mind mapping, which turns up looking like the dog ate it for breakfast, able to achieve something that they would be proud of. To be able to add and delete boxes, to change the position and colour as the thoughts flow and fill in the boxes with great ideas would be a huge bonus.
Bubbl.us can be used by one student or a group of students commencing work on a new topic.
Making an online poster on Glogster made me realise that life isn't always meant to be taken seriously. With pictures, text, video, graphics and sound, students in many subjects, not just Visual Arts could use this application to produce work that is interesting and to do it in a creative manner.
Because todays students are mainly visual learners and having grown up in a world involving all things technical and digital, creating a poster online is really nothing out of the ordinary for them.
Cathy,
ReplyDeleteI completely agree. I think that bubbl us is going to be a very useful and fun tool to be using in our classrooms. Not only can the teachers use this to guide class discussion and learning but the students themselves can use this to group together major points covered in a single lesson or a group of lessons. I also think that this tool will be good for those students who have difficulty studying or have yet to develop the skills of studying because it is easy to use and has the ability of personalising by adding colouring and changing text types etc to suit their needs and learning styles.