As part of my GAME plan I blogged about last week, I said I want to develop my abilities to promote student reflections using collaborative tools to reveal and clarify students' conceptual understanding and thinking, planning and creative process (NETS-T indicator 1.c)
To achieve this I plan to require my students use the bubbl.us concept mapping tool in the formative stage of all research projects, whether written or online. I have used bubbl and have had some of my former AP students use bubble and Kidspiration (when our district paid for a school subscription.)
Bubbl is a good program for creative idea generating, and then linking ideas together in a cohesive manner. I have been playing with it to plan my science lessons on Energy and Magnetism, and using it reminded me to explore the library for additional material, and to search the net for some video clips to supplement our reading and experiment material.
Has anyone found another good, free concept mapping program out there?
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John,
ReplyDeleteI love the bubbl site; thanks again for sharing. This Monday I am finishing up the school year with a writing assessment. I am going to use www.readwritethink.org where students can actively work on a Persuasive Map and later a Letter Generator. These particular students are struggling readers and writers, so it will be especially helpful to them. Have you been to this site?
Bubbl is a not a site I am familiar with so thanks much for the tip! I have been playing with it and imagining how I can use for nearly an hour. I can't remember the last time a new tool tickled my fancy like this. And it's so easy to use! Why have I not seen it before?
ReplyDeleteThank you, thank you,
Carrye
Hi John,
ReplyDeleteI have not seen the Bubbl site before. I spent a little time checking it out and it looks really good. Thanks for sharing it. I look forward to trying it out when I get full-time teaching position.
You mentioned that you have your students use Bubbl regularly. What do they think of it? Do they like using it and find it helpful?
Thanks,
Alison D.
Lori,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip on www.readwritethink.org.
I am always happy to get new ideas from other teachers. I hope bubbl.us proves useful to your students.
John C.