Wednesday, October 7, 2009

Concept Maps

Here is my concept map from CMaps. It was a pretty good resource to use, however there were several frustrating things about it.

The program is very limited, it only allows you to do boxes connected with arrows. It was also confusing, I had to re-do several things and figure out how to move and adjust the bubbles.
You can't insert pictures or anything (at least I couldn't figure out how!)

The good things about it: it does something specific very well: brainstorming webs. You could use this to teach brainstorming itself. You can put the bubbles anywhere and any size you want with different fonts and colors.

Here is the same concept map from XMind. I liked some things about the program, but others bothered me. Overall, this is probably the one I would use because it was easy and quick and fun to have a background.

I didn't so much like the wide format that this set automatically and I couldn't figure out how to change it.

I did like changing the background , fonts, sizes, and not to mention it was VERY quick! One of the bonuses that comes from it putting it together for you.

Podcast Sample

Ok, so I finally got my sample podcast to work! It is a sample of a short monologue from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, along with reminders and a bonus vocabulary word. I have posted it online with an RSS feed and hopefully it's a good sample of what I could do with my class! Hope you enjoy, here it is:

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Neat-lookig Site...

I was referred to www.prometheanworld.com by a friend. Looks like an awesome resource, I'll have to check it out more!

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

New Blog!

I wanted to comment on Kathy Cassidy's class blog that I found today. I thought it was fun and cute and has some fun ideas of what to put on my class blog someday. She has links to her class website with more resources, she has posted pictures, videos, and just messages to her students and their parents. I love the "woordle" she has posted! What a great idea to not only think about goals, but what you can already do and make it cute and fun and online. :)

The URL: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=1337