This week in class we learned and explored "mind-mapping" websites, such as Webspiration and Gliffy. These type of website are used as mind-mapping applications, which can be used for teaching, learning, and presentations. These websites allow you to turn ideas into various concept maps to illustrate the idea. We also explored the website Wordle in order to create a text cloud. Wordle takes a group of text and arranges it in different ways, focusing on the most important words each time.
I am so grateful to have learned about these websites, because they seem extremely useful to the field of education. Webspiration can be used to map out lesson plans or to present an idea to the class. For example, I used Webspiration to illustrate the scientific method. The map is easy to read and much more appealing to children than simply reading a text book. I especially enjoyed the Wordle website. I intend on using this website to create text clouds out of famous motivating quotes to hang throughout the classroom. Wordle could also be used to illustrate rules of the classroom.
The following YouTube clip is a demonstration of how to navigate the Wordle website and create a text cloud.
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