Week Three

I was impressed by Inspiration. I found it to have more capabilities than a program I currently use called One Note. I was impressed by the way the diagrams were so easy to make and how it was so simple to link the webpage’s to the diagrams. On a side note, I would enjoy Inspiration for personal use, but in the classroom I think it would inspire the kids to be more creative with their projects because of the simplicity of the program. I think the kids would enjoy being able to type in whatever they would like to use and then have it come up on its own like the French flag did on the quick tour demo.

The type of writing activities that would be best for technology is building models or using concept maps. Students can help each other by critiquing each other’s work. Blogging can be a technological tool that is used to help support peer feedback.