Erica Yucuis-Module 6--Popplet

For my final post, I decided to create a concept map using Popplet.  This was a very easy website to use!  It was simple to figure out how to add new boxes to your map and they are automatically connected to create the web design.  There are options to personalize your concept map, but not too many options to where the kids would get caught up in personalizing every little part of the map.  It is a clear layout which makes it easy to read and present to others.  The only problem that I had using this website was that I could not get the embedded code to work, so I had a hard time sharing it on my wiki page.  I would worry about not being able to share my students' Popplets on my webpage, but it may just be something that I am not doing correctly, so this may not actually be a problem for others.

I created a concept map on Chicago because that is a Social Studies topic my 3rd graders will learn about this year.  I chose to list some major sites that are popular in Chicago that my students would be interested in learning about.  The purpose I had in creating this Popplet was to have students use it to research information about these sites in Chicago.  I incorporated pictures as well as links to where they can find information about the site.  When I noticed the article was very long and above my students' reading level, I read the article and typed some highlights of the article on the Popplet.  

Chicago Popplet

I would use this with my students because of its easy to use features.  I could see myself using it in the way I mentioned above or I would also have my students create their own Popplet.  We could use it as a way to review for a test by setting the middle box as a concept we are studying, and then have students contribute boxes with information about that concept.  You could also use this as an 'About me' project at the beginning of the year.  

What level of Bloom's Taxonomy or ISTE standard was addressed with this tool?

If you have students create their own Popplet, this would fall under the 'Creating' level of Bloom's Taxonomy.  They are creating their own concept map using information they have already read and learned about.  If you create a Popplet for students to use to learn about a concept, it falls under the 'Understanding' level.

This Web 2.0 tool addresses the first ISTE standard which is 'Creativity and Innovation.'  If the students use this concept map to teach others about their concept, it would also address the 'Communication and Collaboration' standard.  If you use it to help students research about a concept, it would address the third standard which is 'Research and Information Fluency.'

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