week 3 blog posting

While watching the video I found a few things that drew some interest and some things i didn't even know you could do. There are graphic organizers which can be pictures or videos that can help go into deeper depth on some power points or research papers. There is a whole list to choose from. There is also a tool called rapid fire. This tool links all ideas into one. They can either branch off one another or you can add a note box which enables you to write a paragraph of information to those branched rapid fire ideas. I found the rapid fire tool to be very useful because you can use so many ideas and tie them into one idea. I find the things in the inspiration video to be useful in the classroom. I would allow my students to use this on any research paper because not only is it a great tool, it can expand their knowledge in computer skills.

I believe that a history report/timeline would be beneficial in technology based work. Or perhaps if you were having to do a report on a famous figure. You could branch so much information off of just one thing for a certain time period you are talking about. As far as the writing goes, the students could help each other on paper by helping with spelling or run on sentences and then help on the computer by showing fellow classmates what some buttons or features do. The whole rapid fire technique is all new to me. Before watching this video i had no idea about it or what it did. I know have somewhat of an idea as to what it is and how it may benefit me one day in the classroom.