Thing #14

OMG! I believe we have a winner! These tools are a treasure trove of graphic organizing silliness! Microsoft has similar tool that can be used in teaching or presentations; however, those are on the elementary level while these take you straight to the collegiate sphere. The only negative I found was the issue of signing up for the service. For goodness sake, how many log ins and passwords can one man have!...the humanity!

MIND MAPPING

I made this graphic organizer on Mind Mapping. It is a spider chart that is advertised as a lesson plan organizer. The chart clearly shows the main points, resources, and requisite knowledge required for the successful completion of the unit's lesson. Cool stuff to toy with!

Thing #13

ZOHO WRITER
Wow! The Zoho Writing App is great. The forms and sample letters are just the thing a soon to be graduating student might need...yes I mean cover letters and resume builders. However, I must say even though this is a useful and free tool, I was using the same sort of boilerplate products developed by Microsoft in the 1990s. I suppose it takes the new and snappy name like Zoho to bring it into current style; not to mention, Microsoft didn't have a screenplay template.


GOOGLE DOCS
It is supremely obvious that Google collaborated with Microsoft as the tool bar looks and works suspiciously like Word and Power Point. Like Zoho, I believe this App is simply a recycling of old products. The item I created for this post could have been produced on another tool that I am more familiar with. Perhaps some of these Apps are made with the next generation in mind as most people will not take the time to learn a different system or a derivative of an existing one.

Students will be able to use this tool for putting together team projects to display during class presentations or journals for project based learning. Might be fun for them!