Flow Chart

Today's class activity involved using a mind mapping software called "bubbl.us" to create a flow chart of our ideal school system involving technology support staff. The chart posted on the corner is what I had tried to create on my first attempt. The task seemed a little difficult at first, but proved to be not as tedious after a few attempts.

Weblog Post Questions

1) What is the learning outcome or expected goal of your mind-map. In what way will this mind-map improve your students learning of the concept or characterization?

- Being exposed to other types of graphic organizers with the use of technology to organize information is in my opinion the expected goal of the task. Tech exposure and information organization should improve in terms of results when using mind mapping tools.

2) What did you think was the most important lesson you learned from this activity?

- Although most of us are "tech savvy" in the class, I could easily say that we are not familiar with blogging as evidently seen. Helping each other with this unfamiliar webtool was by far, in my opinion, the most important lesson learned from this activity.

3) What did you like or dislike about the software bubbl.us?

Creating flow charts seems a lot easier when compared to other similar webtools. The sharing part though was somewhat confusing. This confusion eventually led to disregarding the collaborative work.

4) What would you do differently next time you do mind-mapping and/or use this tool?

With collaborative work, I would only work with 1 person at a time. That way, this limits the unnecessary confusion with updating mind mapping flowcharts. Also, I would probably need a bit more time dedicated to just learning this specific program.
5) Think of another assignment where this mind-mapping tool could be used?

-Creating graphic organizers and relevant activities.