Thing #14

That was fun!  I enjoyed working on both Flowchart and mindmeister. It has been a long time since I had to create a flow chart, so it took me a little time to remember how to use the shapes. Once I refreshed my old memory, I had no problem creating a colorful chart that students might enjoy using to differentiate the difference between verb types. Flowchart was easy to use, and I think that my students would enjoy designing their own charts for several of the grammar concepts that we will be working on this year. The  flow chart would help my visual learners as well as others who don't remember the right questions to ask themselves when categorizing various words into their proper parts of speech.


I also used mindmeister. The introductory video was interesting and helpful. I didn't work on my lifetime goals, however, I did work on my goals for the week. What a great way to get organized! I am a very task-oriented, checklist type of person, so this made making a list that much more fun. I was disconnected from the program twice while I was working on it, and became a bit overwhelmed with my own "to do" list for the week! I decided that I had better stop playing on mindmeister and start working on my actual list. I can see my students using this as a means to organize essays. We always use graphic organizers before we create rough drafts, so this would make that process into an even more efficient and entertaining process.




http://www.flowchart.com/
http://www.mindmeister.com/