Bubble.us seems to be a great mind-mapping tool. Even more so that it is able to be accessed and updated my multiple users. This would be an effective summmary activity for a topic. Individuals or even groups could work on specific areas, adding their contribution to the whole. This could then be used as a complete topic summary for the class. It could also be used as a planning tool for a project or even a student research project (SRP). Being able to lay out what is known and what is still needed to complete the task would enable students to be more efficent and better equiped to deal with project based learning. The collaboratine functions would aid in group planning and completion of set work.
Glogster to my way of thinking, is moderately limited. It seems to be just another way of hyperlinking information. Whilst this is visually attractive, no doubt engaging and dynamic, it requires all the data to be pre-collected and tied together. Good at what it is, it doesn’t appear to be anything to new. Despite this I see some use for this in students producing digital posters. This would be good for either research tasks or even as a platform for gathering/ presenting data to persuade an audience- useful for the upcoming NAPLAN persuasive writing.
