What a great little teaching aid this is!
Mind mapping and brainstorming as a solo or collaborative activity, for one. As a teaching strategy that supports the wider key skills framework in Wales that involves the engagement of students in problem based learning, participation and collaboration with peer group members, this type of activity more than fulfills those criteria.
Where there are enough electronic web devices for each learner or pairs of learners (maybe even small groups too), the negotiation skills required in order to arrive at a collective choice of prioritized subject material will undoubtedly stretch the creative input and pro-activity of the learners. In view of the fact that students would be learning by doing, not only about developing content knowledge but also how to apply and adapt that knowledge within the transferable framework of 'information communications technology (ICT)' in order to motivate and inspire learners towards the practice of invention
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Since ICT in the current economic and education climate may be regarded as another of the 'key literacy skills', I as a practitioner working in partnership with other learners, recognize this as an additional opportunity to share the learning process, that both informs and reinforces the progression of each participant. So, reflective bubbl.us allows us to create mind maps, store and share our creations as tangible forms and as an exportable social media product.
This teaching aid, ultimately enables and empowers learners to take charge of the pace, structure, significance, adaptability and transferable value of their learning, as they grow more confident as independent learners.
Specifically, working with people who may already be disengaged with their communities, this useful tool could help the learner to create reasonable and achievable goal setting targets. For vulnerable groups, I envisage that this might work most effectively as a collaborative task since the task of sharing the learning is less demanding on students who may not have had a positive learning experience to date.
Hope you too find this short tutorial of some transferable value to your own teaching practice:
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