After creating the virtual collage I found common words found in my articles and created a word cloud with them. Word cloud is an amazing tool to introduce a lesson with. On word cloud you can choose different designs to fit the topic of your choice. I decided to do a picture of the earth for my word cloud, other groups did clouds and rocket ships. Its easy to use and a good way to identify prior knowledge on the subject and potential misconceptions about the subject. As the teacher you can assess prior knowledge by asking if they recognize any of the words, what the words mean and where they have seen or heard the word previously. Teachers can also ask the students if they can think of any other words not on the word cloud that relate to the topic, this could be a method of identifying misconceptions.
As individuals we created the word cloud then joined together as a group of two than a group of four to collaborate on and create a time line about discoveries within space. We used Tiki Toki to create our time line. It was rather difficult to use this website at first. The website offers many possibilities, including creating a background, adding pictures, links and text as well as create a time line that is three dimensional. It is an amazing resources that can be used in the class as a visual. Tiki Toki can also be used by students to create a time line about a given time period. Exploration and assistance of this tool for children will definitely be needed.
I really enjoy that as a class we have the opportunity to collaborate and work as a group with everyone in the class. Thus far I have worked with about 75% of the students in my class. It gives us all the opportunity to meet one another and share our resources. It is so important to form collaboration skills across networks.
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