Url: http://popplet.com

Age recommendations: Year 1 and higher

Cost: Website access is free. iOS application is $4.99.

Accessibility: An Web 2.0 tool accessible in all browsers and an iOS application for use on Apple iPads.

Description: This resource is an interactive mind-mapping tool that allows students to create mind maps to include images, videos, drawings and text.

Australian Curriculum Connections: ICT general capabilities: Creating with ICT Level 3

“Students use ICT to generate ideas and plan solution” (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2014a)

"Students use comprehension strategies to analyse information, integrating and linking ideas from a variety of print and digital sources" (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2014b, ACELY1703)

 

Critique: One of the most effective ways for students to organise and connect their thinking and learning is through the creation of mind maps and concept maps (Beavers, 2014). Popplet is a useful resource for use across the curriculum for students to plan and generate ideas as it allows students to represent their understandings using an interactive mind map that can contain a combination of words, weblinks, drawings, video and images. Popplet could be particularly valuable when used by students for revision, to visualise connections between their research, brainstorm vocabulary, connect ideas from a variety of sources and plan writing ideas (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2014a; Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority, 2014b, ACELY1703; Beavers, 2014). 

 

References

 

   Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014a). Information and Communication Technology General Capability (ICT) Continuum. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/generalcapabilities/information-and-communication-technology-capability/continuum#layout=columns

 

   Australian Curriculum and Assessment Reporting Authority. (2014b). Foundation to Year 10 Curriculum: English, ACELY1703. Retrieved from http://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/english/curriculum/f-10?layout=1

 

   Beavers, K. (2014). Mind and Concept Mapping. Retrieved from

http://www.ala.org/acrl/sites/ala.org.acrl/files/content/aboutacrl/directoryofleadership/sections/is/iswebsite/projpubs/tipsandtrends/2014winter.pdf