The technology my group first decided to use was Museum Box.
However, after realizing that Museum Box has newly become a tool that you
have to pay for, we chose to make our New Literacies project on Popplet.
Popplet is a great
source for visual learners. Popplet allows you to create an interactive
graphic organizer, by adding text, pictures, and links in different bubbles or
"popplets". I really like that is it appealing to the eye in
the fact that you can view the Popplet as a whole, or chose to zoom in if you
desire. Popplet is very user-friendly, and easy to navigate.
Popplet looks very clean, and simple to the eye, which is good for
students or teachers that become overwhelmed when there are many different
things going on on a single website. Popplet is also very organized in
the fact that you can color-code each bubble as you build your web.
Before exploring
Popplet, the only graphic organizers I knew of were webs or concept maps drawn
on paper, so I was excited when my group found this resource. I think it
is very important for teachers to implement technology into the classroom, and
I think that Popplet is something easy that teachers can start with.
The new literacy my group has chose is Cultural Literacy. I
am learning that cultural literacy is a very broad concept and that it
encompasses many topics. My group has
learned that J.D. Hirsch is the man who coined the term “cultural literacy” and
has written a book that is quoted by many when explain the definition of
cultural literacy. My group will be
providing the definition of cultural literacy, J.D. Hirsch’s book, videos,
books, and quizzes to test if you are culturally literate or not on our Popplet!
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