ICT Primary Tools

Hello again!!!! This time I have been trying different tools for creating mind maps. I love mind maps because they are very useful for everything: studying, reviewing, preparing a conference, whatever! So, here I bring you different tools you can use for designing them: Mindmeister   Coggle Mind42 SpiderScribe Bubbl Creately     I have created a mind map with the main contents of plants' lesson. Using it, I could explain students all the lesson, and they can follow the class, as well as studying it and reviewing it at the end of the lesson.  In order to create my mind map I have used two of tools above: coggle and SpiderScribe.  In both, the first thing you have to do (as usual) is to sign up. They have free plans, although they are not as complete as the paying-plans and, in SpiderScribe, you have some advertisements. Firstly, I am going to focus on coggle. This one is very interesting because you can invite colleagues for designin...

Hi everybody!!! I hope all of you, your families, and your friends are ok. The new tool I bring you today is Pixton , where you can create comics with different purposes. For using it, it is necessary to sign up ; you just need a Gmail, Facebook or Microsoft account, or just an e-mail. Then, the first time you access Pixton with your new account, a window will appear prompting you to visit the “Create page” , where you can start creating your main character. Once you have chosen its characteristics and the place where the story unfolds, you c an start decorating your comic: backgrounds, more characters, colors, dialogues... you can even play with the position and gestures of your characters. I have created my first comic in Pixton. It is about the current situation we have due to Coronavirus. You can find it below: I have to say that Pixton is an easy-to-use tool, it is simple, and intuitive . There you can share your comics; it has teamwork options, and yo...

Hi everyone!!! It has been a long time since my last post. But I was looking for the perfect entry. During those days I have signed up to Twitter and I have been investigating Genially . (https://app.genial.ly). I had never used this online tool to create anything...but I have discovered it is a world of opportunities. First of all, I am going to explain what genially is . It is a tool to create interactive contents:  any type of didactic resource, presentation, game, interactive image, infographic, maps, temporal processes... Yo u can use it to support your lessons or to assess students and check their knowledge. Why is it so interesting? I think it is a perfect way to present new contents in a different and interactive way that engages your students. Its main pros are that it helps hoarding - the interactive content makes students to actively participate-; engagement -the more interactive the tool is, the more attention it gets-; memorable , -interactive content i...

Hello everybody!!!  Today I have discovered a new website: Symbaloo! It is similar to Pinterest (which all we know) but it also allows you to create learning itineraries for your students. Awesome!!! It is very easy look and find interesting contents, pictures, videos... but also, create them! You just have to do a web search and whatever you like, you can add it to your Symbaloo. For so, you have to copy the link of the content you like and go to your webmix; press an empty square (it will appear the sentence "Add here"). Then, you select add a new block and finally, you paste the link, name the block and, if you want, add an image. YOU HAVE IT!!!!  As I just discovered this website, I have just beginning to create my boards there. In the main page of my blog, in the right side, you can find my Symbaloo embedded. There, you will find five resources, all of them related with the plants: - A diagram to label the parts of a plant: the first thing childre...

Hello fourth-graders!!!!  Today's activity is related with the vertebrates.  For this activity, you have to compare and contrast different groups of vertebrates. In order to help you, we provide you the next pitures: Image by skeeze from Pixabay Image by skeeze from Pixabay Image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay Image by Mylene2401 from Pixabay Image by Anrita1705 from Pixabay Step 1: Choose two vertebrate groups (reptiles, birds, fish, mammals or amphibians). Step 2: Write a list with the main characteristics of each chosen animal/group. Step 3: Order the characteristics into aVenn's diagram. Step 4: Write four sentences using some of these structures: - One similarity is _____________. Another one is ______________. - Both,     (animal/group1)     and     (animal/group2)     have     (thing in common)    . - However, the two (animals/groups) are ...