Week 6: Study Tools

I think these activities fall in the category of "would be cool if I had the time".  Here is a word cloud that I might use as a first slide in a lesson to introduce the architecture of the United Kingdom:

http://www.tagxedo.com/artful/aa56f06c0ed84065

I also explored the timeline site, which I do think I will use, but I do not think I will have time to make many myself, there are lots already made that will work well for me.  No need to reinvent the wheel.

Just now I tried to use Quizlet, but after I typed in all the flashcard information and hit submit, it said the set did not exist.  (of course it didn't, I just made it)  When I tried to back up to see what I did wrong, all the information I just typed was gone.  It said step one was to create the cards.  Step 2 is to create an account.  Seems backward.  So I gave up on Quizlet.

Spicynodes was fun.  I created a mind map to go with the architecture picture above
http://www.spicynodes.org/a/2db57158041e4e53dd8477a88c8f0ee7

The problem with Spicynodes is that I can't seem to get an embed code.  I see the button to click, it just doesn't work.  It thinks and thinks and thinks.  So I put the link above.  If I can get this site to work, I think it might be something I will use.  It seemed to be a lot like Prezi in the way it looks when it is done.  I like the outline format of how to enter the information.  It looked like it was possible to add visuals, so I think I could use it to create lesson presentations.

OK, I tried again and here is the embed code.

I am at school now.  The word cloud doesn't work here, but spicynodes does.  I will need to have a tech person do the freeze and thaw thing to install "silverlight".