One of my bad habits is to search online for technology tools while I wait for my brain to slow down enough to fall asleep. Late last night, okay- 3:00 am, I found a mention of the coolest thing since sliced bread. After some more research I have found several other similar sites that have blown my mind! Turns out that there are a ton of different ways which information can be organized and my current favorite is PearlTrees. Check out the list of sites on a Pearl tree I created Info Organizing sites.
How will this help the educator in me? I have created a cool way in which students can complete web quests and do their own background knowledge searching as part of the front loading process.
my Pearltree for "Huckleberry Finn". The sharing capabilities are massive. For PrealTrees, I can create a tree on my phone and share it through email, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and many more ways. I can also add my email and find a site, email it to the PearlTrees of my choice and move on. This cuts out many steps for me who has a folder on all email accounts for web sites and ideas that Iw ant to look into at some point.
Aside from using one of these apps to coach students through their learning, I can also see using it to organize my often random thoughts. There are so many other choices out there, it doesn't hurt to have a plethora of ways in which to get organized. Just another way available so that we can prepare more, perspire less and inspire limitlessly!
