Thingr #6 -- Bookr

Ok... so the "mashup" that struck my fancy was Bookr. Just by its description I could see that it could potentially replace some of the paper projects I had assigned this past school year. Well... after working with it I see that there are definitely some limitations such as limited control over the book's appearance, a less-than- comprehensive search engine, and limited space for text. Nonetheless, my attempt is embedded below:


So while it does not possess the capabilities it would need to be a project for one of my classes... it definitely could fit in as another unique way to check for student understanding with visual concepts!

Thing #5-- Flitting on Flickr

I have had a little bit of experience with the Creative Commons of Flickr as we had our kids use it as a source of images for animoto projects they produced last year. I did not, however, know about the ability to create groups. It seems that this component has the potential to be an excellent tool for checking for understanding on topics in science that are harder to grasp without visuals. Our unit on weathering, erosion, and deposition immediately comes to mind as students often struggle with distinguishing the three when attempting to identify the processes in the world around them.

I decided to search for the tag "cell" and selected the following image of a red blood cell from the results:


Flickr, Andrew Mason