iThoughts is a unique piece of idea-webbing software. It allows one to create an idea-map (which my gradeschool teacher referred to as a web, because of its similarity in appearance to a spider web), and use text, pictures and links to map out ideas and information. The cool thing about iThoughts is that it is incredibly easy to use, offering touch based controls to allows you to place your thoughts all over the map with ease.
It's easy to see some places where one could use iThoughts in education. I mentioned above that in grade school, we learned about mapping our thoughts in this way, so designing a lesson on this technique while using iThoughts to teach it would be one way. Another is for mapping out ideas and information when students are learning how to effectively write stories, essays and research articles for class, or when they are working on big projects that require a lot of planning.
Not only would it be useful for students to learn how to use, but teachers can also use this powerful tool in lesson planning as well, allowing us to organize our thoughts and ideas for each lesson onto one map.
So there are just a few ways to use iThoughts in the classroom. It's an easy-to-use, helpful piece of software that I'm looking forward to using.
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