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RECENT MINDTOOLS PROJECTS

Searching Online​
 
InstaGrok was foreign to me prior to experimenting with the mindtool. It is a great way to search for relevant information and to present a visualization of the research assembled:
 
About InstaGrok
 
One of the early lessons about Internet searches involved an open spreadsheet that required searching for the answers to specific questions about various species of dinosaurs:
 
DinoDatabase
 
Similar to the dinosaur database, an intentional search was conducted:
 
Intentional search
 
All of these tools can all be valuable for the learner who is researching information on topics related to a lesson or course.
Spreadsheets/Databases
 
​Related to the Internet search is a mindtool for assembling data in usable forms and for utilizing formulae for arriving at/prediciting mathematical outcomes.
 
A simple, but effective, employment of the database is a brief review of theories. Unlike a complete review of literatrure, the review allows us to see who the theorists are/were, and what the theory posits, and the relationship(s) between and among those theories:
 
Theory Review
 
A simple example of the formulae available in a spreadsheet that can help predict a future outcome is illustrated by the prediction of a freed  ballon climbing toward space:
 
Balloon
 
 
 
 

 

Visualization
 
One of the unique Mindtools utililzed in my studies was Webspiration (which I now use in the classes I teach). Webspiration is a tool for visualization of the links between and among topics that have been searched on the web or researched through other sources.
 
Webspiration
 
Another example of visual expression was a project using "Paint" online:
 
Paint
 
Spreadsheets are also a form of visualization that present a model of accummulated data. A brief theory review was also influced in this category:
 
Theory Review
 
 
All of these mindtools can be utilized separately or in conjunction to help the learned to research, visualize, and understand what the lesson is and to better achieve a positive outcome.
 
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