Comments on: Continuing to learn from my children http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/ a blog about information Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:37:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-158833 Stephen Smoliar Mon, 09 Jul 2007 21:17:07 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/#comment-158833 As an addendum, I should note that the tool that has worked best for my wife and her middle school students is called Inspiration. As an addendum, I should note that the tool that has worked best for my wife and her middle school students is called Inspiration.

]]> By: Stephen Smoliar http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-158754 Stephen Smoliar Mon, 09 Jul 2007 18:14:31 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/#comment-158754 Giancarlo, since my wife uses mind-mapping in her (sixth grade) classroom, I could not resist following your link. I suspect these guys have never been in a middle school classroom! The interface is clunky and not particularly informative. (My initial test, in the interest of my wife's curriculum, was Ray Bradbury.) There is a lot of mind-mapping software out there, as you will discover with a simple Google search. Different products are aimed at different age levels, and many of them are informed by some rudimentary anthropological field work of the practices of the intended users. Giancarlo, since my wife uses mind-mapping in her (sixth grade) classroom, I could not resist following your link. I suspect these guys have never been in a middle school classroom! The interface is clunky and not particularly informative. (My initial test, in the interest of my wife’s curriculum, was Ray Bradbury.) There is a lot of mind-mapping software out there, as you will discover with a simple Google search. Different products are aimed at different age levels, and many of them are informed by some rudimentary anthropological field work of the practices of the intended users.

]]> By: Giancarlo Costa http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-158634 Giancarlo Costa Mon, 09 Jul 2007 11:49:30 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/#comment-158634 Look at this: http://www.wikimindmap.org/ Regards gc Look at this:

http://www.wikimindmap.org/

Regards

gc

]]> By: JP http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-157371 JP Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:48:47 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/#comment-157371 Thanks a lot for that. I look forward to seeing Ratatouille soon, with said 9 year old daughter. Thanks a lot for that. I look forward to seeing Ratatouille soon, with said 9 year old daughter.

]]> By: JD http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/comment-page-1/#comment-157366 JD Fri, 06 Jul 2007 20:39:35 +0000 http://confusedofcalcutta.com/2007/07/06/continuing-to-learn-from-my-children/#comment-157366 So I am a bit of a nut for visualization, too. Here is a recent post from the Information Aesthetics blog about the visualization of taste in the movie Ratatouille: http://infosthetics.com/archives/2007/07/taste_visualization_in_animated_movies_ratatouille.html enjoy! So I am a bit of a nut for visualization, too. Here is a recent post from the Information Aesthetics blog about the visualization of taste in the movie Ratatouille:

http://infosthetics.com/archives/2007/07/taste_visualization_in_animated_movies_ratatouille.html

enjoy!

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