Technology Integration Form – COLLABORATION

GENERAL INFORMATION
Selected Technology/Resource Name: Age/Grade Level: Technology/Resource Type:
Popplet 6th- 12th
Application Software Device Website
Source: (Web address, company name, etc.)

www.popplet.com

Associated Learning Standard(s): The resource may be generally applicable, if so, simply state that. List any ISTE-S standards that
seem to naturally align with the selected resource.

This tool is applicable to all of the student ISTE standards in standard 2: digital citizen 2a-2d.

RESOURCE DESCRIPTION
Give a brief description of the technology/resource.

Popplet is a way to have mind maps with your students. You can share these with your students and work on them together, have
them make their own, upload pictures, videos, etc. in addition to text, and maybe even give it as homework.

INTEGRATION IDEA - COLLABORATION

How might you integrate this resource in a lesson plan to promote collaboration among students in your classroom, or among
students and others outside of the classroom?

This tool would allow collaboration primarily online. Students would learn how to behave online and how to take responsibility
for their posts. On Popplet, if you contribute anything, your name is attached to it so everyone knows what you put on there. This
should be a safe platform for students to generate ideas and make connections between important concepts in class. This will
help students realize that not everyone thinks the way they do (applicable outside of the classroom setting).

Value-Added Rating Scale

3 2 1

The integration idea described: The integration idea described: The integration idea described:

• aligns to content standards • aligns to content standards • aligns to content standards

• transforms a lesson in a way that would • enhances a lesson; likely to • serves as a nice supplement to a lesson
be impossible or very difficult without it; increase student engagement and but wouldn’t necessarily play a critical
very likely to increase student engagement support mastery of the concept(s) role within the lesson
and contribute to mastery of the
• will most likely be used by the • will most likely be used by the teacher
concept(s)
students directly during a lesson (e.g., a demonstration)
• optimal in a student-centered
environment where students are active
and engaged in learning content
 VALUE-ADDED EXPLANATION
 Based on the “value-added rating scale” above, how would you rate the technology integration you described, using the
selected resource? I would rate Popplet a 2.
 Explain your rating based on the rubric indicators. I gave Popplet a 2 because it’s very user friendly and gives me, as a
future teacher, more opportunities for my students to ask questions and think about science in a different way. Although
I need to make the Popplet platform for them initially, as I send it to them, they are free to edit it and use it as they wish.
They also have printer friendly versions so if my students or I want to print out our collaboration mind maps we can.

This template has been adapted from the following resources:

Christie, A., (2007). Dr. Alice Christie’s 6C Model for Evaluating Apps. Retrieved from
http://www.kathyschrock.net/uploads/3/9/2/2/392267/evalipad_content.pdf
ISTE, (2012). iste.nets•s Advancing Digital Age Learning. Retrieved from
http://www.iste.org/docs/pdfs/nets-s-standards.pdf?sfvrsn=2.
LearnZillion, Inc. (July 2014). TeachFest Guide | Mathematics. Retrieved from http://ctcorestandards.org/wp-
content/uploads/2014/08/Math_TeachFest_SA_Guidebook.pdf.
Schrock, K., (2011-14). Critical Evaluation of a Content-Based IPAD/IPOD APP. Retrieved from
http://alicechristie.org/6C/6C.pdf.