Making+Things+Visible+and+Discuss-able-PBL+Essential+Learning+Functions

From [|Reinventing Project-Based Learning] =__Making Things Visible and Discuss-able__ =

Displaying thinking in a visual way helps students understand, engage and connect to things.

Maps and More
 * Google Earth
 * [|Google Lit Trips]
 * [|Yahoo! Maps]
 * [|Map Quest]
 * [|Google Maps]
 * [|Public 911 - 911 calls displayed on google maps in real time]
 * [|Shakespeare Explorer - map and timeline of Shakespeare]
 * [|www.google.com/TopKids_and_Teens/School_Time/Science/][|/]

- MASHUP - According to wikipedia it is a web application that combines data or functionality from 2+ sources into a single integrated application

Words into Visual Arrays Word play using online tools
 * [|Thinkmap Visual Thesaurus]

Webcams
 * [|EarthCam] tracks thousands of webcams

Mind Mapping Is like a wiki in a way because different users can contribute and modify an in-progress web. Students could also access a web that was made in class from a computer at home.
 * [|Mindomo]
 * [|bubbl.us]
 * [|MindMeister]

Photographs Online
 * Photo sharing on the web with [|Flickr] and[|Picasa]
 * Can make a group display on Flickr for your class ([|www.flickr.com/groups/classrmdisplays] )

Virtual Manipulatives and Modeling Software Concept Mapping
 * Math manipulatives at the[|National Library of Virtual Manipulatives]
 * [|www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/4115]
 * [|Illuminations]
 * [|Google Sketch Up] -- developed for working through the conceptual stages of design

> > > Making things Visible > > Mashups- combines maps with real time info services > > Public 911 > > Other Mashups > > [|EarthCam] > > [|WebCam Wall]
 * [|www.shambles.net/pages/school/mindmaps/]