Popplet

Popplet

Subject:

Design technologies

Year level:

Upper primary

Strand:

Design and Technologies Processes and Production Skills

Sub-strand

Designing

Content descriptor:

Generate, develop, and communicate design ideas and decisions using appropriate technical terms and graphical representation techniques(ACTDEP015 – Scootle )

What is it?

Popplet is a fun and engaging graphic organiser tool for students to organise and represent their ideas. Students create digital mind maps based on what they are learning in class and create relationships between these ideas. Students personalise their own graphic organiser by allowing them to insert images, texts and videos as well as selecting different colours, shape and positions of ideas. The mind-map can be saved, exported and shared on other types of digital platforms.

How do I access it?

Popplet can be accessed on a computer using the Internet – whether this be laptops or desktops. It can also be accessed using iPads through the use of the Popplet application. There are two applications you can choose from that include the free version, Popplet Lite, and the paid version of $7.99. The Popplet Lite is limited to one Popplet while the paid version lets you create an unlimited number of Popplets.

Cross-curriculum priorities and general capabilities

Literacy, Numeracy, Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Capability, Critical and Creative Thinking.

Links to other learning areas

Popplet can used for any subject. It can focus on one or multiple.

 

Popplet

Popplet

Popplet

What is Popplet?

You can use Popplet on an iPad or the computer to allow students to organise and capture their ideas in a visual and systematic way. Popplet was a great app to use during my teaching in a Primary setting. This app can be used as a way to assess students (diagnostic, formative or summative assessment). I found that using this app throughout a learning sequence was very beneficial to the students as they could continually add their ideas and see relationships between concepts learnt. This encouraged computational thinking as students could continually organise their ideas in a logical way which assisted in learning and problem solving skills for different topics.

Enjoy watching this tutorial on how to use Popplet! 🙂

Subject: Digital Technologies (or most other learning areas)

Year level: Years 4 – 6

Curriculum Links/Content Descriptors:

Year 4 – 

  • Different types of data, and the same data, can be represented in different ways (ACTDIK008)
  • Collect and present different types of data for a specific purpose using software (ACTDIP009)
  • Use simple visual programming environments that include a sequence of steps (algorithm) involving decisions made by the user (branching) (ACTDIP011)

Year 5 –

  • Collect, store and present different types of data for a specific purpose using software (ACTDIP016)
  • Design, follow and represent diagrammatically, a simple sequence of steps (algorithm), involving branching (decisions) and iteration (repetition) (ACTDIP019)

Year 6 –

  • Collect, sort, interpret and visually present different types of data using software to manipulate data for a range of purposes (ACTDIP016)
  • Design, follow and represent diagrammatically, a simple sequence of steps (algorithm), involving branching (decisions) and iteration (repetition) (ACTDIP019)

General Capabilities:

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • ICT capability
  • Critical and Creative Thinking

Links to other learning areas:

  • English
  • Maths
  • HASS
  • The Arts
  • Science
  • Health and Physical Education

Resource Website:

http://www.popplet.com/

Mind Mapping with Popplet

Year level: F – 2

Strand: Digital Technologies Processes and Production Skills

Collect, explore and sort data, and use digital systems to present the data creatively (ACTDIP003)

Link to resource: http://popplet.com/

Cross-Curriculum Priorities and General Capabilities:

  • Literacy
  • Numeracy
  • Information and communication technology (ICT) capability
  • Critical and creative thinking
  • Personal and social capability

Classroom Activity: This interactive and engaging software is a great resource for modern classrooms. Students can work independently or in small groups to create mind maps on a given topic and then submit their work via Popplet.

Popplet is great for group work as teachers are able to click on the ideas listed in order to identify the contributions that students have made.

 

By: Jessica Owsiak