Assignment Title:  Gliffy/Mind Mapping

Uses in the Classroom:   Gliffy has great potential to be used as a way for students to creatively organize stored knowledge and apply it in a practical way.  The Gliffy would provide an avenue for students to analyze what they have learned, determine how the information is connected, and personalize how the information will be displayed.  For teachers, a Gliffy would provide a tool for evaluation of students' understanding of content.  The teacher would need to be specific with objectives and expectations through a rubric and the student would be allowed creative movement.

Issues to Consider:  The types of computers and systems being used to create a Gliffy needs to be considered.  I had to save my work after each change unknowing if my computer would freeze up.  For whatever reason, running Gliffy on my computer caused the internet to freeze and Gliffy to stop working.  Also, scaffolding of the program would definitely need to be considered for classroom use.  It has similar workings as other word processing programs, but to ensure students are spending their work time actually on the assigned topic Gliffy (and not learning the program), scaffolding that learning will help. 

Copyright:  www.gliffy.com was used to crate this mindmap.  Other websites used to gather information include http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Etta_James, http://www.biography.com/people/etta-james-9542558.