Excellent ideas for mind mapping and brainstorming digitally. Several of the resources are for the iPad or iPhone I have used Popplet and Wallwisher several times in my classroom and both resources are popular with my students.
While we have already learned many strategies, this web page gives us a 4 step instructional process for teaching these strategies. It also gives a video example how to complete each step.
This is a nice site, Holly. The highlighted steps would make a nice handout for this course -- I can see how it might be helpful to keep it handy as a constant reminder not to rush when implementing new strategies.
On 3×5 note cards, students write a quick response to a question you pose at
some point during class. The question might be on the previous night’s reading,
or it might ask students to link two recent lecture topics. You might post the
question on the board for students who arrive early and want an extra few
minutes to consider and write.
At the end of the class, pose a minute-write question about the day’s material.
If students seem to be confused, you know immediately and can send a clarifying
email or begin the next class addressing the issue.
After collecting the cards, you can quickly review a few before launching the
day’s lecture or activities to see how well students understand.
a microtheme of five minutes or so. Used mid-class, a micro-theme serves as a
break between activities. After students write, usually on both sides of a large
note card (5×8), they turn their responses in, or trade them with a classmate in
a think-pair-share activity