This week we had to create a Popplet.  My group decided to create our Popplet about Edmodo.  Edmodo is a tool that is kind of like Facebook but for students and teachers.  It is a great way to communicate with the class and when a student has a question for either the teacher or for the class as a whole, the student just posts the question/comment on the wall for everyone to see.  Last year, I had a class that used Edmodo and I found it to be a great technological tool.  In order to use Popplet, I already  know how to use the computer, how to use the internet and how to use Edmodo.  I still need to learn how to use Popplet because that is something I am unfamiliar with.  The Popplet application aligns with the NET-S standard 1A, B and possibly C.  The students can create numerous things on the Popplet application.  They can create webs about books, characters, history topics and more.  Edmodo would align with standard 2A.  Edmodo helps students interact and collaborate information.

 If I were to bring Popplet into my own classroom, I would have the students create a web based on their family history.  I would have this for grades 3 and 4.  I would have students find out about their heritage and about their extended family.  Then I would have students create a family tree on Popplet.  They can be creative as they would like.