There are various Intel Thinking Tools available to teachers
to enhance their instructions. One of
Intel’s tools is called the Seeing
Reason tool. This tool allows
students to create diagrams which show causality. I was pretty excited when I found this Web
2.0 tool.
The teacher sets up the workspace for the students by
assigning groups and passwords. Students
or groups working together then sign in and start creating their diagram. Students put factors in boxes, choosing their
color. Then they link them together
using the tool. Colors and thickness of
the arrows indicate the extent of the relationship. When projects are complete, or even during
the process, the teacher can leave comments about the diagram.
Thank you for posting this information about this tool. I had not heard of it before. It seems like the graphics are quite outdated in this program, but the usefulness is there in my opinion. Much like Prezi, this allows a user to back up and see a project in its totality, including the way the the elements of the project fit with one another.
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