Yet another useful little tool for integrating technology into the classroom. Filamentality is a great resource for creating a hotlist on any topic to satisfy both Foundational and Learning Objectives in the curriculum. I found the tech task tonight to be very useful; as well, Filamentality’s website is very simple to operate.
I decided to create a Hotlist for Australia. I traveled to Australia and backpacked the east coast this past summer and enjoy bringing my life experiences into the classroom: stories, objects, pictures, etc. I placed ten websites into my Hotlist and filed them under the following categories: Factual Australia, Australian Animals, Australian Sports, and Australian Places. This Hotlist will be helpful to both teachers and students when studying such units in the Social Sciences like Gr.8 Cultures and Gr. 6 Personal Identity.
Creating a Hotlist with Filamentality has numerous advantages, such as organizing data and making information easily accessible to students. However, I feel its best benefit is to ensure students are not accessing inappropriate material on the internet. Considering the students will be provided with a Hotlist, there is no need for them to experiment with other search engines. I definitely foresee myself using Filamentality in my future classroom and throughout various subject matters.
Keep On Keepin’ On,
Kyle
