So we are on to our second online resource tool of the day. This tool I find to be very beneficial with self-learning.
The tool I have chosen is:
This can be used by the student in their personal learning.
With InstaGrok, you are able to sign up for free as a student. You are then able to create as many groks and journals as you like that will help with your learning. This is crucial in Adult Literacy as students need to be able to get creative and think for themselves. By using this tool, students are shown instantly what they are thinking which I have found influences students to think deeper easier.
I created the below grok to demonstrate how useful this tool can be to any student. Each branch is full of facts that anyone would find very useful. Each branch will give you key facts, useful websites and a place to input your own notes on this specific area of the grok. By inputting your own thoughts you can add to the branches as you see fit.
This resource tool can be used for a variety of learning and is very easy to understand.
The only disadvantage I have found for students using InstaGrok is that students are unable to link up together and share their work with their peers. I believe for students to learn, socialization and the sharing of ideas can play a big part and unfortunately I was unable to find a way to do this within a group setting without having to sign in as a teacher and group students into classes myself.
I found InstaGrok very interesting and will definitely be recommending as such to my students going forward.
Thanks for reading!
Nicola
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