MIND42, YOUTHINK, BRAINSHARK, AND GOOGLE.

Teachers always are looking new resourses to enhance lesson planning now we have the opportunity to do it. Technology is changing, and offers us new tools to give quality in our classes. As you know students are running with technology, and as teachers we need to do the same. Here I have a list that can be useful for improving your classes with your students. Mind42 is an online mind mapping application that allows users to visualize their thinking using the proven mind mapping method. Mind42 allows you to manage all your ideas, whether alone, two some or working together with the whole world. Features about mind42: It allowsyou the ability to insert images from URLs; Real-time collaboration and editing, utilizing the Google Talk gadget; The ability to add notes to branches, etc. Youthink is a blog for sharing stories and ideas on how young people are shaping the fight against poverty and the future of development. This tool can help your students to practice writing, and at the same time they can improve their grammar. Brainshark is an application that allows users to create video presentations. Brainshark is a valuable tool for educators because it enables voice-overs, is interactive and free. Brainshark can be used to: Add sound to PowerPoint presentations. Share documents and explain their meanings. Share photos and give vivid descriptions. Go over important passages in texts. Provide a more personal interaction with online students. Give online lectures...etc! As you can see brainshark allows you to do many activities. Google is one of the five most popular websites in the world. Google is a web search engine that lets you find other sites on the web based on keyword searches. Google also provides specialized searches through blogs, catalogs, videos, news items and more. You can share extra information with your students to let them know that there are more explanation about the topic. Also, you can provide images and different thing that will help them to learn more. We have different options to improve our lesson plans, but all you have to to is study more about the new tools that technology provides you. Take advantage of it, and share what you want with your students.