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Website of Tool:
http://www.spicynodes.org/index.html

Does tool require Sign-in? Yes
==Description of Tool: This is very similar to using a concept map. It can be used by students and/or teachers for planning, teaching and learning. It acts as a interactive, visual outline. It also connects to social media, Google bookmarks so students can access it easily.==

==How does tool apply to your curricular area? (if your group contains more than one curricular area, give an example in each area) For Social Studies, it breaks down the material. For example, if the students are learning about government, SpicyNodes organizes the material into "nodes". For example, if a teacher wants to ask the question: How is a law created", you can create a node for each possible answer. Students can click on each node, which will allow more information to be displayed as well as connect the information to the internet. For English, it would be a great tool for breaking down a book by chapter and then analyzing key elements of text. Teacher can include vocabulary, outside resources which supplement the reading for the book.==

==Where does tool fit in Digital Blooms and why? SpicyNodes is flexible, however it lends itself more to the lower half of Digital Blooms. For example, it is useful in the "Remembering" because it can serve as an excellent for reviewing material. Also, it works at the "Understanding, Applying, Analyzing" levels because it dissects the information into a more approachable format while again, allowing students to access it through the internet.==

=Part 2=

Adapted Lesson Plan
http://www.spicynodes.org/tryit_view_nodes.html?token=733afa5edb39cbd16ace8cbdcf0ef0c7&nodemapNum=264889 The Three Branches of American Government: 6th Grade Social Studies

http://www.tpsnva.org/teaching_materials/learning_experience/print.php?experiences_key=4062 This is the lesson we referenced for this demonstration. Due to the complex setup of SpicyNodes, it's too time consuming to transfer effectively. Either that, or we simply need to be more saavy in the technology department. We tried!