Intel Education: Visual Ranking Tool

Katie StinsonEDT 575

Intel visual ranking tool

What is it?

• It is a tool which helps students bring focus to and identify and refine the different criteria of a list in order to rank and assign them.

Intel Visual Ranking Tool

What does it help you do?

•VRT helps students through the use of visual diagrams, explain their reasoning, and compare their work.

Intel Visual Ranking Tool

What activates does the tool support?

•VRT helps students organize thoughts, debate opinions, and reach an agreement on the order behind a specific list of items.

What makes up a list?

•Favorite movie•Favorite songs•Favorite books•Favorite food•Favorite restaurants

What kind of items belong in your list?

•Objective items

•Abstract items

How can we use them in our classroom?

• They enable students of all ages to make a visual ranking of items.

• Examples of use in a classroom:• English – Ability to rank facts regarding your favorite book.• Elementary – Develop a list of their favorite things to eat.

Famous quotes"The exercise of ordering your favorites...ranking one a level higher than another, and then articulating why you chose the way you did- requires a depth and clarity of consideration and comparison that inspires richer appreciation and enjoyment."

Michael J. Gelb, How to Think Like Leonardo da Vinciwww.engage.intel.com

Visual ranking tool

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Benefits of Visual Ranking

•This process enables students to use a more strategic way of thinking through being creative and comparing a list of items to narrow down the most important ones.

How to setup a new project

Five steps to create a successful Visual Ranking Tool:

• Set up new project• Add photos• Rank the items in your list• Compare your list of items• Assess the results of your list• Utilize the Visual Ranking Application

Develop your project

• Identify your focal point of study you want to develop into your project such as a subject or time.

• List out the contributions or significant importance of the focal point.• Engage your students to think outside the box through higher-level discussion

questions:• What is the definition of progress?• What are the cost and overall benefits of what we can create?

• Once you complete your development of your project, it is important to guide your students in creating a list that is manageable of 8-10 items.

Add visualization to your project

• Visual images help a student learn easier• Visual images enable a

student to retain the information longer• Visual images help to

support all levels of learning types

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Rank your items

•Utilize group discussions to determine the item rank•Move items around until your group is confident

in their ranking•Finalize your rankings and complete your ranking

tool

Compare your lists

•Create a group activity to enable the students to work together from different groups for list comparison•Finalize your final rankings of your list to ensure you are set with how you have them

Assess your results

• Create open discussion with the teams through the use of the Visual Ranking Application about results• Discuss with the teams whether they feel there is a

correlation with anything other teams have developed• Teacher can comment to prompt more discussion

Using visual ranking app

• Encourage students to utilize their own technology when completing their assignment through the use of the smart phone app•Use the app as homework for the students to

access their projects from

New technology for visual ranking

Websites to consider for Visual Ranking• www.popplet.com• www.padlet.com• www.mindomo.com• www.pinup.com

Statement from Intel Online Tools:The tools (Visual Ranking, Seeing Reason, Showing Evidence and Assessing Projects) were written over 10 years ago in an application environment that is dated, lacks flexibility and is too expensive to maintain and update. Similar tools (https://engage.intel.com/docs/DOC-59367 ) that are more effective and mobile have since come to market. Furthermore, usage has been dropping regularly. For these reasons, Intel has decided to take the tools offline by 4-15-2017 and will invest in future products and programs that will have more impact. Please use these months to save what artifacts you wish to keep, export assessments and search for alternatives.

Further look at new sites

www.mindomo.comCreate floating topics with text, images, and video for each item in a list and use the unique URL to share your mind map. Students click and drag to reorder and rank the topics, all while collaborating in real time across multiple devices.• Free (for a basic account) and web-based• Create “floating topics” with text, images, or embedded video• Creates a unique URL to share the mind map with students• Students click and drag to reorder, rearrange, and rank the topics• Option to print or export as an image file (free) or choose from other export formats (requires a paid account)• Real-time collaboration across multiple devices• Includes a full-screen mode for displaying rankings to the whole class• “Make a copy” feature makes it easy to share with multiple student groups• Uploading images or video from your computer requires a paid account, but multimedia with a URL can be embedded with a

free account

Further look at new sites

https://pinup.comThis simple tool allows students to move sticky notes on a board while they reorder and rank ideas. Supports real-time student collaboration across multiple devices.

• Free, web-based, and simple to use• Create a canvas with multiple sticky notes (text only)• Creates a  unique URL for easy sharing with students• Students click and drag to reorder, rearrange, and rank the notes• Limited print and export options• Supports real-time collaboration across multiple devices