I just learned about this tool not that long ago, and this was my first chance to try it. I used it to help teach about ionic compounds. I gave my students several chemical equations, and then I wrote charge possibilities at the top of the page, and used the infinite cloner on the charges. I then had my students drag the charges to the right place in each equation. I had each student download the file to their own computers and do it for homework, then we went over it together on the Board. I had the students make an “infinite clone” for themselves, so they would know how to use the tool. When I have the students make review quizzes for each other on the Smartboard software, they will know about this tool.
I found it very useful, and I wished I had known about it before. I had made a similar lesson last year, where I had my students drag down electrons for electron configuration practice. I just copied and pasted the electrons and lay them on top of each other. After a while, it looked pretty messy, and I was still worried about running out of electrons. The infinite cloner takes care of both problems. This a definitely a good tool to know about!
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Danny Nicholson
// Dec 1, 2008 at 4:47 pm
infinite cloner is very handy for labelling these kind of diagrams. Like you I used to have stacks of things (arrows, molecules, symbols etc) layered on top of each other…. infinite cloner makes this much easier
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