The concept shown here is called “Systems In Our World and Beyond”. I chose this angle because I wanted to link the different systems found on earth and in space. The overall concept was “Systems” and the title, “Systems in Our World and Beyond” is actually just a branch of this whole concept of a system. The main goal was to let students know that systems are everywhere, and they exist so that there is function. Through this concept, I hope to teach and extend on the idea of a “system” so that students come to the conclusion that they are actually part of a working system that they must take part in to ensure that the system keeps working.
Creating this “Mind Map” actually helped me think deeper about this concept that I have been working on, and to me that is the most important lesson I learned from this activity. I love working with big concepts or ideas, and then connecting them to smaller, more specific ideas to teach things in an integrated fashion. I learned this from Mr. Rob Schultz. Thanks to him, I learned that the best way to teach the many objectives found in our Standards and Benchmarks can be linked together if you find something that a good handful of them share. The process of putting it all together through the webbing process was a very helpful one since it helped me make connections that I didn’t think of before. However, putting it down on paper was a different story when it came time to use the Inspiration program.
I actually loved the Inspiration program because it was so easy to use. Since I have already organized my thoughts out on paper, I just had to put it in an outline form that I found in the program. This outline form can then be viewed as a web, and, TADA, I created my own “Mind Map”. It was so great to find a program that could create a web from an outline instead of having to draw circles and lines on Microsoft Word. I know that I will continue to use Inspiration. I think that the only thing I would do differently next time is to be more creative with my mapping. I’ll only be able to do this with more exploration of Inspiration.
Creating this “Mind Map” actually helped me think deeper about this concept that I have been working on, and to me that is the most important lesson I learned from this activity. I love working with big concepts or ideas, and then connecting them to smaller, more specific ideas to teach things in an integrated fashion. I learned this from Mr. Rob Schultz. Thanks to him, I learned that the best way to teach the many objectives found in our Standards and Benchmarks can be linked together if you find something that a good handful of them share. The process of putting it all together through the webbing process was a very helpful one since it helped me make connections that I didn’t think of before. However, putting it down on paper was a different story when it came time to use the Inspiration program.
I actually loved the Inspiration program because it was so easy to use. Since I have already organized my thoughts out on paper, I just had to put it in an outline form that I found in the program. This outline form can then be viewed as a web, and, TADA, I created my own “Mind Map”. It was so great to find a program that could create a web from an outline instead of having to draw circles and lines on Microsoft Word. I know that I will continue to use Inspiration. I think that the only thing I would do differently next time is to be more creative with my mapping. I’ll only be able to do this with more exploration of Inspiration.
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