Please view my mind-map at this link on the website Webspiration.com.
Why did I choose this topic?
I chose the topic for my mind-map based on the unit I will be teaching in my first student-teaching placement this fall. The unit is the four seasons.
What was my expected goal?
The expected goal of my mind-mapping was to organize my ideas about what topics within the four seasons unit I will cover and how I will breakdown my approach. As a result of the mind-mapping, I concluded that my approach will be broken down by season with each season having its own sub-topics.
What assessments can be used with this tool?
Following the use of this mind-map, and hence the implementation of my unit plan, I will use a summative assessment to ensure that students have learned the various topics represented in the map. I will use formative evaluations as well as each concept and sub-topic area is taught.
How will this tool help students learn?
This mind-map tool will help students learn about the topic of the four seasons because it helps me to organize how my unit plan will be structured and what conceptual areas I will focus on throughout the unit. Furthermore, I can distribute the mind-map to students so that they can write notes about the sub-topic areas and use these notes to enhance and solidify their learning.
What was the most important lesson I learned from this activity?
I learned that there is a free web-based program that can help me create visual organizers and mind-maps. There are numerous uses for these kinds of tools for helping students learn and grow.
What did I like and dislike about Webspiration?
I really liked that it was quite intuitive to figure out how to use the various tools that Webspiration offers. I do desire that the program offer more abundant reserves of pictures for which to use as icons and visual representations in the maps. However, I assume this is available in a pay version of the program.
What would I do differently the next time I create a mind-map?
I will overcome my natural preference to use a hands-on, trial-and-error approach to exploring the various capacities the site has to offer. Instead, I will look through any tutorials and helpful information that describes the various functions I may use to create my mind-map. I would also follow this approach when asking students to use the program. I would likely ask them to explore the various help topics within the site and to make a list of the most important functions they learned about that will help them make spectacular mind-maps.
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