Mind Map

Use in the Classroom

Learning Objective: Students will create a word map that reviews the key points and ideas from the World War II unit

Outline: Students would work together in groups to create the mind map as a review for the unit before a test. Students would need to go back through their notes to come up with the branches that they want to create. From there, they would need to look for photos, videos, links, etc. they goes with their information and attach to the document. Students will use this to study for the test.

1. Collaboration will be incorporated in this as students will work together. That way students who are missing pieces of information will have another source to pull from. It also allows students to find relevant information that they may not have found working by themselves. Collaboration also allows students who are weaker with technology to get help from someone who is maybe stronger in it.

2. To develop a culture of collaboration, students need to feel safe. Building relationships amongst students from the beginning is a necessity. Also, setting ground rules on how interactions go in the classroom is also important. If a teacher creates a safe environment where students can feel free to participate, than collaboration is able to happen naturally.

Application:

1. The principles align with my lesson because it allows students to work at their own pace (segmenting). It also incorporates Pre-training, as students have received the basic information and now they are having to dig deeper in the topic by finding relevant sources. The mind map also works with the Spatial Contiguity Principle. The mind map allows students to see images and words together from just looking on the mind map. Mind maps also allow for signaling. Students create cues to help them recall information and can then review by clicking link

Reflection:

1. My thinking has changed this week in how I view word maps. When I have thought about word maps, it is usually around the writing process. I like the fact that these could be used in so many different ways to help students learn. I like it as a way of review because it allows for the students to review their notes to get the basics, but then have to take it further and do independent learning as they have to read and research topics. It can also be done as a way to introduce a topic. The branches could be given to the students and the students would be responsible for researching to get information about them.

2. I enjoyed the process of making the map and learning how to do it. I also enjoyed thinking about different ways of using this. 

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