Concept Mapping

This was a difficult project for me at first, I took a few e-mails for me to understand the integration of concept mapping and how to successfully use it within the classroom. It was a good experience to realize how concept mapping is a great idea to incorporate into a lesson to understand what students do or do not know about a topic. It lets students discuss, brainstorm, and explore ideas on a topic. I really do plan on using this within the classroom to assess how much information students will need in order to be successfully educated on a topic. 


So do you know the answer?

Do you know what the curious incident was?

Name: Whitney Lawson	Date: December 9, 2010
Non-linear PPT Title: So what was the curious incident?	Grade/Level: Honors 9
TN State Learning Accomplishments: http://www.state.tn.us/education/curriculum.shtml Please think about a narrow focus here rather than a broad focus. 3001.8.3 Analyze how plot elements (e.g., exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, resolution/denouement) function and advance action.  3 3001.8.4 Analyze the role and function of characters (major/minor, protagonists/ antagonists) and determine ways in which the author reveals those characters (e.g., what the author tells us, what the other characters say about him or her, what the character does, what the character says, what the character thinks) 3001.8.6 Identify ways that the plot shapes the character and the presentation of moral dilemmas in texts.
NETS-T Performance Indicators:  http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForTeachers/2008Standards/NETS_for_Teachers_2008.htm 2a. develop technology-enriched learning environments that enable all students to pursue their individual curiosities and become active participants in setting their own educational goals, managing their own learning, and assessing their own progress. 3c. communicate relevant information and ideas effectively to students, parents, and peers using a variety of digital-age media and formats.
Essential Question: What is the desired/expected outcome for the students after using this non-linear PowerPoint presentation? Students will be able to review the novel and have discussion about the characters, themes, plots, and other relevant information in order to better understand the meaning of the text. The non-linear PowerPoint will allow the students to interact and work together to remember and analyze the text with both simple and complicated questions about the text.
Description of the ‘relative advantage’ of any and all technology being used in this instructional activity: Describe how technology is more helpful than time consuming in completing this instructional activity; why use technology in this activity at all? This technology is really helpful because it presents and reviews information in an exciting and interactive way so students are not doing a mundane quiz or test and it gets students to interact together if paired in groups and interact with other groups. Also it speeds up time whether done individually or in groups because the teacher does not have to hand out multiple papers for students to have to turn in and this activity creates a fun atmosphere for learning instead of a stressful environment. Students concentrate on the excitement of playing a game and learning instead of worrying about a test grade.