I found the approach to using concept mapping in the classroom interesting. I found myself thinking of math projects that I could collaborate with other teachers such as science, technology, english or history. Using inspiration in my classroom would not only help the students to organize, create, and present their projects, it would also help the collaborating teachers to monitor the student's project, help the student, and grade the student's project. Hopefully, it would stimulate an interest in the student to continue learning after the project is finished.
I believe that collaborative writing makes the best use of technology in your classroom. Students who work collaboratively can use websites, blogs, and various other technological methods to communicate with each other to critique or research the subject they are writing about.
I worked at Paris Junior College in the Math Lab as a tutor for several years. When I first started tutoring students, I struggled to help the students grasp the concepts they were struggling with. I did not have a good grasp on the concepts myself. Overtime, I began to have a deeper understanding of the concepts. This understanding helped me to explain the concepts in various ways until the struggling student was able to achieve an understanding of the concepts they were working on. This experience has helped me to realize that as I teach I am learning right along with my students. This reinforces the old saying you learn something new everyday.
Carolyn Hiller
Lesson Plan
14 years ago
I found that yours was interesting on how you would use concept mapping in your classroom to help students get a better understanding of the different subjects. Also how the concept mapping will give the students a visual learning on the information.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your intake on inspiration because we share the same content area and it gave me a different perspective on how to incorporate writing into the classroom.
ReplyDeleteCarolyn - You know, I had not even thought of using Inspiration (or its equivalent) as a way of adding to an interdisciplinary study unit. But that's a great idea! By combining two or more subjects (math, English, history, for example) and then using a blog to marry the three, or even Inspiration to spur writing objectives is an exciting idea.
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