Post # 4

As a teacher, I would use the concepts presented in Chapter 7 to present and teach information to my students. I would love to use the idea maps to explain information to my students about certain topics, such as history or English. To achieve my goals, I would use PowerPoint's or a software such as inspiration. I believe these technologies would work perfectly for the idea maps.

I would encourage my students to develop outline, idea map, and storyboarding skills. I think that it is important when it comes to everyday life as well in school. These skills teach you how to first plan, and then carry out that plan. Idea map skills can be very helpful when brainstorming and trying to figure out what to do with a certain topic. I wouldn't require my students to learn these skills because some may not need it, but I would highly encourage it.

Over the past week, I have learned some new skills that will be helpful to me in my teaching career. I learned how to use the inspiration software, which I had never heard of before. It is a really neat tool that can help me in the classroom. I like the fact that I can create diagrams for my students to learn from. It will be really helpful because I won't have to draw anything out on the board and have everything ready on the computer for class.