Thursday, October 26, 2017
Thinking Maps
Well I can say when we were told we had to include five thinking maps in our lesson plans, I was at a lose for what they were. However, after looking at the website, I now know what they are and got plenty of ideas of how to include them in my lesson plan. I think these thinking maps can be a great activity to check for student retention of student's knowledge. There were three thinking maps which stood out to me and ones I could see using. I liked the flow map (similar to a timeline), the multi-flow map (cause and effect), and the bubble map. For me, history is my area of study and all three of these maps can be very helpful for. The timeline, or flow map, can be used to show which key events occurred leading up to a certain period. The multi-flow map, or cause and effect map, can show the causes which lead to an event and then show the effects of that event. The bubble map and can focus on one person or one major event and tell things about that person or event. I am glad I now have an understanding of these thinking maps, because I think they are going to be very helpful throughout my career.
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It's good that you are already able to see which maps will help you in your future classroom! I think thinking maps will come in very handy. I am thinking of switching my major to high school English so I can defiantly see how the's will help in my subject area as well. Though the unit plans seem like a lot of work I'm glad we have them so we can practice writing them and utilizing all that will be availing to us, like technology and thinking maps!
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed reading your blog! Thank you for talking about the other thinking maps, I was focused on just the bridge map in my initial post. I will be going back to use the maps in my lesson plans. The bubble map does seem as though it would be a great way to focus on one specific subject with adding thoughts from the whole class to the exterior bubbles. This brings the class together to think about what they are learning. Great thoughts!