blog #4

I think I will require my students to practice making outlines, idea maps, and using story-boarding skills.  These are all wonderful study habits that they will use throughout their entire educational career and I think it will develop their thought process and organizational skills which can be used throughout their entire lives. It is important for a student at a young age to practice and familiarize themselves with using both outlines and idea maps so they can discover which one is more natural or comes easiest to them so they can utilize it down the line. 

This section we learned inspiration which is a concept mapping software. I think it will be especially useful for me because I plan to teach elementary school aged kids and I could design age appropriate handouts that would really help in my lessons. Now I know how to make them colorful and fun with images and shapes to hold students attention. I think that the concept maps I can make on inspiration will really illustrate the more mundane lessons and keep younger students engaged in lessons as well as put it all in front of them in a comprehendible format.