Post #4

A paragraph on how you, as a teacher, might make use of the concepts presented in Chapter 7, and what technologies you would like to use to achieve these goals.

A paragraph addressing why or why not you would encourage or require your students to develop outline, idea map, and storyboarding skills.

A paragraph on new skills you acquired in the last week that you think will be especially useful to you in your educational career and why you think so.

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Having taught classes before, I have found that creating an outline prior to giving a block of instruction helps keep you on track and also helps you start thinking about each talking point so ideas start bubbling in your head. I will also teach my students how create idea maps using Inspiration to collect their ideas during a brainstorm session before they attempt to write a paper.

Again, these ideas are useful for me as a teacher, as well as for my students. As I said, the could use the idea maps during brainstorming sessions before they write their papers. Outlines are good for keeping the students on track while giving speeches, or presenting material, or preparing study sessions.

I wish I could say I learned something over the past week. I have been proficient with search engines for some time now. If we went back to two weeks ago, I would say that learning how to use the Inspiration program has marked an advancement in my teaching skills.