Concept maps

While taking this course on Career Technology Education I was introduced to concept mapping as a planning tool. I found it rather fascinating. It's like putting  your very thoughts and ideas out into the open - visually vice using words. The printed word is the only way I've ever really considered using in making a plan. This new idea for me I discovered to be self-educating and something I will use in the future as the occasion arises. It gives a visual representation of an outline only not as rigid plus you can put interesting pictures, different graphics and even place links to sites online for a student to pursue an even deeper understanding of a subject.

I have a couple of pictures of my concept maps to share. One is the plan map and the other is the lesson map. Unfortunately these are not real classes to teach because I do love horseback riding, which was the concept map I chose.