Friday, October 5, 2007


I would integrate this project at the end of the Greece unit as a lesson to help children build a map about what the ancient Greeks used to meet their basic needs. I would give them a map (on their computers) with just the ancient Greeks title in the middle and ask them to brainstorm the various aspects of Greek life focusing on aspects of their basic needs. Students learning about basic needs and finding out how the Greeks met their basic needs is one of the major outcomes that is outlined in the POS.
Some of the technology outcomes we would be covering are: use computer programs to collect and organize information, to write a paragraph or report on a computer, search on the internet, use computer to accomplish a task or project. Some ways that concept mapping can be used in the classroom are: for the teacher to convey information to students using projector, for a teacher to make handouts on for students, to make quizzes, for students to use to organize information, and many more.
Some of the ICT outcomes that are covered using concept maps are: Organize information gathered from the internet, assess and analyze information to create a product, compare and contrast information from different electronic resources, Organize information using tools such as a database, develop a process that manages volumes of information that can be made available through an electronic source, share information collected from a electronic source to add to a group task, record group brainstorming or sharing of ideas by using technology, and there are so many more.

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