Monday, February 9, 2009
My take on the readings for week 3
These chapters for this week were full of really good information for preparing our speeches. Sitting down and making the outline was a lot easier once I read how to create a working outline. I will say that as I was reading about the concept mapping, I really didn't think that I liked it. I could see myself getting confused if I sat down and started writing all these words in circles. I also really liked the indepth explanation in 11B for the full sentence outline. I really like books that have solid examples of what is expected. Finally, I just wanted to mention that I really appreciated the reading about the notecards and how to organize your speech on them. I think that will come in handy when I venture away from the fully written paper to my little notecards for peeking at!!
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Hi Amy:
Some people swear by this concept maapping. I am with you, I can't get my mind around it. A few of the engineers I work with use this tool.
Kellie
I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks that way! I just can't see a rhyme to it I guess!
I love concept mapping because it allows me to capture spare of the moment ideas. I have done this like on a piece of scratch paper that stays in my pocket for like a week. This is a good tool for during a research paper as well
really? I just think that it would get confusing. I guess when I brainstorm or think of ideas, I just always write them in a list or put bullets under a certain topic that it fits within.
I've tried mind mapping tools and have found that I'm not willing to deal with the learning curve. However, I do find sticky notes to be a great mapping tool.
When I am working on an outline for a project I put single ideas on sticky notes... then I can group and loop the ideas into different organizational patterns.
I have an exercise I often have students use when I help them learn to put their ideas into a coherent outline. They ALWAYS report that it is really helpuful. Haven't figured out how to facilitate the activity online though.
I love mapping! If you use it as a jump off tool it's not too confusing. I use it as a way to just get everything thats floating around in my head out and on paper, then I organize it from there! I don't use it very seriously, more as a mental waterfall to just spread my thoughts out and be able to visualize them all. I guess I can see how it could be more geared for certain learning styles though.
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