eTips Concept Map

Using Inspiration to create a concept map provided a really powerful visual for the key idea behind ETips. It might not replace the highlighter or note cards (unless you are working with a laptop as you are reading), but I found my understanding of the concepts of eTips reinforced by seeing the concept map. I remember spending a lot of time sorting index cards when writing a term paper to determine the key ideas and my outline structure. A tool like Inspiration that could create the concept map might make it easier to see options for structuring the paper. It might me to see where there might be outlying topic/ideas that need to be removed or beefed up with added research. The visual representation might prove helpful in getting students to better understanding their own thinking and learning processes. It would remove the organizational aspects of learning as a stumbling block, allowing larger concepts to be explored and learned. (Post 5a)