Week 6 Concept/Mind Mapping

https://coggle.it/diagram/WKTVkfHuhQABU6oK

The link above is a larger version of my Concept Map

• Use in the classroom:
  • My Lesson Plan will focus my 5th Graders on "Why is Coding Important to them". What can Coding do for there longer term education and possibly job opportunities. It's never to early to explore these possibilities.  
    • I intend to use this technology in a demonstrative way. I will show my students the positives of learning to Code, how it could be a possible career and just understanding code will help them in the 21st Century.  
    • Objective - I want my students to learn the importance of Coding and the many benefits to there future. 
  • My students will be able to work together and see how Coding is beneficial especially to my Hispanic, Black, and women students. I will have them click on the following links so they can see how they can get excited about coding and that it is really a part of our everyday lives. With them working together they will also see how Coding works and can complete different exercises on the Code.org program. 
• Application:
• The readings of week 1, the principles go hand and hand with this lesson plan. Again I will use 2, possibly 3 principles, they are: Temporal Contiguity, Spatial Contiguity and the Signaling Principle. To me all of these principles really work to benefit the student because they cover such a wide base of teaching. Your are seeing, printed words, graphics and narration all three of these are very beneficial to a students learning. Like Benjamin Franklin said. 
  

                     Students learning increases when we use these principles and I always try to show them                         through words, graphics and narration. Letting them write, see and hear really emphasizes                       what they are learning and helps them retain in long term memory. I am also hoping that                           seeing famous people being able to participate in activities and collaborating with there                         peers will making coding exciting and engaging. 

• Reflection:
  • My thinking of Technology use changed this week in how I might present certain information to my students. I am thinking of coming up with ideas of making my lessons more graphical and with more videos and how to's. Students like to be challenged and enjoy seeing how things work, at least mine do. By using more interactive quizzes, graphics and videos my students will be extremely excited to attend class knowing they will learn more each week. This was a great assignment, it took me a minute to get going with it, but once I understood what we were doing from the readings and videos and scouring the internet, I took off with it. I could add alot more to it, but I don't want to get away from the main focus. There was nothing I didn't like about this topic except the getting started part. I plan on using this Concept Map in class actually as a Lesson Plan in itself. I was thinking of doing a Spider Map/Concept Map http://www.enchantedlearning.com/graphicorganizers/spider/ with my students. I believe it will help enhance their learning of any topic, subject or area of learning. I would probably start out with "What are the parts of a Computer", something they can all, even 2nd grade could figure out and use, then once they have the feel for it, try an different Technology Topic or let them create their own.