Concept Maps

Vol 8 No 2. Mapping Knowledge: Concept Maps in Early Childhood Education Share Mirar esta página en españolHomeJournal ContentsIssue ContentsVolume 8 Number 2©The Author(s) 2006 Mapping Knowledge: Concept Maps in Early Childhood Education Maria Birbili Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Graphic organizers such as webs, time lines, Venn diagrams, flowcharts, and concept maps are well known and widely used instructional and learning tools. They help teachers and students not only to identify and visually represent their views and knowledge but also to recognize and depict relationships among concepts. This article discusses the use of concept maps in early childhood education.

8 Excellent Concept Mapping Tools for Visual Learners October 14, 2014 Today I have a short chat with some of my colleagues over the notion of concept mapping versus traditional outlining after which I decided to compile this list and share it with you here. Brainstorming ideas be it through concept maps or outlines is a scaffolding process that helps you flesh out relevant thoughts to include in your writing piece. On a personal level, I prefer to use outlines when I am engaged in an extensive writing project such as thesis writing or a literature review. Conversely, I feel more inclined to use concept maps with medium to short writing projects like writing a formal/informal essay, a long blog post, an article ...etc. Concept map tools such as the ones below are useful for integrating in classroom instruction. You can probably use them with students to help them brainstorm ideas for their writing assignments or to crowdsource ideas around a given topic.

How to use a Concept Map to organize and comprehend information Used as a learning and teaching technique, concept mapping visually illustrates the relationships between concepts and ideas. Often represented in circles or boxes, concepts are linked by words and phrases that explain the connection between the ideas, helping students organize and structure their thoughts to further understand information and discover new relationships. Most concept maps represent a hierarchical structure, with the overall, broad concept first with connected sub-topics, more specific concepts, following. Concept Map Example Definition of a Concept Map

The CITE: Innovations in Teaching Interesting articles and the latest innovations in teaching and technology will be listed here and updated monthly. This month's article is from the USAFA Educator, Volume VII, Issue 1, Fall 1998. It was written by a friend that has been recognized as an outstanding teacher by several institutions. We hope that you will find his article on "concept mapping" interesting and useful. A Primer on Concept Maps

Edraw Mind Map Professional Clarify Thinking Edraw can easily conceptualize your visualization on computer and organize your work. It helps you pull all ideas and assets together to organize them in logical structure, then to steer clear of irrelevant information and recognize the critical. cmc2010-a24.pdf

Mind Mapping Software - Create Mind Maps online Coggle Cmap Software Joseph D. Novak & Alberto J. Cañas Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Pensacola Fl, 32502 www.ihmc.us Technical Report IHMC CmapTools 2006-01 Rev 2008-01