Module 13: Discussion – Concept Maps

Reply here to submit your completed concept map in this discussion to share it with your classmates.
Provide a URL link to an online concept map or attach the image file of your map (use “attach” at bottom left of text window)
Once your own map is submitted, you will be able to see other submissions (or come back later for those who might submit after you do).
Complete your assignment (wait until after the due date for the maps, so that most of them will have been submitted when you make your reflection)

Review the Instructions here – Concept Map Directions
examine the maps your classmates have submitted then
reply to two others with “two stars” (two things you like about their work) and a “wish” (what you would have liked to see done differently). Also “like” your favorite of your classmates’ concept maps then…
see what others had to say about your map and finally…
Finally, share in Concept Map Reflections:
which of the other maps you like best and why you like it (provide the first and last name of the classmate who submitted the map you like best), along with a reflection on how you might improve your own map (perhaps based on things you saw in the other maps)
reply to your classmates in this discussion with ideas for improving their maps (ideas not already posted by others)
Concept Map Directions

WHAT IS A CONCEPT MAP?

A concept map provides a visual diagram of a complex system of interrelated ideas. You start with the main idea (in our case, the idea is the concept of RELIGION). Then you brainstorm sub-concepts of ever smaller levels and connect these ideas with lines to show how they are all interrelated.

Concept mapping is a great tool to use as you read a text book and try to make sense out of all the new information you are learning, connecting ideas and building more complexity to the main idea as you go along.It is also a good way to synthesize all that you have learned, grouping related ideas and putting the pieces together.

This is what you are being tasked with doing toward the end of your study in this course. But you might want to begin the process early and gradually build (add to) your concept map as you learn. You can continually adjust and readjust it as you go on with your learning.

Here are some simple step-by-step instructionsLinks to an external site. for creating a concept map
Here is another set of directionsLinks to an external site. you might find helpful

You can choose to create your concept map in several ways:
By hand (using poster board and markers)video exampleLinks to an external site.
Combine a hand drawn map with images cut from magazines or other print resources

Use drawing tools on your computer (e.g. PowerPoint – just a single slide, please)

 

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