Concept Maps

This Concept Map is of the Big 6 framework in which I will be using in this Assignment and for Assignment 3. The Big 6 was developed by educators Mike Eisenberg and Bob Berkowitz. "The Big6 is the most widely-known and widely-used approach to teaching information and technology skills in the world". "Some people call the Big6 an information problem-solving strategy because with the Big6, students are able to handle any problem, assignment, decision or task".

This mind map was produce by the website http://www.text2mindmap.com/. This is an easy website to use and produced a visual way of looking into what the Big 6 framework looks like. Using this website in the classroom will be a great digital tool, as it is visual and can be manipulated easily by students.

Mind Maps "are more elaborate than concept maps in that they generate understanding about a topic by displaying parts, whether these parts are more finite topics, concepts, pictures, numbers or ideas" (Brady,2006 p71). Mind maps was developed by Tony Buzan as a way of brainstorming information and "can be very creative, tending to generate new ideas and associations that have not been thought of before. Every item in a map is in effect, a center of another map"
Using a mind map, could coincide with a KWL (know, what, learn), this would be beneficial to all students. Students will have the opportunity to express their knowledge on the topic and this can be forwarded onto the KWL chart.

References:
Text2mindmap (2008) Retrieved from http://www.text2mindmap.com/ 10th August 2010
Mind Maps (2007) Retrieved from http://members.optusnet.com.au/charles57/Creative/Mindmap/ 10th August 2010
Brady, L. (2006). Collaborative Learning in Action. Frenchs Forest: Pearson Education Australia
The Big6.com (2007) What is the Big6. Retrieved from http://www.big6.com/what-is-the-big6/ 12th August, 2010