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crossorigin="anonymous"></script></head> this blog, I want to share my description about software. In my discussion, I choose Supportive software for generating ideas: Concept mapping tools like Mindman, Inspiration or MindMaple.
crossorigin="anonymous"></script></head> this blog, I want to share my description about software. In my discussion, I choose Supportive software for generating ideas: Concept mapping tools like Mindman, Inspiration or MindMaple.
Software
is an unit system of a computer that consists encoded information or computer
instructions that we can use for many project, includes for teaching process.
Concept mapping tools like Mindman, Inspiration or MindMaple are a software
that can be used by teacher to do teaching process in the class. A concept map
is a way to visualizing and representing the relationships between ideas,
images, and words. The relationships can be about cause and effect, part and
whole, and another.
Software
has many functions for our life. One of the software functions is to perform
the work that we need to do, it depends on what job it was written to do. In
this discussion, we talk about teaching process. So, the function of software
here is to make an easier way in teaching process that can be received by the students.
For the exaample, we learn about writing an exposition essay about cause and
effect relationship. We are as a teacher can give an example by using software
to visualizing and representing the relationship between cause and effect of
smoking for the example. By using concept mapping software, students can look
directly about the relationship on image or words in the software.
Concept
maps are graphical tools for organizing and representing knowledge in an
organized fashion. In the class, we can give our students explanation about
how to construct concept maps, and use the software to make it. In the
classroom, the teacher can use concept maps to help their students develop
logical thinking and systems analysis skills.
We
can use it in instruction when we are teaching our students in the classroom.
By using software, we can give an assignment to our students to make a concept
map. Before giving our students a concept map assignment, we must decide how we
are going to assess it and share that assessment approach with our students. We
must give clear explanation to our students about it. We can give an
instruction to our students to creating a map in which nodes represent ideas or
facts, and lines or connectors between nodes represent relationships. For example
cause-effect relationships, we give a topic about “Smoking”. Our students must
clasified what are the causes of smoking and what are the effects of smoking.
We can guide them how to make or create a concept map by using software.
There
are possible benefits of software (such as concept mapping):
· Concept
mapping are a form of visual thinking.
Most students are better able to remember a visual representation like a chart
or diagram. So, by using software such as concept mapping, the students are easier
to memorizing the material in teaching process.
· Concept
mapping forces our students to identify connections between each relationships,
for example about cause and effect relationship. It is more effectively than traditional
approaches such as reading or writing about a concept.
· Concept
mapping makes the students use of dual coding. The students learn about the
material both from the text labels found on the concept map as well as the
visual structure of the map. They will more understand and enjoy the learning
process in the classroom.
· For some
students, concept mapping can ease their cognitive by allowing them to focus on
essential relationships, rather than on decoding a written text. It means
that if we use software such as concept mapping, it can make easier learning
process.
As known,
there are many benefits of software such as concept mapping that have discussed
in this blog. So, as a teacher we should use a media in our teaching process
like using concept mapping software because it can help us to make our students
more understanding about the material.
