This is a concept map I created for a group project I am working on for my LS 5160 Professional Symposium in Reading class. Our group read the book Opening Minds by Peter Johnston and are creating a Power Point presentation to share the overall idea/meaning of the book with the rest of our class. This is an online class, as well, and my group is communicating about the project through a Google Doc. I created this map as an outline for our presentation (that I included in our Google Doc), but it can also be used as a slide in our Power Point.
This concept map created in Bubbl.us used constructed "bubbles" that could easily be arranged. The "sibling" and "child" bubbles automatically changed to colors that coordinated with the "parent" bubble. This allows for connections to easily be made between ideas. Font sizes could also easily be changed to emphasize the importance of ideas. The resulting image is visually attractive, easy to read and dynamic.
I found this "concept map" helpful in organizing my ideas about the book we read, and it also easily communicated with my group mates an idea for a presentation outline. This ability to "concept map" could also help students organize ideas while thinking critically about concepts that could be used collaboratively with others to create dialogue and build meaning, two ways to think "dynamically" ;)
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