A number of students have had their Geography assignments returned to them to fix up or redo as they did not meet the basic criteria set out in class. For this assignment the students had numerous class periods and a week at home to complete it. Many students did not follow the mindmap guidelines found in their notebooks and in the sample mindmap completed in class. They were also provided with a planning template so they could extract the important information and then create the mindmap based on this content.
I had provided the students with the five main ideas presented in the article and showed where the information for each idea could be found. We had also read the article out loud in the classroom and discussed what the important information was to highlight.
Given the time and support given I had high expectations for the quality of the finished work and quite a number of students failed to meet these expectations. I have given the individual students feedback on what to improve/fix as well as presented the common problems and mistakes to the class as a whole.
The redone or fixed assignment is due this coming Monday. The content of this mindmap is also central to the quiz that the students are getting on Thursday in geography.
Here are some resources to help do and understand how this tool works.
Links regarding mindmaps:
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm
Tony Buzan expert on mind mapping
Software:
http://www.mindmeister.com/ (online tool)
http://www.inspiration.com/ (free trial ver)
Many thanks
Mr. Brooks
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