Marc Burgess's blog

When comparing one thing with another, often textbooks, computer programs, and teachers alike help students understand the principles or ideas being taught by using concept mapping strategies.  Concept Maps are an ideal way to help students make connections and sharpen their logical thinking skills when trying to see the whole picture.  In other words, it makes learning visible.  If carefully crafted, concept maps can help a teacher identify what the student has understood within the curriculum and what the student has not yet grasped within their own knowledge base.

Concept mapping can aid meaninful learning by allowing the students to gain both a knowledge and appreciation of complex systems and arguements especially in the sciences.  My paper will discuss the effects of concept learning and its ability to help students in elementary education to create new knowledge, build upon existing knowledge, and increase meaningful learning.

Technology in the classroom has been very beneficial for both teachers and students over the years. However, there is a fast rising problem that is starting to hinder both effective teaching and student retention of the material presented. When an instructor gives far more attention to the “how” of a lesson rather than the “what” then effectiveness falls by the wayside.

The main focus of my paper will be the effect teachers can have for good and bad using PowerPoint in the classroom. Some have termed this growing problem as “PowerPoint abuse” and many students feel that this directly effects poor teaching skills, wasted classroom time management, and inefficient use of appropriated funding. On the flipside, I will also bring to light the positive uses of such media to enhance learning.

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