Post #4 EME2040

I personally found all the information in chapter 7 to be very useful and interesting. The level of technological knowledge to use these programs as a teacher must be that of above average but also i believe that the students being taught with all this technology must also be of a higher level or age. To get a young child to even understand and be able to make a concept map on inspiration would be quite the challenge but someone older and more technology savvy would be able to do it in a quick minute. I would have to say that i would encourage my students who hopefully will be around the age of a late middle schooler or that of a early high schooler. Using a program such as inspiration makes it so much easier to make a concept map and will only help a student become very organized and more of a visual learner. Students that do these sort of visual layouts make it easier on themselves because they can actually see the way all of the concepts on the map relate to each other and can potentially make the writing or thinking process a lot easier for that individual. Without a doubt the skills and knowledge that i picked up from mastering the program inspiration will help me greatly in my career as a teacher and will only make it easier to relate and help my students learn in more of an efficient and time friendly manner. And its not even the concentration on the program inspiration because if you truely come to know how to use the new technology of today you are only at an advantage compared to your competition in school as well as the ever changing job market.