Inspiration and Webspiration

I found all different types of lesson plans, examples and videos.  I think that when teaching a class you always have to think outside of the box and not about just how you learn.  You have to think about how to catch your students attention and thats the main focus.  To be a good teacher I think that you should use the graphs as show in inspiration. It shows a focal point and then what builds off of it. It is a great way for students to learn from a visual perspective, organize thoughts, analyze information and that is what helps me as well. 

I think the best writing activity used along in a classroom setting would be collaborative writting.  This style of writing is formed by not just one persons perspective but a variety of people together.  This would work really well in a classroom setting because everyone would come together and agree with something and it would open up a lot of students minds to other peoples opinions rather than just their own.  This would be really help benefit a lot in classrooms of all ages even in college so that way students think and learn more and have new and different ideas other than just their own.

I think that these tools will be a huge benefit to help keep things organized and ready to go for when it is time to teach.  Inspiration and webspiration will be a big impact on helping your students open up their minds and learning in a new and different way.  This would be a great and new exciting way for me to expose information to my classrooms. 

References:

Jonassen, David H., and David H. Jonassen. Meaningful Learning with Technology.
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall, 2008

http://www.inspiration.com/Parents/Visual-Thinking-and-Learning