I think concept maps and flow charts would be extremely useful in my English classroom. I could easily use something like this to make a simplified story line, character maps, etc. I could just as easily use the same idea to have my students make their own so they better understand key parts or characters in a story. I would probably use a program like Imagination for lessons like this.
I think it's a no brainer that being able to develop an outline, idea map, or storyboard is an important tool in a high school English class. Not only do the students need to be able to use such tools to understand the material we are reading, but being able to develop and outline or idea map is crucial to writing even the most basic essays. These skills will undoubtedly be highly encouraged in my classroom.
I've been using the Google search engines for years so I was already pretty familiar with it. I think in the last week I've learned mostly how to refine a search and make a search more accurate by things like excluding words. A search engine is one of the most basic technology tools and I'm sure I will refer back to it plenty of times over the rest of my schooling and teaching career.
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