Strategy Scenario Strategy Spider Map Content Prewriting to generate new ideas Title Finding Inspiration Time Required 50 minutes Target Audience middle school high school college undergraduates Goal of Activity to provide students with an additional strategy to generate ideas on a prescribed topic Purpose of Script to demonstrate that by using a spider map students can conceptionalize their ideas and spontaneously generate additional ideas that establish logical links to those concepts Learning Outcome s Gagne s Taxonomy Intellectual Skill higher order rules problem solving Learning Outcome s HEO Taxonomy analysis synthesis preference for a value Learner Characteristics students of any level of aptitude middle school and above Entry Skills basic familiarity with computers previous exposure to Inspiration software prior knowledge to respond to writing topic Setting computer lab Media live instruction chalkboard computer Inspiration software Process 1 Instructor introduces concept of prewriting asks students how they get ideas 2 Instructor then asks if students if they would like to learn a strategy to help them create more and better ideas especially when writing papers 3 Instructor informs students of the concept map and draws on chalkboard how it works using the class to generate ideas 4 Instructor then instructs students to open Inspiration and type the word blue as the main idea 5 After students type blue teacher tells students to freely associate ideas with the color and create and connect concepts as the occur 6 Students work on the exercise for fifteen minutes while the instructor walks around observing 7 After ten minutes the instructor asks several students to follow one leg of the spider map and tell the class where it led 8 Instructor then tells students to double click on the outline button in the pull down menu and then to click on the print button to make a copy of the outline from their spider map 9 Instructor asks if there are any questions and then gives the students a writing topic appropriate to their age and background 10 Students create a spider map and an outline of their ideas 11 Students complete an essay from the spider map and outline for homework Strategy Assessment Instructor walks around room observing students creation of spider maps using Inspiration Authors Barry R Nowlin Pat Scanlan Star Smith References West C Farmer J Wolff P 1991 Instructional Design Implications from Cognitive Science Englewood Cliffs NJ Prentice Hall the day I almost drowned Sally and I fall in love first date to drive in jetties at Gulf Shores snorkeling and spearfishing Dad s Chevy first accident car ocean had to work to pay for repairs blue got a job at the gas station cheese the night the station was robbed smile taking pictures working in camera store first place in photo contest
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