Technology design cycle concept map

Reflection:
I have had a lot of issues embedding the above image. Clearly I talk to much! therefore making my map to big and needing a cursor that moves the image to allow you to read it. Originally when I embedded this, the appropriate cursor would only appear when in edit mode but not in a preview of this posting. So I reflected on this and posted a link to one that does work (in my wiki), hit post and then thought 'I should just check this out now that it is 'actually' posted', and viola it worked! Ok Tess, now go back through and take your linking out, edit the reflection to reflect this new milestone...IT WORKED!!! YAHOO!!

Previously this map would only embed, easily and happily into my wiki page, now I am thrilled after a week of trying, it has made it onto my blog! Amongst having the issue of embedding the map onto my blog I had originally had difficulty just finding the iframe code I needed to embed it. I had used this method previously with posting my word cloud (which I also had trouble understanding) and required some help to understand where to find iframe codes on different sites, then there was the actual embedding in onto the site issues. Which made me think that although I am a fan of concept mapping, as previously mentioned, I am not so enthusiastic with embedding, give me linking any day!

I do believe that concept mapping is wonderful strategy for learning, as seen above, it gave me the opportunity to learn the technology cycle better. For me if I am writing something into my own terms, it will help me understand it better, I can also always refer back to this map and see the cycle in terms I understand and can relate to, another strategy that is useful. Concept mapping doesn't have to only be done digitally either, I can start my students out, getting use to mapping, by drawing/writing their ideas up, then teach how to do it digitally and see their preferences.
This is a great learning tool for the classroom and definitely one I will be utilising.