Concept Map & Short Paragraph
Assignment Instructions Week 2 Assignment: Concept Map & Short Paragraph Before you begin, take a moment to look ahead to Week 7 Assignment. Read the assignment carefully. Shape your work in this
Week 2 Assignment, and all other assignments, around the goal of producing a multi-media presentation. PART 1: Choose a career interest topic for your final project due later in the course. Your
career interest topic should be realistic and one that you are actually interested in learning more about. The career interest might be a field in which you could become employed after completing
your APUS degree program or additional training. Using your career interest topic, create a concept map OR an outline to define the task in your research process. Use the process of outlining or
mapping the topic for your final project so that you can focus your topic and determine the nature and types of information you will need later in our course. This assignment is a brainstorming
activity, not a research task. In your outline OR concept map, include the following: 1 Sentence stating which career interest/discipline you will explore 4 or more specific questions about your
career interest that can be later answered through source searching and presented in your final project For each question, two or more detail statements that describe the type of information needed
to answer the question (the actual answers are not yet needed) For each detail statement or statement pair, a des?r?ption of what kinds of sources might be helpful in providing the information you
need Format appropriately for either an outline or concept map An outline can be easily created using a word processing program, such as Microsoft Word. Formal, detailed outlines are useful
organizational strategies–the more detail you include, the easier the final project will come together. If you choose to use an outline, it must be very detailed. Consider searching outlining
strategies and designs. Concept maps can be developed through one of several available websites or drawn by hand and scanned for submission: CMAP Tools http://cmap.ihmc.us This tool allows you to
move between devices. https://bubbl.us/ This site allows concept map creation and has a companion app http://www.smartdraw.com/specials/ppc/mind-map-software.htm?id=264237 This site includes a free
trial http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Free mind mapping software Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com X-mind https://www.xmind.net Mindmeister https://www.mindmeister.com Mindmoto
http://www.mindomo.com