I have all positive impressions of the readings and a lot of new insights. In the first aricle, it discussed how concept maps were used in a classroom. In this classroom the teacher incorporated the news of today into her class and concept maps. I thought this was a great new way to incorporate current events in a fun new way to the class. In the second article, it discusses the many ways you can use concept maps and the benefits of them. I thought it was very intresting how many differnt ways they can be used and it gave me a lot of new ideas for my future classroom. The 3rd article basically touched on the basic summary of what a concept map is and gave me a good overview of what a basic concept map does. So overall I learned a lot from these concept maps.
  I have a horrible memory but I do not remember using concept maps, at least not in this fun of a way in class. The only thing I really remember is using them in class to brainstorm for a paper. I really didnt see the point of the maps because I'm not a "visual learner" but now that I see what they can do and how I can use them, I look foward to incorporating them into my classroom!!