I am having a difficult time to get my students to remember the baseline rules of Subject-verb agreement. Note that I didn’t write finer rules. They can’t even tell me the 7 personal pronouns in the English language, let alone answer confidently about which pronoun needs to be paired with verbs that take the “-s” suffix.
To level up their knowledge, I had them draw this flow chart in class. I want them to be able to imagine them in their mind’s eye (i.e. form clear mental representations).
But of course, as their teacher, I ought to provide exemplary service by giving them a flowchart. Yes, students learn better when they design their own flowchart. And I believe there’s a need for teachers to spoonfeed students knowledge so that they can proceed to the application stage faster.
I researched and found out about Mindgen. It’s an AI tool that creates mind maps.
I expected it to generate a mind map based on my prompt, but it turned out that I needed to input a link. So, I searched around and inserted the URL of an article that explained the SVA rules.
Instantly, it was hard at work churning out the mind map.
The quality and clarity of the mind map exceeded my expectations, but I don’t think my students would be able to harness it. I guess if I want to make customised material that is tailored to my students’ needs, I shouldn’t be taking short cuts.
Nonetheless, I think Mindgen is a good tool to use if you have articles that appeal to you but don’t intrigue you enough to make time out for reading.
