1. Next Steps Given the growth and extension of the use of concept mapping its time to:  Consolidate the concept mapping community  Take action as a community

2. Concept Mapping Community Active development of 3 Web Sites:  Training site (for teachers and other professionals)  Collaboration site (for K-12 students)  Sharing site (for Cmappers)

3. Training  Collaboration with Microsoft  Concept mapping and meaningful learning training website for teachers and other professionals  Completely modular, based on resources supplied by the community  Different itineraries can be created depending on interest  E.g. preschool teacher need are not the same as the knowledge engineer  Itineraries can be shared  Learners can create their own itineraries  Feedback through forum (& technology?)

4. 4 Non linear organization of courses

5. 5 A modular organization of knowledge domain

6. 6 A modular organization of knowledge domains

7. 7 Flexibility in the organization of the modules

8. Training  Collaboration with Microsoft  Concept mapping and meaningful learning training website for teachers and other professionals  Completely modular, based on resources supplied by the community  Different itineraries can be created depending on interest  E.g. preschool teacher need are not the same as the knowledge engineer  Itineraries can be shared  Learners can create their own itineraries  Feedback through forum (& technology?) … under development… available in several months

9. Collaboration  Development is a collaboration with Microsoft  Teachers looking for peers with which to collaborate  List of collaborative projects that teachers can register for  … or suggest their own project

10. Sample project: description

11. Sample project: teachers responsible

12. Sample project: overview

13. Sample project: summary

14. Sample project: summary translated

15. Collaboration  Development is a collaboration with Microsoft  Teachers looking for peers with which to collaborate  List of collaborative projects that teachers can register for  … or suggest their own project … will be available in a couple of months (alpha version available)

16. Cmappers  The Website for concept mappers  Search for concept maps  Share concept maps  Edit concept map  www.cmappers.net

17. Concept Mapping Organization Propose the formalization of a concept mapping organization Responsible for:  Concept Mapping Conference (CMC)  Site selection, local organization, program committee, regional events …  Journal  Electronic? Printed? Novakian concept maps? …  Membership? Fees?... …. other concept mapping activities