Concept Mapping and Kidspiration Reflection

This is a concept map I made during class. A prompt was given to choose a topic or theme then have 5 main ideas with 2 subtopics each. As an addendum, one of the main ideas had to have 2 sub-subtopics.

In my beautiful concept map I used Spanish Speaking Countries as my main topic. Obviously, this is not all the countries, but I do adore the language and cultures of Spanish, so I chose 5 countries I was familiar with; Mexico, Costa Rica, Spain, Argentina, and Paraguay. For each country, as a subtopic I included what the national currency of the country is along with an interesting cultural note or a reference to geography as the other subtopic.
I chose Spain to expound into sub-subtopics. I included a link to a website with more information on La Corrida de Toros (Bullfighting), and included two interesting facts that are maybe less known of bullfighting. 

Getting to use the software, Kidspiration, was quite a learning experience. I can remember computer class when I was in elementary school. The headphones were bigger than my face and we were instructed to create in Paint the whole time. Thankfully, technology has come such a long way in such a short amount of time. It can be used not just by the teacher to highlight the learning content, but also by the student to begin thinking creatively. When elementary aged students use this in the classroom they're learning to make connections and to take a train of thought and turn it into an outline, then, turn the outline into a written assignment or story.