GenoPro: A practical solution for educators
GenoPro offers you a class project like you have never seen before. Whether
you teach history, science, psychology, religious studies or medicine,
GenoPro can be of great use in your classroom. From small children to
scholars, your students will be amazed to see static data come alive before
their eyes.
GenoPro allows you to create genograms, which are family trees in a format
that records information about family members and their relationships. Not
only will your students be able to create genograms about their own
families, but they will also be able to map out genograms on famous
philosohpers, scientists, politicians, book characters and even non-human
life forms!
Book reviews
Are the students in your class tired of writing book reviews? And are you
tired of correcting the same old papers? Why not try a book genogram
instead, just to be different. Students can map out the characters and add
in as many details as they can find on the relationships that bind them
together. Not only will they enjoy the experience, it will allow them to
focus their attention on specific details and also see the big picture of
the book. Start with
Harry Potter’s family and show how he focuses his attention on father
figures that he keeps losing. After mastering the art of genograms with a
few biographies, move on to Faulkner’s The Sound and the Fury. Maybe you’ll
finally be able to make heads and tails of what was going through Benjy’s
head. Once the genograms are completed, the students can print out a report
to hand in, and even publish their masterpieces on the Internet!
If you’re looking for a bigger project, why not create a genogram of the
Bible? Maybe you can start with Genesis and Exodus this semester and move on
to the rest of the Old Testament within a few years. Involve all your
students and get them to discover the stories and the people of the
Judeo-Christian heritage through this project. GenoPro offers a whole new
way to approach history and religious studies.
Family genograms
In a psychology, social work or medicine class, you can also ask the
students to map out a genogram of their own families as an assignment. Get
them to include information on their health history or conflict within the
family. They will be able to see that they come from their own imperfect
family and they may have issues to deal with as professionals. Mostly, they
will see that a genogram can be useful in helping their future patients or
clients resolve family issues or be aware of health risks.
Science projects
In science classes, the students can use genograms to map out their science
projects on various subjects, including mice or fruit flies. Each entity
will allow them to place unlimited amounts of information such as genetic
mutations observed or mating patterns. They can use the report generator to
perform complex data processing and generate detailed HTML and graphical
reports instead of creating endless tables of statistics by hand. The visual
aspect of a genogram may even help to see patterns emerge very quickly!
Student program
The best part is yet to come: your school will not have to invest thousands
of dollars for use of this software. Find out all about our free 180-day
evaluation key for teachers and students at
https://www.genopro.com/academic/ .
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