Mind Mapping

MIND MAPPING

A Learning methodology that consists of drawing diagrams used to represent words, ideas, tasks, processes or other items. It is a non-linear way of organizing information and a technique that allows to capture the natural flow of ideas. Each idea or fact is written down and then linked by lines or curves to its major or minor (or following or previous) idea or fact, thus creating a web of relationships. Its purpose is to focus attention, and to capture and frame knowledge to facilitate sharing of ideas and concepts. Mind maps can be used to: Summarize information Convey information from different sources Think throught complex problems Present information in a format that shows the overall structure of a subject. [1]

{{Tool|Designing a Mind Mapping|

• Take a balnk paper and feel free to start your drawing wherever you want.
• Be open and have a creative attitude, trying to let ideas flow and to write all of them.
• Free associate without limitating your ideas, you can always add new branches and write more information.
• Try to capture all your ideas as rapidly as possible.
• Don't make any judgemnt, just write everything you are thinking to.
• Keep moving even when ideas slow down, so that the brain keeps active, searching for new things to add.
• Allow organization, once all the idea has been added you can organize them
• Experiment with different ways of linking and emphasising different aspects, for example using colours nand highlighters.

References

1. ↑ astd-cac.net (08 July 2008) Wikipedia(08 July 2008) www.mind-mapping.co.uk (08 July 2008), www.illumine.co.uk (08 July 2008), www.mindtools.com (08 July 2008), www.thinksmart.com (8 October 2008), www.mindtools.com (8 October 2008), www.businessdictionary.com (8 October 2008)