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Claes,
that map was downright amazing. ER....where you ever an ordinary child or did you think already so deeply and intricately? I can just see you in your crib mind mapping and then walking round and round the on the inside of the crib to keep your little baby body fit. I am SO glad you came here.Hey does your wife happen to have any great receipes to counteract the biting cold we are having here. I could use something hot and substantial.
Yes - except that there may be more than one way for the puzzle pieces to fit. Perhaps that's what worries Emily and Xamonas - but it shouldn't. It might be that, without the map, they wouldn't notice all their options for connecting things and make a less effective decision.Quote:
Originally Posted by rachel
More work? What a nice request. I've suddenly become very unproductive because of something else that's preoccupying me, but I might be able to dig out some old prose pieces. I'm flattered.
Most of my students initially reject using mind mapping as a technique for their writings; however, since it is part of the curriculum, we make them! :D And such a great change once they give it a try (or a few).
As blp explained, mind mapping does allow one to organise their thoughts (even the ones they don't realise that are there) and see the relationship between their ideas (cause and effect, order, negative/positive points) and proves very useful especially when you don't know where to start from because it gives you a chance to look at things step by step rather than as a whole, which can be very daunting at times.
I believe I was very ordinary... I just happened to be lucky enough to stumble across a some very useful techniques (Mindmapping is one of the cornerstones, and I used something pretty similar very early) at relatively tenders years, before the school system had the time to "destroy" me. Sorry to have to say it if there are any old teachers out there, but the school system of the day left a lot to be desired when it came to learning about learning, so to speak. I'm happy to say that it looks a lot better today.Quote:
Originally Posted by rachel
Awwwww... I bet you say that to all Quality Engineers.... :D Thank's. You lot have really made me feel welcome. It's great meeting kindred spirits.Quote:
Originally Posted by rachel
A Chili, perhaps? I'll see what I can do...Quote:
Originally Posted by rachel
That's what I'm talking about :thumbs_up People often assume that mindmapping, due to its very different appearance (compared to what is considered normal) is:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scheherazade
- complicated
- hard to interpret
- a novelty, and as such of little practical use
- time consuming
- ...and so on
None of the above is true...
/Claes
I've heard of mindmapping and I did use something similar to that...It was something like a visual thesaurus, here's the link: http://www.visuwords.com/
I'm gonna go download mindmap today...I've heard it's a very useful tool.
Thank you for sharing that link, craze. :thumbs_up I saved it right away.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazefest456
It definitely is. At least as far as I am concerned. Please let us know how you like it.Quote:
Originally Posted by crazefest456
/Claes
hey Claes, which ones do you use?
I sometimes use the ones that are called "networking" where you've got different arrows that each have a letter to express different relations eg. "c" for a definition, "p" for 'part of...' (that's a guess;), "t" for 'type of'
I don't like the messy bushy ones where you don't see any relations. they are good for vocab collections (e.g. "holidays" --> suitcase, ticket, plane, beach etc) but not for more complex topics.
but to be honest, mindmaps have helped me cram for exams, but not to commit facts to long term memory so much.
That does not sound quite like what I am using, but then again, you can tailor a mind map pretty much according to your personal whims. Could you provide us with some example?Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
Um... I have provided a couple of examples on pages one and two of this thread... Are they anywhere near what you are thinking of?Quote:
Originally Posted by SleepyWitch
/Claes
ok... I've had a look at this.Quote:
Originally Posted by ClaesGefvenberg
that's the messy type I don't like. but I guess it depends on the topic. it seems perfectly suited for this "inspection" thingy, but for other topics it might not be ideal.
I'll post an example another time.. ... oh, hang on.. I've got one that I made for my students .... I'll post it in a second
found it. it's about Linguistics.
I made this one as an example for my students, so they could fill in the missing definitions and learn how to do them themselves.
this network thingy was invented by a group of psychologists and tested on nursing students.
I adapted it a bit.. my boxes for definitions are very large, but Linguistics is a bit more complexes than "different types of band aids", so it can't be helped.
the problem about the 'bushy' variety or those where you have loads of bullets and lines/arrows is that with a complex topic like Phonetics and Phonology, they'll end up with 50 pieces of terminology. so the page will be really crammed and after 2 days they'll have forgotten how everything fits together, even if they drew it themselves.