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Mind MappingA practical guide
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Aims
To find out how your brain likes to learn
To see how mind maps compare to normalwritten notes
To make your first mind map
To show how you can use mind maps
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How Mind Maps Are Different To
Traditional Note Taking
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Linear Vs Organic
Traditional note taking is done in what we call aLINEAR fashion, that is, in lines just like thesesentences!
All languages are written in lines. Most, like
ours, are in lines from left to right.
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Linear V Organic
Other languages are written in straight linesfrom right to left
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Linear V Organic
Some are even in vertical lines read from top tobottom
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Linear V Organic
The troubles is, that the brain does not work in
straight lines The brain works as a series of links,connections and associations
When you only work in straight lines you not
only fail to make the most of your potential, youonly use half of your brain.
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Linear V Organic
Mind maps are mental maps, set up exactly as
your brain is set up, using links, pictures, colourand associations
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Ready?
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FRUITCLOSE YOUR EYES NOW!
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Our brains work with sensory imageswithappropriate links and associationsradiatingfrom them
Our brains use words to trigger these images andassociations
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How to Mind Map!
Now its your time to try some mind mapping!
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Resources
A3/A4 blank paper
Colours
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7 steps to make mind map
1. Start in the CENTRE of a blank page turnedsideways (landscape)
- Freedom to spread out in all directions
2. Use an IMAGE or PICTURE for your central
idea- An image is worth of thousand words and helpsyou use your imagination
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3. Use COLORS through out
- Colours are as exciting to your brain as are
images
4. CONNECT your MAIN BRANCHES to the
central IMAGE and connect your second- andthird-level branches to the first and secondlevels, etc
- Our brain works by ASSOCIATION
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5. Make your branches CURVED rather thanstraight-lined
- Straight line is boring to your brain
6. Use ONE KEY WORD PER LINE
- Single key words give your Mind Map morepower and flexibility
7. Use IMAGES throughout
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The Benefits of Mind Mapping
Uses the wholebrain
Matches the way inwhich the brain learns
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The Benefits of Mind Mapping
Creative
allows ideas to develop easier can easily be added to
Economic
- saves 90% of the time of writing in
sentences
- can be reread very quickly
- whole topics on a single page
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How can you use Mind Maps?
Note taking
when taking rough notes when theteacher is talking
when you make neat notes in your book
Creative writing
to develop your ideas before you start
writing
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How can you use Mind Maps?
Essays / Reports Make each branch a separate
paragraph. Plan everything outbefore you start
Revision revise whole topics at once
Giving speeches use one mind map to give a whole,
wide ranging speech
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Mind Map can help you in manyways
Be more creative
Save time Solve problems
Concentrate
Organize and clarify your
thinking
Remember better
Study faster and moreefficiently
Make studying a breeze
See the whole picture
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Will I remember mind maps? Not without some effortYoull remember mind maps if you...
make them colourful
use pictures whenever you can
review them regularly
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The End