I have a favorite Mind Mapping site that furture explains the concept. It's from Mind Tools. Take a peak at the video. It's short and easy to follow. The only thing that may be confusing is that this site talks about including colors and even graphics that I thought differentiated concept maps from mind maps. (I'll do a bit more research on this.) But, overall, I think you'll get the idea of what a mind map is and the basics on how to create one.
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm
Building on this, here's another mind mapping software site that demos how software (i.e., MindGenius) can be used in educational settings to allow teams to engage in collaborate learning using mindmaps.
http://www.mindgenius.com/?i=36025
There is a free 30 day trial for this under the education tab.
It should be fun.
Mickey
Thursday, November 4, 2010
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Week 9 - New Topic Concept/Mind Mapping Software
I'm starting my new topic this week. I'm going to explore concept mapping/mind mapping software.
Before we get into the software area, let's first define what concept/mind mapping.
At first I thought they were the same thing, but after a small bit of research, I found that there are some subtle differences.
Concept mapping deals more with taking seemingly random, unrelated ideas, thoughts, and words and portraying the relationships that they have to one and other using lines to connect them. Interestingly, concept maps were "born" at Cornell University in the '70s by science Professor Joseph Novak.
Mind maps are used similarly to connect ideas, thoughts, and words, however, graphics and colors are also introduced to the "picture" making the "map" more eye-catching and interesting. So you can gain a better understanding, here are a couple of links to concept/mind maps from Wikipedia.
Concept mapping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map
Mind mapping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map
Next week, I'll explore how to create maps using software.
Before we get into the software area, let's first define what concept/mind mapping.
At first I thought they were the same thing, but after a small bit of research, I found that there are some subtle differences.
Concept mapping deals more with taking seemingly random, unrelated ideas, thoughts, and words and portraying the relationships that they have to one and other using lines to connect them. Interestingly, concept maps were "born" at Cornell University in the '70s by science Professor Joseph Novak.
Mind maps are used similarly to connect ideas, thoughts, and words, however, graphics and colors are also introduced to the "picture" making the "map" more eye-catching and interesting. So you can gain a better understanding, here are a couple of links to concept/mind maps from Wikipedia.
Concept mapping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concept_map
Mind mapping: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map
Next week, I'll explore how to create maps using software.
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