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Before an instructor can start thinking about the look and feel of his or her website, it is important to have a clear picture of the instructional material to be presented. This is where mind mapping tools come in. It provides the opportunity to cluster similar material together and provides a better understanding of how to layout the webpage. There are many mind mapping programs and apps in the market. Here is a list of some http://mashable.com/2007/11/02/mindmapping/.

Mind Mapping

Instructors will need to organize the instructional material first. We encourage you to chunk the information together using mindmapping tools. Instructors will be introduced to five mindmapping tools.

Web definitions

  • (Mind mapping tools) Concept-mapping and mind-mapping software are used to create diagrams of relationships between concepts, ideas or other pieces of information. It has been suggested that the mind mapping technique can improve learning/study efficiency up to 15% over conventional note taking.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_mapping_tools

Using Mind Mapping Tools to Plan Instruction

How to Create a Mind Map in 4 Steps
Mind Mapping Tips

Tony Buzan's seven steps to mind map. Tony Buzan trademarked and popularized the term "mind map."

 

  1.  Start in the center of a blank page or app with a landscape orientation.

  2. Use an image or picture for your central idea.

  3. Use colors throughtout.

  4. Connect your main brances to the central image and connect your second- and third-level branches to the first and second levels, etc.

  5. Make your branches curved rather than straight-lined.

  6. Use one key word per line.

  7. Use images throughout.

BrainFreeze. (2013, October, 06). Mind mapping: How to create a mind map in 4 steps. Retrieved from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iFH717xb90.

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