Mind Mapping

The easiest definition of Mind map that I have searched in the internet is from Wikipedia. Mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information. It is often created around a single concept, drawn as an image in the center of a blank landscape page, to which associated representations of ideas such as images, words, and parts of words are added. Other definition of mind mapping is a simple technique for drawing information in diagrams, instead of writing it in sentences. The diagram always take the same basic format of a tree, with a single starting point in the middle that branches out, and divides again and again.

Mind map can be used for both teacher and students. The advantages of mind mapping such as for taking note, presentation, and making easy to memorize the lessons.

How to create mind map using technology?

To create mind map is as easy as you make timeline which I posted in my previous posting. You can use a web-based mind map tools such as:

•  POPPLET 
• COGGLE 

Just choose one of those two tools, and then you can create mind map using technology. To shorten your time in making mind map, before, using search engine, such google, yahoo, youtube, etc, you can look for the materials that you will put in your mind map. When you make mind map using technology, you can just give the link of the materials and the title in your mind map, just click it and then you can directly visit the link.

Here the example of my mind map in CALL project, it was group work, so I didn’t do it alone. This mind map is about resources that can be used in teaching or learning English such as: grammar, listening, speaking, reading, writing, and vocabulary. This mind map maybe seems complicated because too many materials included. You can create as simple as you need.

Happy trying.... :)