Today we had an interesting discussion about Mind Mapping. What is Mind Mapping? According to wikipedia, "A Mind Map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind Maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and is as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing." Sounds pretty self-explantory right?
Before getting into the topic of Mind Mapping, we briefly talked about brainstorming. Basically, a brainstorm is like an explosion of quick ideas with no right or wrong answers. Jimmy showed some examples of some Mind Maps, and later as a class, we made our own. He gave us the freedom to choose our topic and in 20 minutes we were expected to come up with some quick ideas. We then shared them in class. It became easier to keep the ideas flowing once I started getting into it. I thought it was a great exercise.
We also had a discussion about the question, "What if..." and everyone had to complete the question any way they wanted to. My question was, "What if I didn't have to work?" Jimmy thought it was a powerful statement. After everyone said their version, we went deeper into the discussion. At the end, we were assigned with the task to make a well-done Mind Map in color. We can do it any size and is due next class meeting. I need to choose a topic...what should it be?
When Jimmy first explain what mind mapping was, I thought to myself, "Isn't it the SAME thing as brainstorming??" I find both very similar though.
ReplyDeleteYou did asked a great question! I was like, "How come I didn't think of that simple question?!" Haha.
I think I have a topic for my mind mapping assignment but it seems like another silly topic. I hope a topic will come to your head soon!