tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626546349167119112024-03-02T13:30:00.127-04:00Digital Mind MapA graphical method of taking notes.Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-37633691782183622472019-05-28T11:32:00.003-04:002019-05-28T11:32:44.573-04:00SWOT Analysis become SWOC Analysis<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An excellent mind mapping about SWOC analysis</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A SWOC analysis will be most helpful if you use it to support the vision, mission, and objectives you have already defined. The SWOC will at least provide perspective, and at best will reveal connections and areas for action.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">A Mind mapping graph that shows what is elastic search and when to use, what are the used components, and what is required to run it.</span>Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-25259200495471052952016-12-06T11:57:00.001-04:002016-12-06T11:57:53.978-04:00Benefit Mind Maps<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">When used well, mind maps can easily be a great aid to understanding-- such as, in highlighting interconnections and patterns that would probably not have emerged from a linear approach. They can also work in presenting a more coherent picture to become presented to except for conventional notes would afford. They can also be included in at a later date as circumstances change or our thoughts and understanding develop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some people require to mind maps instantly and quickly become quite proficient utilized them. Others may struggle originally to produce a useful mind map because they are so used to adopting the linear approach to note taking. For this latter group, there is much to become gained from being persistent. The skills could be developed with practice and can, eventually, be required to quite a high level of competence, if certainly not actual expertise.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mind maps may be very useful for getting a feeling of structure and control in connection with the topic in hand. Additionally, its visual nature means that their contents are more probable to become recalled at any future point. So, there are numerous benefits to using this tool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">So, when it involves making notes, there is no tightness of practices that are not very helpful and thus do not serve us well. Yet, it is also fair to say that there are constraints to traditional note-taking practices, even when well used. This is because, by their very nature, traditional notes are 'linear'-- that is, they follow a direct structure from point one to point two and so forth. But life isn't linear, and nor is the way our minds operate. What can, therefore, be helpful is s process of note taking that more fully matches our thinking processes. This is where 'mind maps' appeared in.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">A mind map is built by putting the topic concerned (whatever it is you intend to make notes about) in a surround the center of the page. From this central focus, you can have other boxes (or lines) that radiate from it with subtopics, problems or impressions that associate with the central focus. Apiece of these secondary boxes or lines, you can establish further subtopics, issues or whatever. This allows the note taker to explore different opportunities, separate lines of thought while considering the topic. This makes the notes multidimensional, and this allows us to become more creative in our thought and more alternative (by giving us an overview of a topic or subject). The example below gives a sense of what is involved.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">This was produced using mind mapping software, and there are various software application options available, ranging from free to expensive (relying on the additional facilities obtainable within the package concerned). However, software is not needed, as perfectly good mind maps may be produced with pen and paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Altogether, then, mind maps offer very real capacity for a significant and successful approach to relevant information repository to inform our thinkings, knowledge, and decision.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">There are many moments when it does, or even essential, to have a register of our ideas and/or the activities to which they relate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some people seem never to create notes; they simply depend on their memory, which, surely, is not a wise strategy, as it involves committing chance what is recalled and what is not. Other individuals, I'm aware, make massive notes, but never consult them again-- they just file them away as though having them somewhere to hand will be useful. Yet others have no submitting system, so their possibilities of finding any notes they may have taken are comparatively slim anyway.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.socialjusticesolutions.org/2016/12/02/use-mind-maps/">www.socialjusticesolutions.org</a></span>Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-77768020048756499242016-04-05T12:30:00.000-04:002016-04-05T12:30:08.986-04:00How Mind Mapping may greatly boost Your Memory<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An important aspect of any learning is memory. Without it all our learning will be futile. While some are rendered with razor sharp memory, there are others, who find their memory failing them at the most crucial moments in their life. As in everything else, memory can be improved a great deal by applying some of the memory techniques.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In any new learning, you can understand new information easily by associating the new information with your acquired learning. This will help you to see the relational aspects of certain principles, mechanism, truth or whatever, and lend greater meaning and significance to the information learnt.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Studies have revealed that memory is enhanced by using both sides of your brain. This is known as whole-brain thinking. The left side of our brain controls in logic, words, lists, numbers, sequences and analysis, while the right side excels in rhythm, imagination, daydreaming, color, size and spatial awareness. Working on combining the left and right attributes will strengthen memory.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Many problems of memory are primarily due to lack of proper attention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can visualize what you want to remember by picturing them as a sequence; the more bizarre, humorous and exaggerated the images, greater the recall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can link the main ideas or items of details by stringing them into an unusual story. E.g. if you have to buy vegetables, pick up laundry and buy toys, you could link them into a story: Tomato quashes on your shirt, you have to go to the laundry for cleaning when Mickey Mouse welcomes you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using acronyms is an effective way for remembering items in an order by making a word out of each item to be recalled. E.g. My Very Elegant Mother Just Served Us Nine Peas-- represent 9 planets of the sun - <i>Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When the first letter of each item stands for a word in a phrase it is known as Acrostic. E.g. Pink = Pink is a special color; I like it more for its subtle shade, Never loud or garish; Kind of gentle and pleasing always.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chunking is another effective technique applied often in numbers. For e.g. If you have to remember 10 digit telephone numbers, you can split them into units of 5-- 98412-84523. You can also chunk items under a general concept-- Fruits, Vegetables, etc</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While these are some of the common techniques for enhancing your memory, an equally powerful and easy technique for reinforcing learning and memory is the Mind Mapping. The Mind Mapping technique is primarily based on how we think, remember and recall. British Psychologist, Mr. <a amzn-ps-bm-asin="0452273226" class="amzn_ps_bm_tl" data-amzn-link-id="00376fe34cc2d59f447752835d6275e2" data-amzn-ps-bm-keyword="Tony Buzan" href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Mind-Map-Book-Potential/dp/0452273226/ref=as_li_bk_tl/?tag=greenl4l-20&linkId=00376fe34cc2d59f447752835d6275e2&linkCode=ktl" id="amznPsBmLink_8320935" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tony Buzan</a><img alt="" border="0" height="0" id="amznPsBmPixel_8320935" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?source=bk&t=greenl4l-20&bm-id=default&l=ktl&linkId=00376fe34cc2d59f447752835d6275e2&_cb=1459873430395" style="border: none !important; height: 0px !important; margin: 0px !important; padding: 0px !important; width: 0px !important;" width="0" />, developed the technique based on the theories of memory. His studies on memory and the brain, led him to invent the Mind Map technique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The intrinsic worth of this technique is that it induces whole-brain thinking by triggering a chain of associated thoughts and ideas, and stimulating the full resources of the brain. Since you note down your thoughts on a subject or issue, you will be engaging your full and focused attention to it. In addition, the technique employs visual stimuli such as colors, pictures, symbols, dimensions, etc., adding to the vividness, and greatly strengthening memory and dissemination.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The Mind Map technique is primarily aimed at enhancing your memory vastly, and giving full rein to your inner thoughts and process. It thus has the potential to trigger greater creativity, imagination and insight. It is indeed a great memory grosser!! You have to learn and use the technique and then you will know how your memory never lets you down.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.articlecity.com/articles/self_improvement_and_motivation/article_3520.shtml">ArticleCity</a></span>Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-27453484933245720402016-04-04T15:34:00.001-04:002016-04-04T15:34:39.567-04:00New software application aims to comprehend language<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">New software that is free for students to download has produced its way to the UA and will help make documents and files easily accessible. <a href="https://www.texthelp.com/en-us/products/read-and-write-family">Read and Write Gold</a> provides various tools to guide undergraduate and graduate students with their reading and writing materials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The software has text-to-speech abilities, voice recognition and can also be used as a research aid for students with disabilities or for those learning a second language.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dawn Hunziker, the information technology accessibility consultant for the Disability Resource Center, received a grant for the UA to introduce the software.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"She mentioned it at a meeting and then I received an email from one of her listservs. I looked more into it and found that it's very useful for anyone who is learning," said Leslie Dupont, coordinator of the graduate writing program for the Writing Skills Improvement Program. "Read and Write Gold will definitely help with students who have accessibility issues.".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dupont mentioned she uses the software mostly with her multilingual students who are learning English as a second language. She said it's a great way for them to learn proper accent and the images provided next to the text aid in learning. She said it helps them while reading because it organizes the text in such a way that they aren't overwhelmed by it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mary Beth Foster, educational technology coordinator for the SALT Center, said Read and Write Gold features a lot of tools students can use. For example, students have the option to choose from four different colored highlighters that color code their textbook readings and then collect the highlights and put them on a separate Microsoft Word document or PDF file.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"This is super convenient for students who want to make outlines or study guides," Foster said. "The majority of students are visual learners, so Read and Write Gold has a tool for that too.".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A tool within the program, called Fact Mapper, acts like a mind-mapping tool that creates bubbles for individual ideas the user has. If a student is using this tool as a tree diagram, they can create one large bubble as the main subject and then multiple sub-bubbles for key words or ideas. Once the student is done, the software converts his or her notes into an outline to visually organize the student's thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Read and Write Gold has two main options, text to speech and speech to text," Foster said. "Text to speech is programmed so that the computer will read to you. The voices are updated so they don't sound robotic but now they sound sophisticated and more human-sounding. It also highlights the words while it's reading and allows students to adjust the speed for slow and fast readers.".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Foster said tracking the speed will allow students to be more focused, and if they want to hear it on the go, they can download the reading file as an MP3 file. She said if students are working out at the gym but have to read assignments or textbook pages, the software allows them to listen to their readings on their smartphones.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"It works on a PC where the computer goes into a training mode that you are able to speak into the computer and it does as you command," Fpster said. "It recognizes your speech patterns so it can mimic your voice and talk out ideas while typing at the same time.".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Students can also train the computer by reading passages while the computer listens and captures the pronunciations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Foster said she created tutorial videos on how to use the resources. She encourages students to install the software. The SALT Center will work with students one-on-one to make sure they are getting the experiences they deserve.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.wildcat.arizona.edu/article/2016/03/new-software-aims-to-help-with-understanding-language">Wilcat.Arizona.edu</a></span>Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-10441679956471060802016-04-01T12:08:00.000-04:002016-04-01T12:08:01.965-04:00Why Mind Maps work for Internet Marketers<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mind maps are one of the best productivity tools you can use to help you record and categorize any thoughts you have that may prove useful to you in the future! Now how many of you have had ideas which seemed great at the time but went unrecorded and therefore were rendered useless! Mind mapping allows you to capture any relevant or interesting thoughts, ideas or concerns in a somewhat organized trend! The best part is how this software helps you literally visualize your ideas and pull them combined in a way they will prove most useful to you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Let's now take the time to further examine 5 HUGE advantages mind mapping software offers you or your business!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mind mapping software allows you to immediately capture and even categorize any thoughts or ideas you may have before they're forgotten! Simply taking note of what is on your mind is NOT as effective because hand written notes tend to be haphazard, unrelated and disorganized! When you come back to review what you've recorded by hand later on, making sense of what you're viewing will than be more challenging!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Nothing (of significance) happens UNTIL it can be first gotten the picture and software used for mapping out and organizing random thoughts helps you do so! Productivity tools like this that help you 'capitalize' on your own creativity or ingenuity allow you to format or layout any thoughts in a useful way that make sense! Much like a puzzle, your captured thoughts are 'pieces' that you can rearrange in any way you please to perform your purpose best!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Being able to view your ideas in various (visual) formats helps to further promote your own creative thinking thus allowing you to expand on your idea! It's all about focusing on the problem, opportunity or need and when you do so, new answers or applications tend to 'flood' into your mind! In short having the capability to visualize something helps you focus more on the particular matter or issue!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Capturing 'fleeting' ideas you can put to use later on is a dominant benefit of mind mapping software! One huge advantage here is you can go back and refine any thoughts you've recorded to make them better adapt to your current needs! By virtue of the fact that you are able to format or arrange any recorded ideas in a particular manner makes it easier to pick up on what you were previously thinking without much effort! The result is less time is wasted when trying to resuscitate your previous 'brainstorming' session thus making this type software one of the best productivity tools you can use! Saving time while maximizing your own creative thinking abilities is definitely being productive, don't you think?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The intention of the software discussed here today is to catch, sort and organize your ideas so they can be put to constructive use! Much like keeping windows and doors shut so as NOT to allow heat or cooler temperatures to escape, mind mapping does much the same with your thoughts and ideas! Even if what you record may not be of particular relevance at the time, there is likely an application for it sometime in your future!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Mind maps are one of the best productivity tools you can use to harness your thoughts and creativity in a way that you can actually put to use! For marketers who work online mind mapping software is an excellent way to capture otherwise short lived thoughts and/or ideas that can be further developed for future use! Even though the 5 benefits reviewed above are all of considerable importance to any entrepreneur, your imagination is the only limitation to how many uses you can find for such a tool!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Based on <a href="http://www.articlesfactory.com/articles/self-help/why-mind-maps-work-for-internet-marketers.html">ArticlesFactory.com</a></span>Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-30414432394517914932016-03-31T18:38:00.002-04:002016-03-31T18:38:33.117-04:00The first mind mapping application with Adobe's pic editing tool<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Malmö, Sweden (March, 2016)-- Seavus and Adobe worked on integrating Adobe's image editor within iMindQ's online mind mapping app, and announce the latest release of iMindQ Online 4.0, the first mind mapping tool with Adobe's Creative Cloud Connected image editor The application also supplies new Research tab, social media sharing of interactive HTML mind maps and On-Screen Tutorials.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">iMindQ Online is the first to offer an image editor from Adobe's Creative Cloud Connected, which offers flexibility in customization and editing of graphics that are inserted within mind maps. Users can discover their creativity by being able to utilize filters, add stickers, manipulate with color, crop, rotate and use many other tools to edit and customize the images within the Creative Cloud image editor. The mind maps can also be exported as editable images, and users can use the Creative Cloud editor to edit the mind map screenshots beyond their creation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Research tab for image search by keyword.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With iMindQ Online, users will be able to boost their mind maps by inserting images from the new Research tab, which provides image search by keyword from Flickr and Open Clipart. This provides users to be able to easily pick out images aligning with the context of their ideas and insert them within the topics or subtopics of their mind maps</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The latest release of iMindQ Online offers an option to straight share interactive HTML mind maps via the social media networks Twitter and LinkedIn. The interactive HTML mind map can be opened inside any browser, edited and saved again from the browser. This feature enables users to build upon ideas and share their knowledge with connections that do not have the native program.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For all new users to iMindQ Online, there is now an Interactive On-screen tutorial, which offers a fast and easy introduction to using the program and the mind mapping technique.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Marjan Mansournia, Business Development Manager expresses: "With the launch of the newest release of iMindQ Online we have followed the needs of our users, and have steered the app to complement the desktop version of the software, but at the same time provide exciting and innovative features for users to easily generate and share ideas. The demand for mind mapping apps that enable users to create mind maps on any device is increasing, and iMindQ Online delivers just that and more, giving users the unique chance to enjoy an interactive way to present, share and collaborate on ideas, through interactive HTML mind maps.".</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The free demo of iMindQ Online is available on the following link: <a href="http://app.imindq.com/">app.imindq.com</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To learn more about iMindQ Online, visit: <a href="http://www.imindq.com/mind-mapping-online">www.imindq.com/mind-mapping-online</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.openpr.com/news/329061/The-first-mind-mapping-application-with-Adobe-s-image-editing-tool.html">OpenPR.com</a></span></div>
Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-44787663196226583452016-03-03T08:31:00.002-04:002016-03-03T08:36:35.471-04:00Think Out of the Box with the Mind Map Software<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The idea of mind map has developed to facilitate and organize concepts and ideas that generally could take longer time to understand. The traditional way of thinking hampers creative thinking and hence the idea of mind maps came into prominence. What happens in mind maps is that there is a central idea or concept around which a pattern or framework is built and that becomes instinctive for the individual. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In the business of marketing the use of these mind map software is undisputable, and one can use the software to better outline the marketing strategies with their available resources. The individuals for whom the visualizations are created with the help of the mind map software can easily understand the interrelations between different ideas and concepts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some freeware mind map software are web based and enables the users to collaborate and have their mind maps on the internet and the users need to have flash on their system to have this functionality. Another freeware mind map software lets the user to draw colorful concept maps and mind maps with good visualization and also have automatic topics' layout functionality. Different free mind map software come with their own functionality, users can have other functionalities in these mind map software such as exports, free-float texts and images, color and fonts, rich text notes, task information, outline exports and much more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some mind map software are open source that enable users to draw mind map diagrams while others are free mind map software. Some freeware mind map software are web based and enables the users to collaborate and have their mind maps on the internet and the users need to have flash on their system to have this functionality. Another freeware mind map software lets the user to draw colorful concept maps and mind maps with good visualization and also have automatic topics' layout functionality. Different free mind map software come with their own functionality, users can have other functionalities in these mind map software such as exports, free-float texts and images, color and fonts, rich text notes, task information, outline exports and much more.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Some mind map software are open source that enable users to draw mind map diagrams while others are free mind map software. The open source mind map software support platforms like Linux, UNIX, Windows, Mac OS, while others are cross platform software. The proprietary mind map software has additional functionality as compared with the open source and free software that has limited functionality.</span>Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-57373538710045405732015-10-22T18:36:00.005-04:002015-10-22T18:39:23.095-04:00Mind Mapping for Effective Content Management<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Workshop at IWMW2008 on Mind Mapping for Effective Content Management by Dr Stephen Evans and The Revd Gareth J M Saunders from the University of St Andrews.</span></div>
Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-32768727461052036632015-03-31T17:20:00.000-04:002015-03-31T17:20:57.032-04:00Mindjet MindManager Voted #1 Mind Mapping Software by Biggerplate Global Report for Second Year Running<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.mindjet.com/">Mindjet</a>, the global leader in mind mapping software and SaaS solutions for enterprise innovation, has been voted the #1 User's Choice for mind mapping software in Biggerplate's 2015 Global Mind Map Survey. This marks the second year running that Mindjet has earned this endorsement from the Biggerplate mind mapping community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With over 85,000 members globally, Biggerplate advocates mind mapping software as the missing link and must-have tool for modern workers. This survey solicits feedback from mind mappers worldwide, unearthing a wealth of information about the current state of mind mapping, understanding who is using mind maps, what they're able to accomplish, and what benefits they get from using a visual approach for organizing ideas, information, and projects. Results demonstrated that participants primarily use mapping software for project management, brainstorming, and research in several industries, typically at the management level or higher.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Last year was an exciting one for MindManager, with the release of <a href="http://www.mindjet.com/mindmanager/">MindManager Enterprise and MindManager 15 for Windows</a>," said Felicity Wohltman, VP of Product Marketing at Mindjet. "The new features in these releases were developed as a direct result of feedback from our dedicated community of users, and we're very pleased to be recognized by the Biggerplate membership."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Liam Hughes, founder of Biggerplate, offered his insights. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Mindjet continues to set the pace in the eyes of the mind mapping community," said Hughes. "This year is going to be a big one for mind mapping software."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can download the full report at <a href="http://biggerplate.com/">Biggerplate.com</a>.</span>Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-61595449728455586792014-09-17T14:26:00.001-04:002014-09-17T14:26:52.315-04:00Mind Mapping uses at Project Planning and Fighting Info Overload<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_planning" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Project planning">Project planning</a> with associated management may be arduous, particularly considering all the various parts involved: planning, timelines, collaboration, assignment tasks, managing information, and making content. However, managing info overload and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_multitasking" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Computer multitasking">multitasking</a> square measure necessary aspects of making project coming up with and execution. Sadly, this can be additionally wherever mistakes or inaccuracy can very value you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mind mapping, particularly once managing multiple comes, is associate exceptional, straight forward thanks to contour the method. Outwardly, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">mind maps</a> typically appear difficult and inconvenient, however, once you start mistreating them systematically, they'll really prevent plenty of time and build multitasking and collaboration easier. New technology and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/Cloud_Computing" rel="wikinvest" target="_blank" title="Cloud Computing">cloud-based</a> services have created mind maps shareable and simply </span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="b453760d-f12b-481d-ac74-74560d009eee" id="121b99d4-bae7-4ec8-9b88-7f86f70481a0" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">editable</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, that permits groups to capture and organize info and ideas a lot of quickly than via ancient means that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the des<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5fa29a7f-5cee-4559-af36-6ffd871d533d" id="cc00bd55-3133-4087-bf1b-b2cb4a827c4b">ign and begin</span>ning stage, you wish to stipulate the scope of what you're doing. Most of t</span><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="0938e794-1a60-4a7f-a475-801572bb0d32" id="cb95e076-b2c3-412e-b451-b023cb02862b" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">h</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">e time, the data is hold on and conferred during a linear format, with extended disorder lists and enormous documents representing every arm of the project. The matter with disorder lists — and most lists normally — is that though they assist organize tasks, they need some way of obtaining team members to fixate on the microscopic details after they ought to be staring at the larger image. Obtaining stuck within the details within the beginning section will cause you to lose sight of the most objectives, and forestall you from setting unjust goals. With mind maps, you'll break the project into easy-to-manage chunks, such as:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Typically, after you don't need to forget one thing, you're taking a note of it. After you hear a lecture in class or during a seminar, you naturally take down notes. It's a straightforward resolution to memory lapses, and typically an efficient one to assist you bear in mind vital details you will get to see later.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But each thus, usually, you relive at your notes and <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="83d1c06c-794c-43bc-a1fe-adf08cf1af21" id="6197fd8c-da35-4814-8c47-609dd672ece8">spot</span>, however undone they're. You've got a page when page of data however you've got no clear plan of however everything fits along. You cannot realize a affiliation among them. If you have ever encountered such a retardant, you will be glad to understand that there is an answer to the chaos: mind mapping.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">Mind mapping</a> may be a graphical thanks to represent your concepts and ideas. It's a comparatively new technique that visually offers structure to your info to assist you higher analyze, understand, bear in mind and make new concepts. Mind mapping, compared to ancient <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Note-taking" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Note-taking">note-taking</a>, follows a structure that's additional just like however your brain works. It's <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associate_degree" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Associate degree">associate degree</a> activity that's each inventive and analytical, and it greatly improves your means of thinking and approaching things.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By mistreatment mind maps, you'll be able to simply determine and comprehend the structure of a theme. You start to envision, however items of data work along. Except for this, mind maps build it easier to recollect info as a result of its keep during a format that's easier for the mind to review and recall.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mind mapping is a plan popularized by author and advisor, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.thinkbuzan.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Tony Buzan">Tony Buzan</a>. It uses an easy two-dimensional structure rather than the same old list format that folks usually use in taking down notes. In alternative words, it simplifies note-taking. This makes mind maps additional compact than ancient notes, usually seizing only 1 aspect of a bit of paper. Then again, if writing on paper turns you off, you'll be able to use a mind mapping package.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A mind mapping package permits you to know mind mapping while not the requirement to attend overpriced seminars or bury your nose in heaps of books. With the package version you'll be able to simply produce diagrams and build connections between ideas and alternative info. There are trial versions you'll be able to transfer from the web that show, however useful mind mapping will be for you.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Web: <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.evernote.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Evernote">Evernote</a> is a brilliant app if you use it right, but the more you put into your notebooks, the more overwhelming it can get. We've talked about the benefits of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">mind-mapping</a>, so if you like that, Mohiomap takes all your Evernote data and turns it into a visual map for easy navigation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Check this great tool at <a href="https://www.moh.io/mohiomap/welcome.php">Mohiomap</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those wanting help in navigating complex ideas often turn to mind mapping software, and Scapple is one of the best on the market. The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/mac/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Macintosh">Mac</a> app brings structure to concepts, but in a user-friendly, drag-and-drop way. The economical design and quick import options also make sure nothing gets between users and their ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scapple isn't a spelling mistake for that <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pennsylvania_Dutch" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Pennsylvania Dutch">Pennsylvania Dutch</a> concoction made with pork scraps, corn meal, flour and spices.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In fact, scapple is actually a word meaning to work roughly, or shape without finishing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's also the name of a dynamite new mind mapping program from Literature and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latte" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Latte">Latte</a>, the folks who brought the Mac world Scrivner.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">Mind mapping</a> isn't exactly a new category of software and the folks at L&L aren't me-too types, so you know they wouldn't try their hand at this kind of software if they didn't think they could add value to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That they did.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scapple is not only easy and fun to use, but it's one of best mind mapping programs for creatives in the market.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mind mapping is based on the idea that we think visually, not in outlines. When we attack a project, we have ideas swirling around in our heads and can best make the connections to those ideas in a free-form way -- no <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_numerals" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Roman numerals">Roman numerals</a>, letters and numbers.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While mind mapping programs can give you the free-form freedom you're looking for with ideas, they do force you to connect your ideas -- maybe before you are ready to do that.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example, when you write down one idea, the program will typically automatically connect it to the next idea you write, unless you manually intervene.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scapple doesn't even make those kinds of minimal impositions on your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Thought">thought processes</a>. It gives you a true blank canvas for your ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can type an idea anywhere on that canvas by moving your cursor to wherever you want the idea to appear and double-clicking the spot. Alternatively, you can use the command-control keys to start a new idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you start populating the Scapple canvas with ideas, you might want to move some ideas close to others. All you need to do is <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drag_and_drop" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Drag and drop">click and drag</a> the idea to its new location.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Now you may notice how some ideas relate to others. You want to connect those ideas. No problem. Click one of the ideas you want to connect and drag it to the other idea. The "dragged" idea will bounce back to its original location and a dotted line showing the connection between ideas will appear on the screen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can reposition either idea, and the bond between them will stretch and shrink to accommodate the changes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't like the connection anymore? Just drag one idea onto the other and the link will be broken.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't like the ideas either? Click on them and tap delete.</span><br />
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<b style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Using Arrows to Target Ideas</b><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dotted lines are OK, but a mind map isn't a mind map without arrows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scapple lets you link ideas with arrows on the fly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">To create an arrow from an idea you've dragged to another idea, hold down the option key as you drag and drop the idea.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An arrow in the other direction can be created by holding both the option and command keys while dragging and dropping ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Two-way arrows can be created by holding down the shift and command keys during a drag and drop.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you see two ideas connected by a link, and suddenly you realize that there should be another idea between the pair, you can <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double-click" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Double-click">double-click</a> on the link and a box will pop up, allowing you to insert the idea between the other two.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Stacking Ideas</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While a mind map's horizontal dimensions are its strong suit, sometimes the vertical relationship of a series of ideas can be too obvious to ignore. Scapple lets you group those ideas in "stacks."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example, let's say you have an idea that you'd like to connect with several <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_resource_locator" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Uniform resource locator">URLs</a>. You could connect everything together with dotted lines or arrows, but a stack might be more useful.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You could create your idea, select it and then hit command-enter. A new box will appear immediately below the idea. You can paste your first URL in that box, select it, hit command- enter again to create the next item in the stack, and so on until the stack is finished.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By the way, URLs in Scapple are live, and clicking on them will take you to their location on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Internet">Internet</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you're creating ideas on the fly, you might not see what makes a good stack of ideas. That's not a problem. You can select the ideas you want to stack by using shift- or command-click and choose "stack" from Scapple's menu bar. All the ideas will be neatly stacked under the first idea you selected.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In addition to associating ideas by stacking, you can also place borders around them. That will make them stand out on the page.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can also lock the ideas inside the border you draw around them by choosing "magnetic" from the Notes pulldown menu. Locking ideas in the shape allows you to move both the shape and ideas around as a single unit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Scapple not only accepts keyboard input, but you can also drag pictures and document files into it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read complete at: <a href="http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/Easy-Elegant-Scapple-Brightens-Mind-Maps-77963.html">MacNewsWorld.com</a></span><br />
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Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-33363872392656896182013-05-14T17:47:00.003-04:002013-05-14T17:47:55.524-04:00MindMaple Inc. Launches MindMaple v1.61 with Educators and Students in Mind<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Expansive features and real-time <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaboration" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Collaboration">collaborative</a> functions elevate MindMaple’s potential as <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_technology" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Educational technology">education technology</a>.</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindMaple Inc. has released v1.61 of their <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_concept-_and_mind-mapping_software" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="List of concept- and mind-mapping software">mind mapping software</a>, MindMaple. Developed with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Student">students</a> and teachers in mind, this version seeks to bridge the gap between instructor and student, and overcome the restrictions of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Group_work" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Group work">group work</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindMaple v1.61 includes improved formatting, export options and increased style options. The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.wikinvest.com/concept/Cloud_Computing" rel="wikinvest" target="_blank" title="Cloud Computing">cloud-based</a> collaborative function is arguably the most notable feature added to this update. This feature allows users to upload, save, and launch <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">mind maps</a> or information maps, to their <a class="zem_slink" href="http://https//drive.google.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Google Drive">Google Drive</a>. The cloud-based functionality allows the publisher and collaborator to utilize and edit the mind map from any location equipped with an <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_access" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Internet access">Internet connection</a>. Instructors can upload syllabi, lecture outlines and such, online for students to readily access. Students can upload organized lecture notes or brainstorm group assignments without having to hover over one computer screen. MindMaple’s collaborative feature seeks to improve the process of group work and content creation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Another useful feature for educators and students alike are the added template and theme maps. Templates, such as lesson plans, and themes, like <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.blackboard.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Blackboard">Blackboard</a>, offer recommendations on how the software can be utilized in the classroom. The sample maps can be altered to fit the needs of the user or used as a source of inspiration.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read more: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/MindMaple-Inc-Launches-MindMaple-v1-61-with-4514298.php">sfgate.com</a></span><br />
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Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-77095089327058376352013-04-25T17:53:00.001-04:002013-04-25T17:53:12.681-04:00Beta Tool: Coggle Provides Clean and Easy Mind Maps<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">BETA COGGLE aims to set itself apart from other <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">mindmapping</a> tools with an ultra-clean interface and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_experience" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="User experience">user experience</a>. Controls are a cinch -- add an unlimited number of parent/child nodes with a simple mouse click, or delete nodes by holding the '<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_key" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Control key">Ctrl</a>' key down first. Colors, grouping, and spacing are updated auto-magically to ensure the map is always easy to read and trace. You can optionally share mindmaps <a class="zem_slink" href="http://https//drive.google.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Google Drive">Google Drive</a>-style, giving collaborators read/write privileges, or review the mindmap creation process with a handy timeline slider.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coggle is a simple, beautiful, powerful way of structuring information. It's designed to help you understand things, and then share your knowledge by arranging your document in the same way that your mind works. This way of working is called mind-mapping, and is a very powerful way of learning, storing and sharing information.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Coggle supports: * <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_real-time_editor" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Collaborative real-time editor">Real-time Collaboration</a> * <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markdown" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Markdown">Markdown</a> formatting * <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.latex-project.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="LaTeX">LaTeX</a> syntax for the inclusion of math expressions (use LaTeX via the \\( \\\) or \\[ \\] <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_sequence" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Escape sequence">escape sequences</a>) * Downloaded as vector PDF or as <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portable_Network_Graphics" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Portable Network Graphics">PNG</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Other software is ugly, complicated, difficult to use, and often extremely expensive: Coggle is free, simple, beautiful, and it always will be. Coggle is aiming to provide a new tool to the people stuck in the world of conventional documents, lists and spreadsheets, not just to convert the people who already love mind-mapping.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone from business teams sharing information on a project, through students and teachers, to individuals organising their own lives.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="https://www.edsurge.com/n/2013-04-24-beta-tool-coggle-provides-clean-and-easy-mind-maps">edsurge.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mind maps are fundamentally very simple. You can create one on the back of a napkin in mere seconds, so it follows that there should be an equally effortless way to do it online. And there is: MindMup, a free and lightweight service lets you throw together simple mindmaps without having to download anything, open an account, or do anything else. It's <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_application" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Web application">Web-based</a>, too, so it works across <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.microsoft.com/WINDOWS" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Windows">Windows</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/osx" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="OS X">Mac OS X</a>, and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Linux">Linux</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you go to MindMup.com, you first see a default map explaining how the service works. It goes over keyboard and mouse use, and includes notes on how open and frictionless the service is. And for once, it's no hyperbole: MindMup requires no registration to work, not even when you save your mind map. And if you're afraid of saving your work to the service, you can easily connect it with your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://https//drive.google.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Google Drive">Google Drive</a>, or even save to the local browser storage using HTML5.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindMup is <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="JavaScript">JavaScript</a>-based, so you don't need to have <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.adobe.com/flashplatform/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Adobe Flash">Flash</a> installed to use it.The service works best for simple <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">mind maps</a>. You can nest nodes, change their color, expand or collapse them, and move them around using the mouse. Motion is accompanied by pleasingly smooth, bouncy animations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read complete at: <a href="http://www.pcworld.com/article/2032818/review-mindmup-is-a-free-effortless-way-to-create-mind-maps-in-moments.html">pcworld.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For a lot of us, we don’t know what we want to be when we grow until we grow up; even then, our choices might turn out differently than we’d hoped — or just plain wrong. And while daydreaming of stardom or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterinary_school" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Veterinary school">veterinary school</a> is a practice we strongly encourage, it doesn’t always help turn your aspirations into action. Even those of us that are thrilled with the path we’re on can use some direction now and then — luckily, there are methods and tools that make analyzing our professional needs pretty easy.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Naturally, those of us at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.mindjet.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Mindjet">Mindjet</a> prefer <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">mind mapping</a>. Brainstorming ideas, realigning choices, and seeing new connections is an awesome way to go from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Thought">thinking</a> about making things happen to actually getting them done.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Deciding on a starting point is typically the first thing to do, right? What’s cool about mind mapping is that you don’t have to. If you can’t think of a linear path you’d like to travel, that’s perfectly okay — starting a map is all about asking questions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What’s your current job? What do you like to study, watch, listen to? How much money do you want to make? Do you want to travel, live in a particular city, start a family, own a dog? No question is too ridiculous or unimportant when you’re mapping your career — remember, the average person spends 90,000 hours working during their lifetime (that’s 10 straight years, 24/7). It’s probably a good idea to make those hours worth more than just a paycheck.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Farnoosh Brock of the Prolific Living blog has some great suggestions for things to consider as you build your career map. My personal favorites:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Values you’re not willing to compromise on, such as flexibility or integrity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What you’re not willing to do or whom you wouldn’t want to work with</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How you want to see yourself and be seen professionally</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What you’re willing to invest for yourself and career (education, training, etc.)</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Since mind mapping is the digital equivalent of <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainstorming" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Brainstorming">brainstorming</a>, you can always delete, change, and rearrange later — get the important questions answered up front. You’ll learn a lot about where you are and where you really want to go.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read complete at <a href="http://www.business2community.com/strategy/off-the-beaten-path-the-benefits-of-mind-mapping-your-career-0461583">business2community.com</a> wrote by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arwen" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Arwen">Arwen</a> Petty</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Managing business has been made simpler with increasing use of mind maps in analysing the components that make a business model work.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">What do <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.boeing.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Boeing">Boeing</a>, BBC, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Google">Google</a> and P&G have in common? All these global companies use <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">Mind Maps</a> to increase their efficiencies in operations and save valuable time and money. Using mind maps in <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Business">businesses</a> have become global trend but is still nascent and evolving in the country.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“For setting up or managing any business, the key attributes are ideas and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Thought">thought process</a> apart from resources and infrastructure. Why not giving physical shape to those ideas using mind maps to analyse and get clarity for better <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Understanding" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Understanding">understanding</a>,” says Koteshwar, Educe Learning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">One may doubt, how is it different from things to do or points that one note. He says, “It explains the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrepreneur" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Entrepreneur">entrepreneur</a> to think a lot in one direction with clarity and organised way. For instance, if you write a business needs on a paper, you may not actually concentrate each of the sub-sets that you need to do to achieve that objective. However, mind maps are radiant, colourful with curves and pictorially depicted as maps. The objective of the business is at the centre and the things required to reach that objective can be stems. Further, each of the stems can be divided to facilitate each of those things required.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The nature works in a radiant way from brain to tree. Working in this style will help to think in multiple directions on each of the subject that gives a better and holistic understanding. The pictorial and colourful looks break the monotony and make the person to remember in simple and easy fashion. Few pages of information can be integrated in one map and can be made easy to understand.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“Working in a radiant fashion doesn’t let the person to stop thinking on one aspect. He may immediately jump in to next aspect and comeback to the one when it is needed. However, if we work on linear fashion, it is difficult to leave the gap and further fill and in a way making the entrepreneur stuck at a single point which need to be solved rather than working on individual aspects,” he explains.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decision_making" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Decision making">decision-making</a> can also be quick and at the same time informed by simply analysing pro and cons of the given problem. For instance, the entrepreneur can analyse the problem in a detailed way and work on it. These questions need to be thought while drawing mind map; What is the problem; Why and when it’s started and its implications? When and how are we going to address? Who are responsible and who can solve it? Answering these questions on mind map will help the entrepreneur to get a better understanding and work on each of the possibility individually aiming to solving the problem.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">On learning resources, he says, “There are multiple free and paid tools. Many companies are already using these applications. It is not about the cost but the intention of the user that is required to integrate and use in everyday operations. There are many resources like free apps on phones, tablets and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Personal_computer" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Personal computer">PCs</a>. If they want to enhance further they can attend different workshops that are being conducted in the City.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">About its usage in different industries, he says, “This is being used across industries from aerospace to automobiles. However, it is greatly trending in educational institutes. Some schools are converting each subject into one mind map that helps students to easily remember, comprehend and revise in minutes during exam time. The student can explain the answer in much better way with the help of mind maps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">“This is also trending as <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Project management">project management</a> tool. For instance, Boeing saved $11 million by using this as a tool. The aerospace processes are complex involving various parts and departments. The 25-foot long mind map helped the engineers to understand and learn the engineering manual. This also helped each of the team member informed about each of theirs project developments and ideas using shared mind maps. This helped the team members to maintain pace and generate new ideas.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read complete at <a href="http://postnoon.com/2013/03/29/mind-your-business-easily/116829">pstnoon.com</a> wrote by Prudhvi Raju</span><br />
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Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-48792961170911240082013-04-02T11:51:00.001-04:002013-04-02T11:51:26.155-04:00Mind mapping and its benefits<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Understanding how the technique helps link teaching with learning, enabling <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Student" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Student">students</a> to “learn how to learn”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Lexicon Reading Centre is hosting a lecture by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.thinkbuzan.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Tony Buzan">Tony Buzan</a>, inventor of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">Mind Mapping</a> technique, at The Library, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=25.25,55.3166666667&spn=0.01,0.01&q=25.25,55.3166666667%20(Rashid%20Hospital)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Rashid Hospital">Rashid Hospital</a>, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=25.25,55.3&spn=0.1,0.1&q=25.25,55.3%20(Dubai)&t=h" rel="geolocation" target="_blank" title="Dubai">Dubai</a>. The Mind Mapping for Students with Dyslexia and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dysgraphia" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Dysgraphia">Dysgraphia</a> is a workshop to help educators detect students’ understanding of presented information, diagnose and remedy students’ learning issues efficiently, and connect with them through visual maps. The mind mapping technique helps link teaching with learning, enabling students to “learn how to learn”. It also fosters creativity, ideas generation, enquiry and problem solving.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Buzan spoke to The weekend tabloid! last week regarding the technique and how it can be used to enhance learning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mind map is a thinking map like the map of a city, but for your mind. A mind map is used to help you find your way around your thoughts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The intrinsic tendency of the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Brain">brain</a> is not learn in a linear format, but through imagination and association. Based on this insight, the technique employs visual representation of individual <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thought" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Thought">thought processes</a> to provide a creative, innovative and efficient tool for learning. It is a powerful graphic technique which provides a universal key to unlock the potential of the brain by using an array of colourful graphics connected to a central topic. It harnesses the full range of cortical skills — word, image, number, logic, rhythm, colour and spatial awareness — in a single, uniquely powerful manner. In so doing, it gives you the freedom to roam the infinite expanses of your brain. A mind map can be applied to every aspect of life where improved learning and clearer thinking will enhance human performance as it helps organise thoughts and gives an easy-to-follow structure to the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Learning">learning process</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">How much is the technique still viable in our digitally oriented world where varied information is available at the click of a button?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We live in a world that increasingly seems to require more of intelligence and ingenuity in its young minds. As people tend to depend on hi-tech gadgets to provide information, there is very little effort to improve memory skills or think creatively. Mind maps stimulate “comparison thinking” and encourage capacity for creative associations.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Also, due to the same gadgets, attention spans have shrunk, so much so sometimes a half-hour class is not long enough for a child to grasp what’s happening in class. A teacher may create a teaching plan but does the child have enough time to understand or create a mind map for himself, so he can take in the information and write it down at the same time?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It is important for teaching institutions to allocate time for children to understand and then interpret the information through techniques such as mind mapping. If we don’t have time to teach children the right way of learning, then it will be a waste of time. If what is being taught cannot be remembered or understood by the child then it defeats the purpose of the efforts and time expended by both parties. This is why around the globe so many parents are removing their children from traditional <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Education">educational systems</a> and enrolling them into home-school systems where they have the freedom to express themselves in a creative manner or even day-dream and make use of colour in their learning process.</span><br />
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Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-32461715888476003212013-03-26T15:34:00.000-04:002013-03-26T15:35:38.901-04:00MindMaple Inc. Releases Their Full Mind Mapping Software for iPad Users, Including Updates to Their Complete iOS Product Line<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindMaple for iPad is a fast and intuitive way of organizing and prioritizing information. The education sector has found MindMaple products to be particularly useful as software for teachers, allowing them to create and organize their lesson plans. Students benefit by using it for lecture notes, idea sharing and problem solving. Those in the business world use it to manage their busy schedules, for brainstorming sessions, project management and more. The newest feature gives users the ability to create and edit collaborative mind maps, with a user-friendly interface and additional features to assist in maximizing productivity and efficiency.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can download their mind mapping software by visiting their website or downloading directly from <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/itunes/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="ITunes">iTunes</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindMaple Inc. have also created an online guide that provides step-by-step instructions on how to utilize their <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collaborative_real-time_editor" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Collaborative real-time editor">real-time collaboration</a> feature. Users can access this guide by visiting their MindMaple for iPad Help section on their website.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/business/prweb/article/MindMaple-Inc-Releases-Their-Full-Mind-Mapping-4367698.php">sfgate.com</a></span><br />
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Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-91273229141396745222013-03-24T13:31:00.001-04:002013-03-24T13:31:33.236-04:00Build Your Career Master Plan with a Mind Map<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A career <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Plan">plan</a> is a map that guides you to where you really want to go <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Professional">professionally</a>. While there are several approaches to <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Career_management" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Career management">career planning</a> and mapping your way to your next job, a mind map is an excellent tool for brainstorming and organizing your career ideas—especially if you're not sure yet what you want to do.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As Farnoosh writes on the Prolific Living blog, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">mind maps</a> help you visually and textually organize your thoughts in a way that gives you a structure, linking related concepts. You can use a mind map to brainstorm and discover your career purpose.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This example includes what Farnoosh calls the "foundational pillars" of your career plan—things you need to explore and answer to find your ideal career and plan where you want to go. They include:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Current job or role</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Career goals and dreams (short and long term)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your big why: Why you want to do the work</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Core values: Values you're not willing to compromise on, such as flexibility or integrity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Limits and boundaries: What you're not willing to do or whom you wouldn't want to work with</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Top strengths</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Desired strengths</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Education investment in yourself: What you're willing to invest for yourself and career</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Execution strategies: What you might do (e.g., change jobs) to accomplish your plan</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Role models</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ideal client or company</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ideal professional self: Describe how you want to see yourself and been seen as professionally</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">As you fill out the answers to these, no doubt other branches and levels will surface, creating a wide web of ideas to help you get a clearer picture of not only where you want to go but also, perhaps, how to get there.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read complete at: <a href="http://lifehacker.com/5991819/build-your-career-master-plan-with-a-mind-map">lifehacker.com</a> | <a href="http://www.prolificliving.com/blog/2013/03/18/mindmaps-for-career-planning/">Prolific Living</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mind mapping - the process of visualizing ideas and information in much the same way that people think - has evolved from pencil and paper to digital methods. The new <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.mindnode.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="MindNode">MindNode</a> Pro app for Mac, however, makes <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">mind maps</a> easier to navigate with features that play into our media-rich, link-embedding, social-sharing era of computing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mind maps don't have anything to do with identifying the contours of your brain -- although they may give you an inkling about how your mind works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">At the heart of a mind map is the idea that we don't think in rigid hierarchies. The old-fashioned tree outline with heads, subheads and so forth can nicely organize a theme, document or white paper, but it isn't how people think or the way the brain works.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We don't think in straight lines. Our ideas tend to radiate from each other -- more like a net than a strand of rope.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's where mind maps enter the picture. They can help you create the framework for a project in a way that's closer to the way you think.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Before computers had good graphics support, people created mind maps with paper and pencils. Pencils were a key component, as lots of erasing could be involved. Even then, a mind map could be decipherable only to its creator.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Enter the Computer</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Computers have greatly improved the task of creating mind maps. Not only have they improved our ability to create more legible maps, but they've opened up the process to collaboration, something impossible in the pencil and paper age.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">All the advantages computers bring to the mind mapping process can be seen in MindNode Pro (US$19.99) for the Mac.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindNode allows you to quickly and easily create new nodes -- the spokes on the hub of your idea -- as well as create cross connections between nodes.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Back in the pencil-and-paper days, the nodes, siblings and children consisted of words. Everything was flat and two dimensional.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With MindNode, you can embellish an element in your mind map in ways that not only enhance the look of it, but make it leap into cyberspace.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Media Galore</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can add media to your maps. If you created a map of your family tree, for instance, you could display a photo with each family member in the tree.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For easy access to images, audio and movies, MindNode has a media button on its toolbar. Clicking it displays a window that gives you access to folders on your Mac where media reside.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">For example, you can access your <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/itunes" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="ITunes">iTunes</a> library directly through the media window. When you see an audio file, image or even video needed to illustrate an element of your mind map, you can drag it from the window to the map.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Links can also be added to elements. A reference to a court decision on a map designed to explain a public policy issue, for instance, could contain a link to a <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.adobe.com/devnet/pdf/pdf_reference_archive.html" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Portable Document Format">PDF file</a> of the actual decision stored on your computer, or to a site on the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.symantec.com/web-security-software" rel="symantec" target="_blank" title="Web security">Web</a> containing the document.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Size Matters</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">While computer mind maps have a lot of advantages over paper ones, one area where digital maps fell down was size. Large sheets of paper cost a lot less than large computer screens. Also, when a map starts getting cramped on a sheet of paper, you can just tape another sheet to it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindNode addresses the size issue by giving you an infinitely sized canvas for your maps. If your map expands past the edge of the MindNode window, the program just slides left, right, up or down to accommodate the expansion.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The expanded canvas works nicely with a trackpad because you can slide around the canvas effortlessly.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindNode, which runs on OS X 10.7.3 or later, also supports Lion's full screen mode, so not only can you get the maximum area for your mind map, but you can block out all desktop distractions to your brainstorming as well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Those messy mind maps from the bad old pencil-and-paper days are gone with MindNode, which has a number of organizational features to create cleaner maps.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you need to remove some map clutter from sight, you can hide nodes with a single click.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can edit your map on the fly by grabbing nodes and dragging them anywhere on the screen.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grabbing and dragging nodes, however, can be inadequate if your map gets too complicated. MindNode thought of that; it has an auto-organize feature that will clean up things for you without your intervention.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your map's organization can also be aided by customizing your nodes with the many choices of colors, fonts and stroke width offered by MindNode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">More Than Sharing Photocopies</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">With paper mind maps, sharing usually meant photocopying your map and circulating it to your colleagues. That just won't do in the age of the social web.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindNode lets your share your maps on your local network with your other <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/ios" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="IOS">iOS</a> devices. MindNode's makers, IdeasOnCanvas, also makes versions of the program for the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/iphone" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="iPhone">iPhone</a> and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="iPad">iPad</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">You can also export maps created with the software into other formats, such as PDF, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="FreeMind">FreeMind</a> and OPML, or as a PNG or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tagged_Image_File_Format" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Tagged Image File Format">TIFF image</a> file. You can even export it as a text outline in RTF.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">MindNode is a great example of how a computer has taken a productive tool for brainstorming - the mind map - and made it a robust powerhouse.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Read complete at <a href="http://www.macnewsworld.com/story/MindNode-Makes-Mind-Mapping-a-Mind-Blower-77282.html">macnewsworld.com</a></span><br />
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Gilberto Galeahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14070280195041521007noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-562654634916711911.post-68365518710922032272013-02-11T14:47:00.001-04:002013-02-11T14:47:47.989-04:00Mapping out presentations, documents and research<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Quite a while ago, in the ancient times when I worked at <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Equipment_Corporation" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Digital Equipment Corporation">Digital Equipment Corporation</a>, I was introduced to a technique, called mind mapping, as part of a "Digital Management Education" course on business planning. It's been part of my daily work ever since. I was presenting from a mind map recently. A session attendee came up afterwards and commented on my single-page "script" that allowed me to present a two-hour session.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've spoken with a potential client from the back seat of a taxi while on the way to that company's office and used a hastily created mindmap to present exactly what information they were seeking moments later. Once mastered, this is a surprisingly fast tool for planning, research and content creation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>What is mind mapping?</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mind mapping is a technique of visual diagramming that is designed to help people outline concepts, individual components of those concepts, and link one concept to another. Proponents would suggest that this technique ties the analytical and visual portions of the brain together.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">These diagrams can be as simple as a branching tree or complex works of art. The most complex of these diagrams look like flowing, organic webs of information, colors and pictures. Since I'm often under pressure to produce results very quickly, I keep mine pretty simple.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I use this approach to planning out documents, presentations, projects and the like. I've learned that audiences often respond better to seeing a compressed and unfolding mind map on the screen rather than being subjected to yet another PowerPoint deck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Try searching for "mind maps examples" or "mind maps" using the image search of your favorite search engine to see examples.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">Mind Mapping</a> Tools</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I've used quite a number of tools over the years. Some were quite expensive and offered tight integration with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/default.aspx" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Microsoft Office">Microsoft Office</a>. Open source tools now exist that link easily with <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.openoffice.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="OpenOffice.org">OpenOffice</a> or <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.libreoffice.org/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="LibreOffice">LibreOffice</a>. These tools allowed me to map out my thoughts and observations and quickly turn them into a presentation deck or paper.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Although not an exhaustive list, here are a few that I've used:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.mindjet.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="MindManager">MindManager</a> by <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.mindjet.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Mindjet">MindJet</a> — This tool is very powerful and is relatively expensive. It links with several project management tools and Microsoft Office. A "cloud-based" collaboration tool is offered that makes it possible for groups to plan out projects together.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.inspiration.com/">Inspiration</a> — This was the first mind mapping tool I used. It was a Mac-only tool in those ancient times. Today, it appears to be targeting academic environments and students.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="FreeMind">FreeMind</a> — This is an open source tool that executes in Java. It is available for just about every personal computing environment, UNIX workstations and <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.t-mobile.com/shop/addons/services/information.aspx?passet=internetemail&tp=svc_tab_smartphones" rel="tmobile" target="_blank" title="Smartphones">Smartphones</a> and Tablets. It links nicely with OpenOffice and LibreOffice. These presentations and documents can be converted to the formats used by Microsoft Office.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Freeplane">FreePlane</a> — This is a fork of FreeMind that appeared when development on FreeMind slowed. It has all of the capabilities of FreeMind.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/mapping-out-presentations-documents-and-research-7000011116/">ZDNet.com</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ajay was sitting in the economics class. Prof Bhushan was delivering a lecture on market structures. His lecture was interesting, informative and interactive.<br /><br />Ajay was stimulated by the ideas being proposed and discussed and he began actively participating. Four weeks later, when internal <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_%28assessment%29" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Test (assessment)">exams</a> were over, the results surprised both the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professor" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Professor">Professor</a> and his student. Prof Bhushan called Ajay to his cabin and gently asked "Ajay! I expected you to be in the top ten in the class! What happened? Any problem?"<br /><br />Ajay responded, "I am surprised too sir! I thought I had understood all you said. I do remember many examples you have given as well. But as you have pointed out in my paper, my answers were not balanced between theory and examples. I had many new ideas in the class. I was confused. I guess there was too much information and too less time to think and answer."<br /><br /><b>Challenging Task</b><br />The daunting task of note taking for a student involves several challenges outlined below:<br />n There is too much of information to handle from various sources. It’s often required to systematically organize information to write an exam or to participate in a discussion.<br /><br />- There is often the question of focus. Where should the student focus in the class? On writing notes or on listening to the lecture!<br /><br />- How can one keep track of one's own ideas and questions?<br /><br />- How can one keep updating the information as and when they find new information, new links and add new ideas throughout the learning period?<br /><br />These challenges usually make the student to resort to short cuts such as memorising and reading from handbooks. As a result learning becomes routine and boring. These practices in the long-run erode the teacher-student relationship. What is needed, therefore, is a tool that can keep the creative potential of the student alive and at the same time be useful for note taking.<br /><br /><b>The Concept</b><br /><br /><a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.thinkbuzan.com/" rel="homepage" target="_blank" title="Tony Buzan">Tony Buzan</a>, in 1970s', introduced the concept of mind mapping for taking down notes in a quick manner. The technique was to begin with a central idea written down at the center of a page. Various thoughts about the core idea are then drawn as branches.<br /><br />Thoughts and ideas about a specific branch are recorded as sub-branches leading out from the main branches. Associations across branches can be made to allow for forming relationships amongst various thoughts.<br /><br />So, by being skilled in the art of mind mapping, students can capture key information in the class, while being focused on listening and participating. They can follow their own line of thinking and continue expanding on it after the class. They can connect different concepts and help themselves to discover new knowledge. Their discussions with their teachers and co-students can be much more meaningful and satisfactory.<br /><br /><b>The process of mind mapping</b><br /><br />A mind map usually begins with a "<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thesis_statement" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Thesis statement">Central Idea</a>" or "Theme" with branches flowing out of it. Each branch represents a distinct sub-theme of the central idea. For example, the teacher might have started the class saying, "Today, we are going to talk about job analysis and its utility."<br /><br />So, the map would begin by writing "<a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Job_analysis" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Job analysis">Job Analysis</a>" in the center of the sheet and then circling it. Then as the class progresses sub-themes are added.<br /><br />The teacher might have given the components of the job analysis, discussed the steps required to carry out Job Analysis, and its applications in organizations.<br /><br />To capture the above information, a branch from the central theme is drawn and labeled "Components". The <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Branch_line" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Branch line">branch line</a> is thicker when it begins on the circle and gradually thins out as it ends. All branches and sub-branches follow the same pattern.<br /><br />Different colours for different branches can be used to make the map more meaningful and creative. Coming back to the example, as there are many components, each component can be represented on a sub-branch, flowing out of the main branch.<br /><br />To capture more information about each component, further sub-branches can be drawn. Similarly the “Steps “and “Applications” can be drawn as main branches and sub-branches can be added to extend more information. More branches can be added to capture new ideas, questions and other information.<br /><br />Now, you may find that a concept that is presently being discussed is related to some other concept discussed earlier. To capture this, the two linked concepts are identified and are connected with a dotted line. A label is added to that relationship to describe the nature of relationship.<br /><br />To add more meaning and creativity to the map, different colours can be used. Pictures that are descriptive of the key-words can also be added. Though, there is actually no end to when a map can be complete, it can capture enough information to use for reference, not only to do preparatory work, but also for exams.<br /><br /><b>Other uses for students</b><br /><b><br />- Exam preparation:</b> Once the mind maps of your subjects are ready, its easier to prepare for exams. To master the content, simply re-drawing the mind map and comparing it with the original will clearly show where gaps exist.<br /><br />A question paper can be taken and the map can be examined to see if it contains information required to answer all the questions.<br /><br />If not, such information can be added from various sources. There is no need to carry heavy notes and books to the examination centre.<br /><b><br />- Preparing presentations:</b> Mind maps can be used to bring in originality and creativity to presentations. Apart from the content, branches that outline key notes about the audience, the time to be spent on each topic, the goals of the presenter, and much more information can be captured.<br /><br />Original ideas and points of discussion can be brought out on separate branches. As the discussion progresses during the presentation, it can be dynamically added to the mind map.<br /><b><br />Who Uses <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Mind map">Mind Maps</a>?</b><br /><br />Managers use mind maps as a tool to document brain-storming sessions and managing long meetings. Writers capture their plot ideas for their stories.<br /><br />Lawyers and doctors have extensively used this technique for capturing their analyses and diagnoses. Teachers use it to plan their classes.<br /><br /><b><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word-sense_disambiguation" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Word-sense disambiguation">Other Uses</a> of Mind Maps</b><br /><br />Mind maps can be used for several purposes apart from taking notes. The following are some of the uses that people around the world have found for mind maps:<br /></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Problem solving</span> </li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Outline / framework design</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anonymous collaboration</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Marriage of words and visuals</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Individual expression of creativity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Condensing material into a concise and memorable format</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Team_building" rel="wikipedia" target="_blank" title="Team building">Team building</a> or synergy creating activity</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enhancing work morale</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Source: <a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/308695/mapping-potential-human-mind.html">deccanherald.com</a></span><br />
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