Today I am going to talk about some usage of mind map, with some of my previous works as an example also.
Mind map is great for learning, which can use in different situation as well as subjects.
Note taking – normally they are pretty rough as you just make it during lessons, A4 size paper, pencil and fluorescent pens are used. Use pencil to draw the core, fluorescent pens added colors or dividing topic levels. Don’t worry even you got an ugly picture, you can improve it soon.
Sample: Bullying (criminal psychology)
Sample: Substance abuse (criminal psychology)
Revisions – Relatively more detailed, organized and readable, in case you will use it to prepare for exams or share it with others. When using computer software to make, you can also add some pictures or flowcharts from either notes from school or Internet.
Projects – Most demanding on readability since all of your teammates need to look at it. Better use common terms in topics and draw the map using software to facilitate sharing. In addition, there are add or remove of ideas or works in different stages of the project, so always use “save as” to make different versions of map is a good practice, don’t forget to make a change log to allow trace of actions.
Finally here are some good software for mind-mapping:
