Thing 14

Thing 14

                  I love using mind maps for writing papers. I think that mind mapping is a useful way to organize scattered ideas. You are able to determine the most essential elements once you add all your information to the map. Once you determine those essential elements you can add them into a flow chart. The flow chart is a compliment to the mind map. It helps to organize the material in an outline format.

                  I used flowcharts.com for one of my resources to play with. It was extremely user friendly. I never really used mapping of any sort when I was in school. When I worked as a Para we used a lot of mind mapping and I found that to be an effective writing tool. Flow charts, to me, seemed to serve the purpose of an outline. In the organization of one of my many research papers I used it to outline my paper. It was clear concise and easy to follow.

                  For mind mapping I used the bubbl.us for my research. It was easy to follow and set up. I find that mind mapping is extremely beneficial to regurgitating facts out about a particular topic. I will most definitely use both of these for helping students write papers. Mind mapping would be great to keep track of facts when learning about different species etc.