Using Mind Mapping software in Science, languages, Biology….

Ok. All subjects thenDr Ron Beyers

Young Engineers and Scientists of AfricaSchoolNet South Africa

WebinarNovember 2013

Uses of a pencilSame Pencil - Different

Outcomes

Functions of the BrainMason-Dixon Line

Traditional Education

LEFT BRAINSequenceLiteralnessAnalysis

RIGHT BRAINContext

Emotional ExpressionSynthesis

InnovatorsCreativity

• Think across disciplines

• Adaptable

Cheaper Left Brain

• Workers in India • Call Centres• Tax Returns• Programming

FutureEducation

Digital Literacy vs Computer Literacy

Society

ICT Enabled Innovator

ICT Practitioner

ICT User (Application)

Basic Literacy

Digital Divide

Database

Spreadsheet

Word Processing

Basic Literacy

Computer Divide

Education as a Journey• New school

o Guide on the sideo Partnership formedo Learner as the bus drivero Start and end defined but

different routeso Constructivist approach

• New Worldo Knowledge societyo Knowledge is keyo Emphasis on communicationo Greater emphasis on real

world issues of globalisation

• Old schoolo Sage on the stageo Teacher as a gatekeepero Teacher as the bus drivero Controlled route

• Old Worldo Industrial era to Information ageo Information is keyo Calculators and computer mouseo Teachers preparing learners for a

world that no longer exists

Software• Types

o Commercialo Open Source/Freeware/Shareware

• iPad / Appleo SimpleMind (https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/simplemind+-mind-mapping/id305727658?mt=8) o MindMeister(https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/mindmeister-mind-mapping/id381073026?mt=8) o Total Recall (https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/total-recall-mind-map/id360443748?mt=8)

• PC/Laptopo FreeMind (http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) o FreePlane (http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)

• Linuxo FreeMind (http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) o FreePlane (http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)

• Androido Simple Mind (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.modelmakertools.simplemindfree) o Mindjet Maps (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thinkingspace&hl=en) o Mindomo (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.EXswap.Mindomo&hl=en)

o Many other software titles available

English EssayThoughts

Structured

Delivery

Biology - the Skeleton

Organic Chemistry

Planning Complex Documents

Thoughts

Structured

Delivery

Bloom’s Taxonomy

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Good software in the hands of a bad teacher is useless while bad software

in the hands of a good teacher is excellent.

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The individuals who can mastermind a

future cure for AIDs, solve the world’s energy crisis,

etc. are in the classroom of today

Dr Ron BeyersYoung Engineers and Scientists of

Africaron@yesa.org.za

0833108843