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Using Mindmaps for thinking
1. Sun diagrams or meta-maps2. The Rules
3. Helpful tips and breaking the rules4. Trying it out
The basics of Mindmapping
• Spider diagrams are NOT Mindmaps!• Mindmaps are not usually used for making
notes• They help you to process what you know and
make new links between ideas• They are visual ways to organise information
to make it easier to remember• Your brain likes images!!
A quick demonstration
• Close your eyes• Listen to a word
• Then, when asked tell me what you thought of
FRUIT
FRUIT
• Which fruit came into your head?• Was it the same as the person next to you?• How did you ‘see’ it? • Was it the word that came to mind? Huge
letters in front of your eyes?• More likely it was an image e.g. a shiny red
apple• That is because your mind likes images!
Making a start with a Sun Diagram
FIRST THING IS TO CHOOSE A TOPIC
CENTRAL IMAGE
ADD A CENTRAL IMAGE OF THE TOPIC E.G. IF MY TOPIC WAS LONDON I MIGHT DRAW BIG BEN
Use landscape paper
CENTRAL IMAGE
NOW PUT DOWN THE FIRST 8 IDEAS THAT COME TO MIND ON THAT TOPIC AND WRITE THEM ALONG THE SPOKES OF THE WHEEL
IDEA
1
IDEA 2
CENTRAL IMAGE
ONCE YOU HAVE DONE 8 IDEAS, CHANGE PEN COLOUR AND ADD ANOTHER SET OF SPOKES WITHIN THE CURRENT GAPS
IDEA
1
IDEA 2
ADD IDEAS ALONG THESE LINES TOO
IDEA 9
CENTRAL IMAGE
AND ADD ANOTHER SET IN ANOTHER COLOUR
IDEA
1
IDEA 2
IDEA 9
IDEA 17
CENTRAL IMAGE
IDEA
1
IDEA 2
IDEA 9
IDEA 17
THE IDEA IS TO HAVE PUT DOWN ALL YOUR IMMEDIATE IDEAS
NOW START LOOKING FOR LINKS AND ADD ARROWS; THIS ENABLES YOU TO START GROUPING THEM
Now try creating a Sun Diagram about London
Sun diagram into a Mindmap
• Use landscape paper again• Choose a central image• Try starting with 4 main groups e.g. in the
London Mindmap these might be ‘areas’ ‘history’ ‘people’ ‘Olympics’
• The groups should be ‘big ideas’ or concepts• You will then start adding the detail to the
groups
The Rules
o Always landscape paper; unlinedo Use colourso Always have a central imageo Write on top of the lineso Lines are as long as the wordso Use capital letterso Do not edit; judge or pause; just do it!
Other tips
Start with 4 groups (if stuck try what; why; how; other)
Make your lines bend so that you can write horizontally
Add other images along to way if it helps youDon’t worry about the mess; its not a piece of
artLeave lots of space between lines
Now try creating a Mindmap about London – use your sun
diagram to help
The following slides show some images of Mindmaps for inspiration