Michael KieleyMarch 23, 2011

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Visual Thinking: Put Brainstorming on Steroids with Mind MappingVisual Thinking: Put Brainstorming on Steroids with Mind Mapping

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Visual Thinking: Put Brainstorming on Steroids with Mind MappingVisual Thinking: Put Brainstorming on Steroids with Mind Mapping

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Using Mind Maps for Learning InnovationUsing Mind Maps for Learning Innovation This presentation focuses on learning a graphic

technique which allows one to gain an overview of a complex subject, and is also a method for rapid brainstorming.

Part 1 - a case study Part 2 - defining creativity Part 3 - a workshop in which mind maps

are used as creative tools in the development of new learning experiences.

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Part One - case study:evolution of a class to a hybrid formPart One - case study:evolution of a class to a hybrid form

My Story...My Story...

I’ve taught a class for years called Visual Thinking, which is focused on learning creativity skills, and understanding what is going on in Contemporary Art.

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My Story...My Story...

I go to a conference about online education (OTC10), which gets me very excited about adding cloud technologies to my face-to-face class.

Visual

Thinking

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My Story...My Story... I am surprised at how many options I

have, and most of them are free.http://www.blackboard.com/

http://www.techsmith.com/Camtasia

http://www.cccconfer.org/index3.aspx

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

http://www.edustream.org/

http://www.jingproject.com/

http://oli.web.cmu.edu/openlearning/

http://www.onefortraining.org/

http://prezi.com/

http://www.profcast.com/public/index.php

http://sakaiproject.org/

http://www.surveymonkey.com/

http://twitter.com/

http://www.vocaroo.com/

http://voicethread.com/

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My Story...My Story...

It looks like it will take me about 40 hours to sort through these options, and shift my class to a hybrid format.

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Thinking

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My Story...My Story...

It takes 200

hours...

Visual

Thinking

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My Story...My Story...

I have to rethink everything, and sort between what is best done face-to-face, and what is better on line.

Visual

Thinking The first thing to go are lectures, which I turn into podcasts and PDF’s.

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My Story...My Story... I have a moment of euphoria, the

first time I listen to my students VoiceThreads.

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I needed to see/think about many things simultaneously.I needed to see/think about many things simultaneously.

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I needed to make some choices.I needed to make some choices.

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I need to be a brilliant innovator...I need to be a brilliant innovator...

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My Story...My Story... I realize that something I’ve

taught my students for years,

mind mapping

will be the perfect way to:

• organize and select the best online technologies for my class.

• be an excellent way to brainstorm new project ideas.

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Thinking

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Part Two - defining creativity, mind maps, and the process of brainstorming.

Part Two - defining creativity, mind maps, and the process of brainstorming.

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What is creativity?What is creativity?

A mode of thinking that is playful, childlike, joyful, and GENERaTIVE.

It’s the opposite of being analytical, and rational. It requires an environment of support and affirmation. Lateral/generative thinking can not overlap with the

Vertical/rational mode.

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What is brainstorming?What is brainstorming?

A generative flow state, in which the goal is to uncritically jot down as many possible solutions to a problem as possible.

Quantity of ideas matters much more than the initial quality of ideas.

Richness over Rightness

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Thinking in PicturesThinking in Pictures

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What is a mind map?What is a mind map?

A mind map is a diagram used to organize words, ideas, and images, in a holistic, hierarchical form, in order to gain fresh perspectives.

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Establish a quota to accelerate ideation...Establish a quota to accelerate ideation...

List Grid Map

it’s not so much that I am smarter, it’s that I always begin immediately, and I have a huge trash can. -F.L.Wright

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Filling in a blank grid...Filling in a blank grid...

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Maps vs ListsMaps vs Lists

Rather than just making a list of numerous ideas during brainstorming, a mind map mixes words and images, TURNING ON CREATIVE THINKING, in a loose and flexible process, that also allows one to glimpse the whole picture.

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Work flows...Work flows...

TO >

hand drawn MindNode

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Work flows...Work flows... Mobile App

MindNode Pro on Mac

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What are they good for?What are they good for?

Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, and decision making.

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Part Three - learning to mind mapPart Three - learning to mind map

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Have you every mind mapped?Have you every mind mapped?

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Let’s draw a mind map!Let’s draw a mind map!

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5 steps...5 steps...

1. Draw an oval with a key term.

2. Add curving limbs, radiating out from the central concept.

3.In block letters write a single word flowing along each limb.

4.Bifurcate: add smaller branches to each limb.

5.Use lots of color.

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Make a simple mind map...Make a simple mind map...

On a piece of paper, draw an oval in the center. Write the word “HAPPINESS,” in the oval. Draw arcing branches outward from the oval, and along

each branch write a general broad category of something that makes you happy. (Travel, exercise, learning, etc.)

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And branches...And branches...

And some branches to one of the main limbs of your map.

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What can you do with mind maps?What can you do with mind maps?

Gain an overview of a complex subject. Map-storm: use this visual tool to

accelerate creative thinking.

Collaborate on the concept of innovation.

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Brainstorm efficiently.

Discover patterns and relationships between ideas.

Map a learning experience.

Plan a presentation.

Create a visual, hierarchical, holistic document with links to provide more detail on demand.

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FORCING Expansive ThinkingFORCING Expansive Thinking

Adding blank nodes to a mind map establishes a quota of ideas for each branch of a subject.

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Trees grow by a process of bifurcation. So do ideas.Trees grow by a process of bifurcation. So do ideas.

Blank nodes on a mind map establish a quota for new ideas.

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How ideas flow...How ideas flow...

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Hybrid thinking...Hybrid thinking...

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Ideate; then critique.Ideate; then critique.

• AVOID DESTRUCTIVE PRUNING WHICH HAPPEN WHEN WE MIX IDEATION/BRAINSTORMING WITH ANALYSIS AND CRITICISM

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Remaining open...Remaining open...

Remain open to chance intrusions, happy accidents, serendipity.

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The (brainstorming) wisdom of crowds.The (brainstorming) wisdom of crowds.

Diverse groups create broadened perspectives.

A safe environment, in which it’s O.K. to be a bit silly enhances the process.

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It helps to...It helps to...

Negative Thinking+ Switch Off Analysis

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Mind map ‘apps’Mind map ‘apps’

Mac PC Mobile Devices

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Resources + LinksResources + Links

Apps

Mindnode.com (free, pro, and iOS versions)

iMindMap (Tony Buzan, inc.)

Freemind (open, complex, a bit slow)

ThinkingSpace (Android)

Books

The MindMap Book

Mapping Inner Space

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MindNode on iDevicesMindNode on iDevices

Demo

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Mind map methods - pros + consMind map methods - pros + cons

Mobile Device

•Use anywhere•Simple•Easy export to computer

Computer

•More complex explorations•Easily add images•Create Hyperlinked maps

Hand Drawn

•Free and loose•All you need is a pencil•Sketch, or collage images

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Michael Kieley mkieley@lmu.edu

707 mki-eley (654-3539)

www.learnvisualthinking.com http://edtechexplore.wordpress.com

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