1. Topics Technologies for Meaning Making Create a Mind Map
Our Assumptions about Learning
Attributes for Meaningful Learning
Create a Mind Map

2. What is a Mind Map?
“Mind Mapping” is a strategy that encourages group members to record ideas and connections among ideas in a visual form. It helps understand the relationships among different concepts and ideas.

3. The Mind Map should include:
Central topic in center of page.
Important information highlighted with bubbles, arrows, or wavy lines.
Use color to organize concepts.
Key words to serve as triggers.
Chains to link between ideas.
Illustrations, novel shapes, and pictures to help facilitate retention.

4. Example of Mind Map

5. Task
Each group will be assigned one of the following topics in Chapter 0ne:
Our assumptions about learning…
Attributes of meaningful learning…
Prepare a mind map on your group’s topic.

6. Roles taken by group members:
Illustrator: Maps participation, draws mind map
Materials Manager and Time Keeper: Collects necessary materials and monitors time
Map Checker/Scout: Ensures completed map has all component parts and “scouts” out ideas from other groups.
Summarizer: Summarize key points about the learning theory on the transparency.

7. Share
Mind Map
Summary comments on transparency