It is a learning tool that allows users to create and share visual representations of things like lectures, notes, and research. In fact, mind mapping in education is useful for a wide variety of tasks and can be easily tailored to the user’s needs. The objective is to achieve:
A mind map involves writing down a central theme and thinking of new and related ideas which radiate out from the center. By focusing on key ideas written down in your own words and looking for connections between them, you can map knowledge in a way that will help you to better understand and retain information. A simple mind map is working here:
- Start by building a mind map as a class [MM1]
- Make a dreaded assignment easier with mind maps [MM2]
- Create a mind map for homework [MM3]
- Mind Mapping Activities for Students [MM4]
Benefits:
- Help students brainstorm and explore any idea, concept, or problem
- Facilitate better understanding of relationships and connections between ideas and concepts
- Make it easy to communicate new ideas and thought processes
- Allow students to easily recall information
- Help students take notes and plan tasks
- Make it easy to organize ideas and concepts
Mind Maps have been used in the following Subjects
| S. No | Name of the faculty | Subject | Year& semester | A.Y. |
| 1 | Dr.M.Laxmaiah | Data Structures through C++ | II-I | 2018-19 |
| 2 | Ms.YSNS.Prathima | Oops through Java | II-I | 2018-19 |
| 3 | Mr.Kiran Kumar | Web Technologies | III-II | 2018-19 |
| 4 | Mrs.P.UshaRani | Computer Graphics | III-I | 2019-20 |
| 5 | Mrs.A.Punitha | Internet of Things | IV-I | 2019-20 |
| 6 | Dr.RaviKumar Chandu | JAVA | II-II | 2019-20 |
| 7 | Mrs.Swati Gupta | Computer Forensic | IV-II | 2019-20 |
| 8 | Mrs.S.Anitha | Computer Organization and Architecture | II-I | 2020-21 |
| 9 | Mrs.G.Sumalatha | Computer Network | III-I | 2020-21 |
| 10 | Mrs.Amita Mishra | Mobile Application Development | III-II | 2020-21 |
| 11. | Mrs.E.Lakshmi Prasanna | Web Services | IV-II | 2020-21 |
Specific Outcome to Mind-Map Process, as follows:
- It has helped in to maximize the learning experience through mind-maps. . [O-MM1]
- On specific needs students can better understand and retain knowledge in a way that suits in best. [O-MM2]
- Mind maps leads to better information retention [O-MM3]
- Helped student grasp complex topics and ideas easily [O-MM4]
Peer review and critique:
Mind Map documents are submitted for peer review with expert committee for identifying any difficulties and suggestions. The following are the guidelines given by the committee to implement the above method effectively.
• Select the Concepts and Computer terminology very carefully which is easy to remember.
• Identify the proper images, Colors, Keywords and Visual representations
• Facilitate students to communicate with plans and ideas
