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Do You Use Mind Mapping? Beverley Paine I use mind mapping whenever I'm planning a project, be it a story or a new garden bed! It not only helps me organise my thoughts but allows me to see potential problems and begin solving them before I start investing too much time and energy. Basically , mind maps are a way of organising your thoughts on paper, but in a way that is much closer to how we actually think. Our thoughts seldom arise in an organised manner. Mind mapping helps to capture the thoughts as they tumble from our brain, before we self-sensor or determine that the thought wasn't important - it could just be in the wrong order for right now! Some people might see mind mapping as a fancy way of taking notes, but it is a lot more than that. As you arrange and link your thoughts (or notes if researching a topic) on the page, whiteboard or notice-board, you'll discover a plan of action or insight emerging. Joel Falconer wrote an excellent article on Mind Mapping , including links to 11 mind mapping applications and web services that can be found at Lifehack.org. I use mind mapping whenever I'm planning a project, be it a story or a new garden bed! It not only helps me organise my thoughts but allows me to see the potential problems and begin solving them before I start investing too much time and energy. Mind mapping is a brilliant way to help organise your homeschool learning programs for your children. The children and I used it all the time to create lesson plans and unit studies, beginning with a brainstorming mind mapping session. Children quickly learn how to mind map and prefer it to the old fashioned way of taking notes, exploring ideas and breaking down information into more easily understood chunks . Joel Falconer wrote an excellent article on m ind m apping , including links to eleven mind mapping applications and web services that can be found at Lifehack.org. Like Joel, I prefer to use pen and paper - in fact the more coloured pens I use the more targeted my thoughts become. It helps when reviewing my mind maps too as I can easily identify and follow threads or themes . I used this approach when writing essays for university courses several years ago, from the initial note taking process during researching the paper, to collating and organising my thoughts and getting them down coherently. My first draft was usually a wonderful collection of different coloured paragraphs, built from my mind mapped notes. I'm happy to report I usually received a distinction for my essays! Check out Joel's full list of mind mapping applications at Lifehack.org . If the link no longer works, I've kept a record of them on Australian Homeschool Curriculum .
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Pioneering members of the home education movement in Australia, Beverley and Robin Paine are passionate advocates of true educational choice for families. They began homeschooling their children in 1986 and three years later started the South Australian Home Based Learners network.
Beverley wrote Getting Started with Homeschooling in 1995-97 and since then continues to write books and booklets on home education. She balances spending time helping home educators with working in her garden and renovating her home, as well as continuing to build her collection of writing on a variety of homeschooling subjects. Beverley maintains an extensive collection of websites as well as several Yahoo groups supporting families teaching their children at home.
In 2007 Beverley joined the HEA and was a committee member for three years during which time she edited and produced the HEA Newsletter, Stepping Stones for Home Educators magazine, annual Resource Directory and other HEA publications.
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