Study MethodsPart 3

The art of mindmapping

(Y)ou and I were taught to use only half, or 50 % , of your brain’ mighty tool-kit. We were,

literally, trained to be half-wits.

Buzan, T: Mind Map Handbook

(W)ords, lines, numbers, logic and sequence…They represent your brain’s ‘left brain’ skills and

do not include any of your ‘right-brain’ skills, which enable us to comprehend rhythm, colour

and space and to daydream.

Examples:Anticlockwise from top left: Edison, Einstein, Newton,

Da Vinci and Darwin

What do all these notes have in common?

1 Pictures 2 Codes

What do all these notes have in common?

3 Connecting lines

Slide 2: http://media.cirrusmedia.com.au/getmedia/a36b1116-7c4b-4ff2-93a5-03a915ea9f77/AD20Jun14_GRMyth.aspx?siteId=196&maxSideSize=300&width=0&height=0Slide 5: http://static.wixstatic.com/media/ebf60d_10935b2a8e714f1192e48b4d543f7f3a.jpg/v1/fill/w_550,h_388,al_c,q_80,usm_0.66_1.00_0.01/ebf60d_10935b2a8e714f1192e48b4d543f7f3a.jpg Slide 6: Edison: http://www.cdn.sciencebuddies.org/Files/803/8/SciF_EngrDesignGuide_Notebook_ThomasEdison_N009DOC1621-Image140.jpg Einstein: http://www.relativity.li/uploads/images/G/G3_1.jpg Newton: http://41.media.tumblr.com/cb63a4b8f3977afe27b48bff663d3981/tumblr_n5v5zz9Z2b1soj7s4o2_500.jpg Da Vinci: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Studies_of_the_Arm_showing_the_Movements_made_by_the_Biceps.jpg Darwin: https://kateandmaggie.files.wordpress.com/2012/11/darwins_notebook.jpg Slide 7: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/e3/23/8c/e3238cfde1ae2d33100ae36e1fd7eae5.jpg Codes: L. KotzèSlide 15: http://cdn.meme.am/instances/500x/52775130.jpg Slide 16 http://www.saptaidc.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/Stationery-organized-gallery-5.jpg Slide 9 – 14 and 16 – 19: http://www.slideshare.net/LKOTZE/hacking-clever-32095821 Buzan, T and Buzan, B: The Mind Map® Book: Full-colour Illustrated Edition.Essex.4th edition 2007