Instructional+Use

=Education and Academic Learning Use=

Mind maps are the quintessential method of visual thinking. By using a central topic, and creating branches to expand upon this topic, users maintain up to 10% more information. Using mind maps to present a topic can engage user’s visual thinking skills, as well as providing them with a permanent archive of information for them to refer to at a later date. Mind maps can help students structure topics. Set up an online brainstorming session with other students and collect ideas and tasks for the project. When the session's over, the shared mind map will still be there and each participant may continue to refine the ideas with all participants able to view these changes. MindMeister's notification mechanisms will inform all parties when the mind map has been changed. Finally, when your concept is finished, simply share the map with the teacher for "sign off". In 2002 **Farrand, Hussain, and Hennesey** set out to measure the effectiveness of mind mapping. To establish a baseline, 50 study subjects were given a 600-word passage of text before separating them into two groups – the ‘self selected study technique’ and the ‘mind map’. Subjects were then given 30 minutes to study the text. The ‘self selected study’ group was left to their own methods, while the mind map group were first trained in the principles of mind mapping, and then given the same allotment of time to study the text. After the 30 minutes, both study groups showed an improvement over the baseline testing scores. However, when tested one week later, the ‘mind map’ group demonstrated a 10% increase in factual recall. By using MindMeister mind maps to take notes, you are automatically creating a permanent archive, stored on the web, shareable, and available forever, whenever and wherever you want. = = =Actual Classroom Examples:= media type="youtube" key="sOWZN9CLs3w" height="315" width="420"
 * ==Prepare Presentations==
 * ==Brainstorm in Projects==
 * ==Boost Memory==
 * ==Archive Notes==
 * 21st Century Digital Fluency Project developing the five fluencies using MindMeister
 * Article about how a history teacher uses MindMeister to engage students
 * Two students present the initial steps of their goals using the MindMeister.