Life Planning using Mind Maps
Article by Gideon King, founder of NovaMind Mind Mapping is great for personal life planning, goal setting and achievement. If you look at all the articles here, many of the things are helping you with your own personal life planning and achievement. The note taking will help you as you learn new things. The problem solving techniques can be used for solving personal problems too. The to-do lists will help you to remember the important things in your family life.
Resource Tools Every Student Must Use
If you ask a college student about productivity, he won't have much to say. And you really can't blame him. He leads a dynamic life where academics and fun go hand in hand, with the latter becoming a more important activity most of the times. However, with the advent of internet and web 2.0, a college student now has access to so many amazing tools that he could finish up his work as well as enjoy life to the fullest without the guilt. The following list mentions 21 such tools which could skyrocket the productivity of college students when it comes to doing research, communicating with fellow students and dealing with assignments. Research and Taking Notes
Brain Training for Children
Brain Training for Children Is brain training for children? Absolutely! In fact, studies have shown that children benefit greatly from brain training — perhaps even more than adults — because their brains are still growing. It’s just like any other kind of training you got when you were young, whether it was how to play the piano, or how to ice skate, or how to ride a bicycle.
Dan Roam’s SQVID tool
In the Napkin Academy (see my earlier post where I’ve reviewed it) Dan Roam describes the SQVID as a visual thinking tool. (Btw, he had first described it in his book, “The Back of the Napkin”) The basic premise being that the SQVID helps one to take any subject and think about it in a variety of different ways, stretching your imagination, and helping in brainstorming. One exercise he encourages people to do is take a subject and apply the SQVID to it.
21st Century Pedagogy
Even if you have a 21st Century classroom(flexible and adaptable); even if you are a 21st Century teacher ; (an adaptor, a communicator, a leader and a learner, a visionary and a model, a collaborator and risk taker) even if your curriculum reflects the new paradigm and you have the facilities and resources that could enable 21st century learning – you will only be a 21st century teacher if how you teach changes as well. Your pedagogy must also change. Definition: pedagogy - noun the profession, science, or theory of teaching. Source:
Free mind mapping (and related types) software
I see regular inquiries on Twitter and in forums from people looking for free software to support visual thinking. To provide answers, InformationTamers have put together 14 pages to help you find the one for your needs. These show the platform, a screen thumbnail and a link for more information in each case.
12 Dozen Places To Educate Yourself Online For Free
All education is self-education. Period. It doesn’t matter if you’re sitting in a college classroom or a coffee shop. We don’t learn anything we don’t want to learn.
The Ultimate Mind Map Course for Education
Are you interested in improving organization skills, enhancing creativity and improving memory? Those are a few of the benefits that you'll gain by taking the Ultimate Mind Map Course for Education. There are currently 30 videos with over 2.5 hrs of video content. The videos are structured to be practical, quick and to the point...no fluff. I've purposefully, kept videos under 10 minutes to discuss applications and strategies. I've also included a list of free and paid Mind Map software options.
Teach yourself typing at the speed of thought! Typing lessons that work.
This is keybr.com, a web application that will help you teach touch typing. Touch typing is typing without using the sense of sight to find the keys. A person possessing touch typing skills will know their location on the keyboard through muscle memory. It can improve any individual's typing speed and accuracy dramatically.
The Teacher Tap: Professional Development Resources for Educators
In this section, you'll find quality Internet resources related to the topics of Educational Resources, Content-Rich Websites, Collaborative Projects, and Cool Student, Educator, and Library Websites. Educational Resources Content Rich Websites Content-Rich Websites Collaborative Projects Online Collaborative Projects
