Using Mind Mapping software in Science, languages, Biology….
Ok. All subjects thenDr Ron Beyers
Young Engineers and Scientists of AfricaSchoolNet South Africa
WebinarNovember 2013
Uses of a pencilSame Pencil - Different
Outcomes
Functions of the BrainMason-Dixon Line
Traditional Education
LEFT BRAINSequenceLiteralnessAnalysis
RIGHT BRAINContext
Emotional ExpressionSynthesis
InnovatorsCreativity
• Think across disciplines
• Adaptable
Cheaper Left Brain
• Workers in India • Call Centres• Tax Returns• Programming
FutureEducation
Digital Literacy vs Computer Literacy
Society
ICT Enabled Innovator
ICT Practitioner
ICT User (Application)
Basic Literacy
Digital Divide
Database
Spreadsheet
Word Processing
Basic Literacy
Computer Divide
Education as a Journey• New school
o Guide on the sideo Partnership formedo Learner as the bus drivero Start and end defined but
different routeso Constructivist approach
• New Worldo Knowledge societyo Knowledge is keyo Emphasis on communicationo Greater emphasis on real
world issues of globalisation
• Old schoolo Sage on the stageo Teacher as a gatekeepero Teacher as the bus drivero Controlled route
• Old Worldo Industrial era to Information ageo Information is keyo Calculators and computer mouseo Teachers preparing learners for a
world that no longer exists
Software• Types
o Commercialo Open Source/Freeware/Shareware
• iPad / Appleo SimpleMind (https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/simplemind+-mind-mapping/id305727658?mt=8) o MindMeister(https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/mindmeister-mind-mapping/id381073026?mt=8) o Total Recall (https://itunes.apple.com/za/app/total-recall-mind-map/id360443748?mt=8)
• PC/Laptopo FreeMind (http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) o FreePlane (http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)
• Linuxo FreeMind (http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page) o FreePlane (http://freeplane.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page)
• Androido Simple Mind (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.modelmakertools.simplemindfree) o Mindjet Maps (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.thinkingspace&hl=en) o Mindomo (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.EXswap.Mindomo&hl=en)
o Many other software titles available
English EssayThoughts
Structured
Delivery
Biology - the Skeleton
Organic Chemistry
Planning Complex Documents
Thoughts
Structured
Delivery
Bloom’s Taxonomy
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Good software in the hands of a bad teacher is useless while bad software
in the hands of a good teacher is excellent.
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The individuals who can mastermind a
future cure for AIDs, solve the world’s energy crisis,
etc. are in the classroom of today
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