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December 2nd, 2014 by iMindMap
Teaching
effectively centres around the ability to plan and deliver effective, engaging
lessons throughout the entire school year. As a teacher, we know that time is
often in short supply, and so here are seven ways in which iMindMap can help you find a
little bit more of it, by improving your lesson planning, preparation and
delivery.
2. Lesson preparation
3. Delivering lessons
5. Encouraging
discussion and independent thought
7. Self evaluation
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December 2nd, 2014 by iMindMap
Teaching
effectively centres around the ability to plan and deliver effective, engaging
lessons throughout the entire school year. As a teacher, we know that time is
often in short supply, and so here are seven ways in which iMindMap can help you find a
little bit more of it, by improving your lesson planning, preparation and
delivery.1. Curriculum Planning
Mind Mapping your curriculum plans can save you time, as well as
vastly improve the structure and clarity of your teaching. Having a visual overview
of your plan will also allow you to easily spot the gaps where you have
forgotten something, ensuring you have everything covered.
A
good place to start is by brainstorming ideas. With iMindMap’s Brainstorm View*,
you can add everything about a topic to the infinite cork-board canvas. Type
away on the coloured sticky notes and group your ideas together. When you have
finished, select the Mind Map View and watch your brainstorm transform into the
structure of a Mind Map. From here you can highlight key concepts, develop and
refine your ideas and turn them into an actionable plan.
2. Lesson preparation
Lesson preparation can amount to files full of plans and
documents, even a single lesson can generate pages of notes. With iMindMap, you
are able to structure and coordinate these notes so that they are clear,
concise and easy to follow.
As well as being able to use iMindMap to plan the different
topics of your lesson and as a speaking aid, you can also insert all of your
notes, files and website links straight to your Mind Map so they are accessible
with just one click. Find out more.
3. Delivering lessons
Mind Maps are ideal for teaching and presenting concepts as they
provide a useful focus for students, delivering an overview of the topic
without superfluous information.
The Presentation View in iMindMap Ultimate is
perfect for keeping the students engaged, with its 3D view, smooth animations
and vibrant display ensuring that they always remain attentive. It has been
proven that the colours and key words in a Mind Map aid the recall of
information, so your students will thank you come exam time.
4.
Creating handouts
Mind Maps can provide succinct subject overviews which will make
even the most complex topic easy to understand. They are exceptionally useful
for visual, kinaesthetic and dyslexic learners who can feel frustrated and
demotivated when being given information in linear, monochromatic format.
iMindMap
Ultimate allows for these teaching handouts to be shared in a
number of digital formats (including image, PDF and web page) and printed in a
variety of ways for maximum convenience. These handouts also serve as a great
reference during exam time.
5. Encouraging
discussion and independent thought
As a teacher, you want your students to be involved, engaged and
constantly learning. iMindMap provides the ideal collaborative tool for class discussions,
as the nature of the Mind Map encourages students to forge links between topics
as well as forming their own ideas and opinions.
With the software you will be able to record class discussions
with audio notes, add individual viewpoints to each branch and the students
will be able to visually express their own views with the help of the image and
icon libraries.
6.
Student assessment
It is important to assess knowledge at the beginning and the
conclusion of a topic to ensure it is fully understood. Mind Mapping is a key
tool for this concept as it will allow you to determine the level of
understanding, before and after a topic has been taught and therefore,
employing this technique reveals which topics need to be revised.
Mind Maps can be used to test a student’s knowledge in an
engaging and enjoyable way and will encourage the students to think in context,
thus developing a greater understanding of the topic.
7. Self evaluation
With inspections and
teacher reviews becoming more and more frequent, it is important to constantly
self-assess and evaluate your teaching style and preparation. Mind Mapping
allows you to determine your current abilities (for example, in areas such as
lesson delivery, handouts, interaction etc.) and then set goals for what you
would like to achieve within a week, a month or a year. This powerful form of
self-evaluation will allow you to keep improving and meeting your teaching
targets.
Md. Nasir Khan
Director
Central Academic Research & Development
(CARD), Manipur Creative School
ThinkBuzan Licensed Instructor
MindMap, iMindMap, MemorySkills,
SpeedReading & CreativeTeaching
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