During this session, you are encouraged to develop your own Mind Maps, this should be a simple subject, best related to something they are aware of, a general topic Health and Physical Education, Climate and the Environment, Culture, Social Sciences or General Education. Use examples in following slides.

Presentation: Next in small groups or as an individual assign a specific topic or concept, create a mind map related to that topic.

• During this session, you are encouraged to develop your own Mind Maps, this should be a simple subject, best related to something they are aware of, a general topic Health and Physical Education, Climate and the Environment, Culture, Social Sciences or General Education. Use examples in following slides.
• Examine a well structured Mind Map that demonstrates the effective use of keywords, sub-branches, visual images and colours, at this stage develop a regular Mind Map exercise related to a class content or even a personal interest.
• You should now create a basic Mind Map and present to your tutor, or a colleague and be prepared for critical feedback, this should be encouraged. This allows the others to feed their ideas which promotes collaboration and further creativity and awareness.

Strategies: Embrace mind mapping, this may involve developing a creative and engaging supportive learning environment, start with a list of interesting topics, you should add to a specific topic for the Mind Map creation.

• What 3 learning goals you would like to achieve through the exercise, decide on the most important goal
• Develop a simple Mind Map, demonstrating how the central theme connects to sub-branches, explore the concept visually, try to be engaging and memorable, encourage creativity
• Use the Mind Map as a story board, a branch or sub-branch represents a new plot, or scene, again use colours and images. A simple Mind Map could be planning a travel, central topic; a trip to Japan, add branches, sub-branches; mode of transport, cities to visit, landmarks, food, culture, experiences gained, etc.
• Other simple Mind Maps may include; Art, Problem Solving, My Future, Learning a Language. Branches: vocabulary, grammar rules, cultural insights make use of images, audio clips or pronunciation guides to enhance the learning.