Mind Mapping

 

Returning to Experience

 

I have created a mind map using bubbl.us to visually document 'Reflection'.  This links in to my previous reflective post dated 11/11/2013 on models of reflection.  Mandy Peace uploaded a task to Moodle asking us to familiarise ourselves with virtual mind mapping and have a go at creating a mind map online.

 

 

Attending to Feelings

 

I found the tool extremely useful and easy to navigate.  I created a mind map on 'Reflective Learning'.  The site had clearly marked tabs to enable me, as a new user, to create this mind map with ease.  The colour coding gave the mind map clear differentiation between categories and I was able to display the mind map in a way that was appealing to me.

 

 

Evaluating the Experience

I will definitely be using bubbl.us for future mind maps as I thought it was a great programme.  In the past when I have created mind maps by hand I have found they are unorganised, hard to read and difficult to digest when returning to them.  The great thing I found with bubbl.us was that I could adjust the layout of the mind map if i wanted to go back and add another bubble, whereas by hand this could have resulted in there not being enough space on the page meaning that the bubble was in the wrong place.  All in all, great tool and I look forward to using it again throughout my studies.