Mind Maps

During my school and university years, I always found simple note - taking as a boring way to keep information provided in class...let alone that most of the times, my notes were not clear enough to understand or remeber what was taught, when I was returning back to them to study! I had then found a way of keeping notes and elaborating on them, by writing the main subject in the center of a paper, circling it and then, when major subdivisions or subheadings of the topic were discussed, I used to draw lines out from this circle.
I was actually creating something like a Mind Map, in each of my courses!
The term Mind Map was coined by Tony Buzan, who popularized it. According to Buzan, a good Mind Map 'shows the 'shape' of the subject, the relative importance of individual points, and the way in which facts relate to one another. Remembering the shape and structure of a Mind Map can give you the cues you need to remember the information within it'.

Mind Mapping is a useful technique that improves the way you take notes, and supports and enhances your creative problem solving. By using Mind Maps, you can quickly identify and understand the structure of a subject, and the way that pieces of information fit together, as well as recording the raw facts contained in normal notes.
More than this, Mind Maps encourage creative problem solving, and they hold information in a format that your mind finds easy to remember and quick to review.

Keep reading on Mind Maps and how to Draw them at: ttp://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newISS_01.htm