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Connecting Ideas

Connecting ideas allows you to see how the main connect, allowing you to see the whole picture. Take a puzzle for instance, it is pretty hard telling what the picture is from one individual puzzle piece. By putting the puzzle pieces together, you are able to see how the pieces connect, giving you the whole picture.
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Photo from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube#/media/File:Rubik%27s_cube.svg

A useful way to see the whole picture is by using a Mind Map. 
A Mind Map allows you to:
  • Connect ideas
  • Provides a visual overview
  • Use keywords and phrases to jog your memory


Luckily for you, there are options on how you can do it. You can use a traditional pen and paper to do your Mind Maps or you can use Coggle.


Now, Coggle requires you to sign in with a Google account, and it allows you to create a Mind Map. It also allows you to add website links, images and icons. You are able to share and download it as a PDF or PNG image.

Photo from: Catherine's Coggle Mind Map 

I used Coggle to summarise my lecture on Computer parts. Coggle allowed me to summarise the lecture, breaking it down into visual parts and sections/paths to follow to find out more.

(This isn’t the only use of Coggle, as it can also be used to brainstorm as you can invite other Google users to this!)


Why not give it a go!


Catherine 

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