A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to a word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing.
Mind Map Guildelines
1. Start in the center with an image of the topic, using at least 3 colors.
2. Use images, symbols, codes, and dimensions throughout your Mind Map.
3. Select key words and print using upper or lower case letters.
4. Each word/image is best alone and sitting on its own line.
5. The lines should be connected, starting from the central image.
6. Make the lines the same length as the word/image they support.
7. Use different colors throughout the Mind Map.
What is Rico Clusters?
Rico clustering is a brainstorming tool that emphasizes the connection between left-brain openness and connection-making and right-brain verbalization and ordering.
The basic idea of Rico Cluster is -
1. Write a word in the middle of a sheet of paper.
2. Circle it.
3. Write down the first word or phrase that comes to mind and circle it.
4. Draw a line connecting the second circle to the first.
5. Repeat.
6. When you’ve filled the page, or just feel like you’ve done enough go back through what you’ve written down. Cross out words and phrases that seem irrelevant, and begin to order individual bubbles or clusters. Here is where your right-brain is working in tandem with your left-brain, producing what is essentially an outline. At this point, you can either transfer your numbered clusters to a proper outline or simply begin writing in the order you’ve numbered the clusters.
Sources of information-
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map
http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/rico-clusters-an-alternative-to-mind-mapping.html
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