How should you make a mindmap?

Question

For computers at university, we had to make a mindmap on the work that we were doing for marks. Now i got mine marked, and i got a kinda bad mark beacause she said that i didnt put the information in ''bubbles''. Do you have to do that in a mind map? How should you actually draw a mind map?

Answer 1

Bummer.

If you're making a mind map for yourself, and it make sense to you (with or without bubbles, triangles, squares, or whatever) then it's okay. As long as you can use it to create and clarify your ideas, so that you can remember them better, or translate them into essay form.

But if you have to do things for a class, you have to remember the number one rule: find out what the teacher wants, and give it back to him/her.

The best site I know for mindmaps is Tony Buzan's official site. Since he invented them, if you follow his models to the letter and your teacher gives you flack, you can refer back to Buzan.

Check it out at http://www.buzanworld.com/

(What do you know? I see that Buzan's mind map isn 't one of the ones that uses bubbles.)

Answer 2

Your teacher is an ***. The whole idea behind such an assignment would be to promote creative thought.

I would go to their office and argue that point. Say you were never given the "bubbles" information. Ask if there is anything you could do for extra credit.

Seriously this is pretty close to criticizing someone's self portrait. How thoughtless.