Reflection - Mind Maps

Challenge

During all my years of being a student, the challenge that has been difficult for me is always having  to make mental maps, it is not because I do not know how to do it, but to structure it in a way that  summarizes everything I want to imply. Trying to structure has been my biggest challenge.

Selection

I know that mind maps, one of the tools most used to understand and imply any type of topic, is  characterized by starting from the inside out, with little text and more graphic illustrations, they can  be done in different ways, but practically this is which basically makes up the mind map. I chose this  tool because it is interesting for me to know how to apply it for my future classes without having to  resort to other tools.

Application

I have always been left at school to make mind maps about a book, a case study or simply a topic  seen in class, I don't usually do that, unless it is mandatory. In all the attempts from my perspective  they have always gone well, they have a decent and complete structure, but despite that I still think  that it is not my strength. The last time I made a mind map it was for a team Costs class, and in it  my classmates put too much information and no illustrations, that gives me to understand that  nobody knows how to make a mind map properly, leaving that to a On the other hand, for my part,  I summarized my topic as much as I could and I feel that I covered it well, but the qualification was  not so satisfactory. That on the one hand is demotivating, but on the other hand you feel that this  is a challenge and that you have to keep working hard so that you can develop this tool in an  incredible, almost perfect way. Personally, I'm still working on it. I am not giving up.

Insight

As I mentioned before, making mind maps may seem easy when you see it, but when you have to  do it, it is very difficult and that is when you realize that it has its joke, behind all that little  information it contains, there is a study prepared with time, dedication and choice. I have realized  that mind maps must contain keywords, two or three words, or even more but not what a paragraph  covers, that would be too much, it can look badly presentable, heavy and it can happen that nobody  pays attention to it. Creativity is also important.

Approach

I will continue working with mind maps, I will organize myself very well to elaborate them with the  aforementioned and I will organize my ideas very well, from the most important to the least  relevant. Everything is useful for something, I will brainstorm ideas to complement my mental map  and I will elaborate paraphrases to try to expose what I want to imply or communicate. I want to

learn how to make a mind map with all its elements that it contains and, from that, maybe it will  be my favorite tool later on.

