Reflection.  Mind Map  By: Oumar Rocca. MSc.    As we’ve seen, the Design Thinking has a wide range of resources depending of the  type of need we have, problem we would like to solve or simply, to share an idea. So, I  have selected one of the Ideas techniques: Mind Map.    As a professor I have used this technique in my classes, to summarize the topic.  Sometimes individually and sometimes in groups, that way, I can see how much they  can learn as it lets me evaluate the relationship of the contents of the lecture and the  readings the students had available before class.   This way, at the end of the lecture, I give my students 10-15 minutes to prepare their  Mind Map letting flow all the ideas they may have and to connect them with the  readings and the other material available, when they team work, it is amazing how they  discover new ways of understanding a specific topic when they draw in the map and  the other classmates complete the ideas, sometimes we need more time as they have  discussions.   After that, the groups make a presentation of the map to the class and we try to  identify all the points in common, in this phase new discussions arise and more ideas  flow.     It is important to teach the students the difference of a Mind Map with a Concept Map:  In the Mind Map has a radial structure is less complex (for me) as here the student can  even formulate questions or connecting with a previous topic, while the Concept Map  has a formal structure (as a tree) and it’s used mainly for organizing knowledge.     What is the response of the students? They learned that Mind Mapping help them to  study before exams and obtaining better grades as they use all the ideas expressed in  the map. This tool helps with the development  of thoughts and the flux of ideas since  they’re using their hands to write, their minds to recover what they’ve learned, the eyes  to see how the map is rapidly growing, and the mouth to express their own opinion.

