Inspiration Maps is used to brainstorm, plan, organize, and build thinking skills. It helps users organize projects, organize thoughts and topics for writing, take notes, and study for exams. Contents Creating Inspiration Maps documents Adding and editing text Changing, formatting, and deleting shapes Working with multiple shapes Adding shapes and modifying diagrams Creating outlines Switching… Continue reading: Inspiration Maps training
This second of two articles explores the elimination phase of the brainstorming process, including some of the critical cognitive skills one must utilize. Continue reading: Brainstorming—phase two
In the first of two articles, we look at the initial stage of brainstorming, along with possible challenges and proposed strategies for dealing with them. Continue reading: Brainstorming as a cognitive strategy—phase one
Your Calendar or Contacts app has a Notes field, so use it! By utilizing this field for easily-forgotten details about your appointments or social activities, you’ll always have a record of such information with you. Continue reading: Calendar notes field
See how to apply what we know about notetaking formats to a real notetaking project, i.e., outlining a web site’s home page. Continue reading: Applying notetaking formats
Four different notetaking formats are presented: formal outlines, informal outlines, basic notes, and graphic organizers. Guidelines for when to use each type as well as examples of each are presented. Continue reading: Notetaking formats
Learn some basic notetaking strategies: using headings, capturing main ideas, paying attention to words in bold, using white space well, etc. Avoid common notetaking problems. Learn how to get the big picture of a book. Continue reading: Basic notetaking strategies
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