Using Mind Map for Your Learning Process

Have you guys already read my blog for part that entitled EFL learning resources? If you’ve not yet to read it, then read it here !! :D but, if have read it you will know what I have explained there.
Yeah, I have posted about tips and tricks on how to use search engines and I also attached some search engines there. And now, I want to talk about how make mind mapping using POPPLET. Why I want to talk about that one?

As the candidate of English Teacher we will have so many resources related with English learning. That’s why we have to keep the resources on the safe place or safe document, for making us easier when we want to create any online activities or media. Mind map can help us to solve that case. Besides that, mind map also can be use for teaching and learning process.

Then…. What is Mind Map?

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Mind map is a diagram used to visually organize information. A mind map is hierarchical and shows relationships among pieces of the whole.  Mind maps have many applications in personal, family, educational, and business situations, including notetaking, brainstorming (where in ideas are inserted into the map radially around the center node.  Besides that mind map can be used to enhance several other applications; for instance expert search systems, search engines and search and tag query recommender.

The Benefits of Mind Maps
  • Help students brainstorm and explore any idea, concept, or problem
  • Facilitate better understanding of relationships and connections between ideas and concepts
  • Make it easy to communicate new ideas and thought processes
  •  Allow students to easily recall information
  •  Help students take notes and plan tasks
  •  Make it easy to organize ideas and concepts


Kinds of mind map maker


My group and I have tried to use one kind of Mind map maker, it is Popplet. Here the steps of using Popplet. But, one thing, we can make Popplet if our PC has Adobe Flash Player, so we can make Popplet.


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How to make mind map using Popplet:
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1. Go to Popplet.com
2. If you never join to this App, you should sign in and register.
3. But if you ever join, you just need to Login and type on your username or email and Password
4. Click make a new popplet to start your project
5. Then you have to type the title of your mind map and also the background color. Then, click to make it so.
6. To start, you can click twice on the background. Then, it will appear one box. If you want to add the branches you just need to drag the grey and white circle around the part of speech box. There are four little box in the part of speech box and also another box, they are:
a) Change colors
b) Type stuff
c) Draw thing
d) Upload thing
7. In the upload bottom you may choose some option via image, Vimeo, Youtube and file from your computer
8. Save the popplet if finished on setting sign. You also can export this popplet in pdf, .jpeg and png, or you may view on presentation mode, etc.
9. Click go full screen to make this popplet more clearly and big or you can use zoom.
10. Click the right bottom to share your project. You can choose it by your own.

Click here to see our mind map is about part of speech. J

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