Mind Mapping

What is your most difficult task in life?

Were you ever taught how to optimized your brainpower? Do you know about Tony Buzan Mind Map? Some people love to learn. Are you one of them?

Basically mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radically around a central key word or idea.

Benefit and Uses

Learning
• Reduce those 'tons of work’
• Feel good about study, revision and exams.
• Have confidence in your learning abilities

Concentrating
• Focus on the task for better results
• Using all your cortical skills attracts your attention

Memorising
• Easy recall
• 'See' the information in your mind's eye

Negotiating
• All issues, your position and maneuverability on one sheet.

Brain Blooming
• The new brain-storming in which more thoughts are generated and appropriately assessed.

7 steps to Making a Mind Map

• Start in the CENTRE of a blank page turned sideways.

• Use an IMAGE or PICTURE for your central idea.

• Use COLOURS throughout because colours are as exciting to your brain as are images.

• CONNECT your MAIN BRANCHES to the central image and connect your second- and third-level branches to the first and second levels, etc.

• Make your branches CURVED rather than straight-lined.

• Use ONE KEY WORD PER LINE because single key words give your Mind Map more power and flexibility.

• Use IMAGES throughout because each image, like the central image, is also worth a thousand words. So if you have only 10 images in your Mind Map, it's already the equal of 10,000 words of notes.

ref : www.google.com

Tony Buzan

Tony Buzan is an author and educational consultant. He is a proponent of the techniques of Mind Mapping and mental literacy.

Tony Buzan

The Mind Map Book by Tony Buzan

Done by Tony Buzan

Mind Mapping done by me

Novelty, Creativity , Innovation & Invention

Novelty

According to Wikepedia novelty is derived from Latin word novem for "new" is the quality of being new. Although it may be said to have an objective dimension example a new style of art coming into being, such as abstract art or impressionism it essentially exists in the subjective perceptions of individuals. From what i understand i defined novelty as something fresh material created according to creativity. Below are some picture which make us understand more about novelty.

USB Pendrive

Pen

Creativity

Creativity is a variety of perspectives and is important in numerous contexts. For me creativity is the ability to think up and design new ideas and concepts. It also mean that the creative imagination is embodied in fantasies or daydreams. Creativity is also defined as the tendency to generate or recognize ideas or possibilities that may be useful in solving problems, communicating with others, and entertaining ourselves and others. Produce more art work with very super multi talented and fresh idea. We can also create a new idea based on the original sources such as text book, magazine and novels. Creativity is also has been associated with right or forehead brain activity or even specifically with lateral thinking. Creativity is a critical aspect in a person's life, starting from inside the womb and onward.

Innovation

Innovation is the new idea that which is still including the previous concept but it has been improve to a better than previous things in some way. Such as Television, it has progressed from the mechanical, from black and white to color, and now is digital.

Innovation is important in pur life; because of it only we can improve the quality of our life. Without innovation we can't use mobile phone in anytime and any where and we only can use the traditional phone which is big and heavy that only use in a house. Beside of this, we have no chance to watch video through computer/laptop, using LCD screen, color television, we still have to watch the blank and white color television. We can see that Innovation play an important role in our life.

Old Computer

New Computer

Invention

Invention is the act of inventing a new device or method and develops something from study and experimentation. Such as, Thomas Alva Edison invented the electric light bulb. Invention also is improving the quality of our life, but it is totally new, new concept, new idea and not improves from the origin item.

References : -http://www.saidwhat.co.uk/quotes/famous/thomas_edison
-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Edison

-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Novelty

Defining Creativity

Creative Image of Your Friend

On this week, our lesson is about " Creative Image of Your Friend. We have to ask 10 question about our partner and sketch the picture based on the question that we asked. My partner is Amy we never talk before this so its pretty hard for me to sketch someone that i would just know. What i have learned from this is the most exciting excercise i have ever done because its very unique to sketch a image of your friend through the question that we ask and i'm very enjoy for doing this.

Below is the question that she asked and the picture of me :

Symbol of Me

1. What is your gender?
Female

2. What is your favorite colour?
Black & White

3. Do you like to wear skirt?
Yes..

4. What do you like to eat?
Ice cream

5. What is your hobby?
Surfing internet

6. What kind of music do you like?
R&b music

7. How is ur personality?
Shy & soft spoken

8. Who is your favorite artist?
Rihanna

9. What kind of books do u like to read?
Story books

10. When you're in a fight with someone what do you do?
I will slap her/his face..

Introduction to Creative Studies

What is Creativity?

"To be creative you have to contribute something different from what you've done before. Your results need not be original to the world; few results truly meet that criterion. In fact, most results are built on the work of others."(Lynne C. Levesque)

According to Wikipedia creativity is a mental and social process involving the discovery of new ideas or concepts, or new associations of the creative mind between existing ideas or concepts. Creativity is fueled by the process of either conscious or unconscious insight. An alternative conception of creativeness (based on its etymology) is that it is simply the act of making something new. What i understand in learning creative studies is being creative is something that you do when you engage in the act of making something. From this class, i hope i can learn more about creative or something unique so that i can benefit what has been learned.

Here, i want to share with all of you the video of creativity. I hope what has been delivered in this video be able to benefit us.

Reference : - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rSUOKVxOt0&feature=related
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creativity
- http://www.leadershipnow.com/creativityquotes.html