I am always telling my students that they need to find the tools they need to help them organize their thoughts and ideas regarding the material we cover in class. One of the ways that I frequently use with them is the technique of “mind mapping”, which serves as a way of making the material their own without having it forced into some pre-conceived structure that I give them. Students can create their own structures and patterns to grasp and remember the new concepts and facts they have been introduced to.

Well, I just recently found a Free Mind Maps website that I as a teacher can use to find and/or create mind maps on line – Mappio, located at http://mappio.com. This site help you create maps for to help you easily learn and recall the details that you learn in a class. Among the many fine items on their website is the Study Matrix -- a tool that I can use with students to help them improve their study skills as they become more organized. Really, there is a great selection fo mind maps for teachers to use with their students.

Not only that, but you can also find mind maps of such popular self-help books as Journal to the Self, Sample Decision Making, Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, among many others.