A Better Way to Learn: Mead Map for Educators & Students

By Chance Brown On December 31, 2008 · 1 Comment

On this New Year’s Eve, as we think about the upcoming year, education will no doubt be a part of our national discourse in 2009.

We are all hopeful that President-Elect Obama will follow through on his promise to make education a national priority.

But as we wait for that there are some things we can do right now.

For one, we can begin to promote those tools and practices that help young people achieve in school.

Mindmapping is one of those tools. I have talked about mindmapping as an effective tool for students and teachers alike in previous posts.

Today, I want to highlight a great mindmapping resource for educators and students called Mead Map. Recently Mead, the maker of Mead Map, created a special pilot program for schools.

The pilot program includes the following:

Students & instructors get free access to the program.
Instructors get personal guidance and support by Mead as needed.
Intructors must require the students to use Mead Map and help push usage throughout the course through e-mail and syllabus directions.
As part of the free benefit, instructors and students will need to provide feedback and share maps showing use in the classroom.
Instructors receive a $100 gift card for administering the pilot program.

If you are interested in seeing young people use better tools for their academic success, I strongly encourage you to check out Mead Map.

Click here for more information.

Mead Map Example:

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