When I read special books, which are difficult for understanding, I always use mind maps for creating my own view of this book.
It is not about creating summary after reading, it is a visible reading. You draw what you see.
Mind map technique allows you to interpret book as you need and to fix your mind about it.
The problem of all this – is changing your mind during reading. But there are only two tips to solve it:
- use special software to create such mind maps, because you will need to change branches and topics;
- choose software such as Mind Pad, because changing the position of child-objects is always a routine in mind mapping software, especially, if map is big. In Mind Pad 2.6 this problem was solved, now instead of moving across a map with a lot of objects and using drag-and-drop function, one can run a "Reorder children" dialog and re-arrange objects represented as a lines in a text list.
There are some advantages of reading books with mind maps:
- you will not need to read this book again – all you need is in the mind map;
- you will get a visual presentation of all book;
- you can use this mind map as a summary;
- your level of understanding will be deeper, because you will think during reading.
It is not about creating summary after reading, it is a visible reading. You draw what you see.
Mind map technique allows you to interpret book as you need and to fix your mind about it.
The problem of all this – is changing your mind during reading. But there are only two tips to solve it:
- use special software to create such mind maps, because you will need to change branches and topics;
- choose software such as Mind Pad, because changing the position of child-objects is always a routine in mind mapping software, especially, if map is big. In Mind Pad 2.6 this problem was solved, now instead of moving across a map with a lot of objects and using drag-and-drop function, one can run a "Reorder children" dialog and re-arrange objects represented as a lines in a text list.
There are some advantages of reading books with mind maps:
- you will not need to read this book again – all you need is in the mind map;
- you will get a visual presentation of all book;
- you can use this mind map as a summary;
- your level of understanding will be deeper, because you will think during reading.