(sorry, I double posted this - its in the Open Social forum as well).
Best subject line I could think of... This is a question to anyone and everyone who write papers, documents, articles and books.
What
do you use to aid the writing process? How do you organize your
thoughts, your research and your ideas? Do you have a tool that can
help do this as well as help plan out the structure of your writing?
And beyond that, to correlate your writing to this organization?
Anyone come across anything?
mike
Hello Mike
I'm not sure if you received a reply to this message from the social forum. One technique I use when I'm not sure where content belongs is a mind map - its helps get the ideas down in a non linear format.
Regards
Craig
I'm not sure if you received a reply to this message from the social forum. One technique I use when I'm not sure where content belongs is a mind map - its helps get the ideas down in a non linear format.
Regards
Craig
Thanks Craig. No one had answered me yet, no.
Do you have any references or tools for Mind Maps? I was kicking around a tool for concept maps, but that seemed harder than necessry.
mike
Do you have any references or tools for Mind Maps? I was kicking around a tool for concept maps, but that seemed harder than necessry.
mike
There is some good info at:
http://cmap.coginst.uwf.edu/info/
There is also a link to the free cmap software or you can jump straight to it at:
I have used this software to collate moodle forum discussions with good effect.
Have fun,
David
Also Freemind at sourceforge.net if you don't mind using java runtime;
at home I use eMindMap, which was free on a mag, but might be available as a downlaod, and allows you to incorporate hyperlinks and export to web pages
Andy D
For you as programmer:
- create a XML-tree end publish it with Aurigadoc (HTML, PDF, etc..)
- If you want to discuss the document in the community: D3E
- (First cut the html-document into pieces with D3E toolkit: nice tool!)
- then hang a discussion in D3E: a thread on every paragraph.
- See the magazine JIME for an example
Excellent question...
I do a lot of site design which turns out to be a very similar set of problems. I am using Inspiration. (http://www.inspiration.com) I haven't come across freeware or open source software that is quite this good. I shelled out the $60 or so a few years ago and have felt no great urge to upgrade it.
My favorite feature (two actually) the ability to turn a very graphical mind map type of feature into a text outline. And the f9 add box feature. There is a bit of learning curve... but it is well worth the investment.
Angus
I do a lot of site design which turns out to be a very similar set of problems. I am using Inspiration. (http://www.inspiration.com) I haven't come across freeware or open source software that is quite this good. I shelled out the $60 or so a few years ago and have felt no great urge to upgrade it.
My favorite feature (two actually) the ability to turn a very graphical mind map type of feature into a text outline. And the f9 add box feature. There is a bit of learning curve... but it is well worth the investment.
Angus
Interestingly, freemindmap can create outlines from mindmaps; create outlines and maps from directory listings; it's file format is a very simple, obvious xml so it'll effectivley import this. worth a look
big limitation is no graphics export
Andy D
big limitation is no graphics export
Andy D
Hi Andy -
Do you have a link for freemindmap?
mike
Do you have a link for freemindmap?
mike
Here are few open source mind-map tools:
Hi Ger,
crazy tool
try that , search moodle.com and doubleclick on Moodle.
Thanks for the link,
Bernard
crazy tool
try that , search moodle.com and doubleclick on Moodle.
Thanks for the link,
Bernard
apologies, it's actually freemind; see David's links from today.
Cheers, Andy D
Did you consider LEO http://webpages.charter.net/edreamleo/front.html
Not a mindmap but an outline approach in XML, but interesting
In combination with Screenbook Maker it is a fascinating "Literate Programming" set. ( and it can do: XML + XSLT = different Outputs from the same input)
Hi,
I have installed (but not used) FREEMIND, from:
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/
It is an OPEN SOURCE mindmapping program and was highly recommended to me for use in school.
Drew
I'm using freemind too, for reports, arranging my own toughts, make a quick note on serversettings etc. At the moment I'm trying to translate it to Dutch, but as an absolutely non-programmer I can't get it recompiled (yet).
If some wants to trade a Dutch freemind language file for a recompiled version, please contact me
If some wants to trade a Dutch freemind language file for a recompiled version, please contact me
Well everyone here seems to be talking about software, I did a course on systemic thinking and we just messed around with big bits of paper and pens. I use a bit of diagramming software but pen and paper is really pretty good for students.
see http://systems.open.ac.uk/materials/t552/index.htm for diagramming tutorials from the Open Uni in the UK.
Writing skills at http://www3.open.ac.uk/learners-guide/learning-skills/english/pages/index.asp
Richard
You refer to a very nice website, thanks..
Belief it or not, you can learn it without websites, even without moodle.
They call it good books. (Most Dutch Universities are now closing their institutes libraries..)
Did you look at / play with the complex tool of OU, Compendium?