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Substitute Teaching. Brainstorming is a creative and a highly-participative activity where all the participants can offer their ideas, without judging whether an idea is right or wrong.
After all the ideas have been heard, the best ones are discussed and then the best ones are chosen and applied. One way to make the brainstorming session easier and more structured is the use of charts. Using brainstorming charts helps the participants visualize ideas and see the relationships and hierarchy between those ideas. In turn, participants will be able to think of more ideas; which are more focused and more relevant to the discussion.
This will make way for improved communication and a more efficient decision-making process. Brainstorming charts also help organize ideas into something that immediately makes sense, as opposed to disorganized random ideas. Instead of just thinking about ideas, participants are also able to expand their thought processes to include the relationships between issues, the underlying stories behind an issue or the issues the brainstorming session is trying to address.
On the other hand, charts are also useful for individual brainstorming, especially if someone is having a hard time coming up with ideas. The use and integration of different shapes, lines, connectors, colors, and fonts makes the brainstorming session, the visual thinking and the learning process even richer. These visual aids represent information, and they also trigger the brain into seeing relationships between pieces of information with symbols and images.
Brainstorming charts also allow the participants to learn new concepts and knowledge and integrate them with what they already know. Here are some pointers on how to make better use of brainstorming charts to make the session more efficient:. Charts are widely used not only in brainstorming activities but also in academic settings to aid learning. Since there are many charts to choose from, the hard part is finding the best one to help your group accomplish its goal or goals by the end of a brainstorming session.
There are different types of charts that can be used depending on what you want to do: Concept maps show the links or relationships between words and ideas. They are also useful in showing the causes and the effects of ideas or problems. Webs are helpful in breaking down big ideas into smaller ones and in showing both sides of the coin such as the positive and the adverse effects, advantages and disadvantages, pros and cons, etc.
A mind map, on the other hand, works just like a concept map. The only difference is that a mind map is used to branch out the main topic into several sub-themes. The more distant the sub-item is from the main one, the less-related the ideas become to the main subject. Keeping an electronic file or a hard copy of it is extremely helpful as a reference to look back at later. It can also be used as a template if you need to brainstorm again in a similar format to solve another problem.
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