How to make reading notes with mind map

Mind mapping is a visual representation of how people's brains and ideas are highly simulated. Compared with the traditional paragraph-style reading notes, Xmind has the following advantages: First, the content of the mind map of the reading notes is usually made by processing, the second is the structure is clear, through a central theme to the level of diffusion, the contents of the book more visually presented Three is easy to remember, based on the advantages of the above two points, reading notes mind map can help us to quickly grasp the core of a book.

The mind map of reading notes can be divided into two kinds: one is to read through the full text and then extract the notes into mind map; the second one is to do the mind map while reading, and finally to collate the scattered map content. Both ways have his merits, the first advantage is a more comprehensive grasp of the overall framework structure of the book, in the diagram when it is easier to comb the hierarchy of content, but not for the e-book cannot be copied and pasted, the second way is conducive to the book's key content and personal ideas in real-time records, Basically does not happen to omit, but at the same time notes will be more fragmented, illogical, need to post-processing finishing, while the side of the note will also affect the reading speed to a certain extent.

Use Xmind to do reading notes mind map steps:

1. Read the catalogue first, and have a certain understanding of the content frame of the whole book.

2. Next, start reading the body section, underline and record the points in the book and the ideas that are generated during the reading process with a pencil in the corresponding place. (or you can choose to use a blank sheet of paper to record the corresponding page number and paragraph)

3. After reading the full text, in the form of electronic documents to extract, save the previous notes, by editing font size, color, bold and other ways to distinguish levels, tagging keywords.

4. Draw the theme of mind mapping. Mind map is generally based on a central theme as the starting point, and constantly spread and extend, forming a tree-like or network structure. If you want to use mind map to do reading notes, it is generally based on the title as the central theme of the map. The role of the cover is more intuitive on the one hand and more information can be displayed on the other (e.g. author, publisher, version, etc.).

5. Insert a sub-theme, plump content. The summary of the status of personal knowledge management, paragraph-style reading notes for "deep processing", extract the key information, according to the hierarchical relationship to fill the above branches. Content should be as specific and concise as possible, with a word or a phrase to express a sentence or a paragraph of the meaning, but not too simple or abstract so that other people even do not make sense of themselves. In addition, it is better to use your own language to organize and express, to deepen your understanding of the content of the book. Personal views can be presented in different styles.

6. Polish. When the content is filled, a mind map is basically done. But it would be too "vegetarian" to export and save.

Xmind Mind Map Software has a non-powerful function, such as a variety of icons, colors, shapes, backgrounds selection. Studies have shown that rich colors, patterns and lines and structures are more conducive to the reception of information in the brain, so it is essential to properly polish the mind mapping.

7. Share. As said--"sharing knowledge is the power", after each reading notes, through the reading notes of mind map sharing, let others benefit at the same time, also let oneself better consolidate and grasp knowledge.

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How to make reading notes with mind map