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How useful are graphic organizers such as mind maps and Venn diagrams to brainstorming?

There are those who equate brainstorming to coming up with a series of terrific ideas that help us get something done or some problem solved, and on the levels of simplicity, there is truth to that. In some circles, the concept of brainstorming is also referred to as idea management or creative thinking.

Yet, brainstorming, especially when done in a group setting, is much more precise and organized. There are tools and techniques that have been developed to help minimize a random brainstorming approach, and instead develop it into a precise technique. These tools help an individual or a group to focus on a problem, and then very deliberately develop creative solutions to that problem.

Some of the more common tools used in the brainstorming process are graphic organizers like mind maps and Venn diagrams. These tools are most useful when the brainstorming process is being embarked upon by a group.

Chief among the brainstorming graphic organizers are the mind map and Venn Diagram. There are also the KWL tables, which although this graphic organizer is often used as a creative tool in a learning environment. The KWL Table for example is very often used by instructors KWL is an acronym for What We Know.

The mind map helps one to see how the key word radiates out from a centralized point. The mind map is a diagram that one draws by placing the key word in the center and then mapping out radially all the words, ideas, tasks or other items that are linked to that key word or key idea. It can help the brainstorming group visualize, structure, or classify the ideas. It can show how one idea feeds into another, etc.

Concept mapping is structurally different in that the key concept is placed at the top of a chart and many other concepts are added below. It can often help to stimulate learning in the sciences and other subjects. It is also used to represent the expert knowledge of teams for business or even government projects.

Then there is the Venn diagram, which has been in existence since 1880. The Venn diagram is named after its inventor, John Venn. Venn diagrams are used quite extensively in a number of fields to help show all the possible relations between groups of things. They can be used in as complex of settings as logic, statistics, set theory and probability, or as simple a setting as a brainstorming session to determine and visualize possible relationships within that specific creative problem solving arena.

As the web develops and grows, it is now possible to locate templates or research possible tools to buy or create these various graphic organizers. For example, there are a number of websites where one can download mind mapping and concept mapping charts, as well as Venn Diagram templates. It is possible to make these items on one’s own computer, but many have found the ease in downloading these various graphic organizers to be much swifter and definitely more efficient especially when you take into consideration that their primary goal is to use the mind maps and Venn diagrams in their brainstorming not have to first create those graphic organizers to that they can finally get on to the higher goal of brainstorming.

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Bahrain attracts largest number of competitors ever for World Memory Challenge With just under 2 months to go, Bahrain’s Festival of the Mind has already surpassed all expectations with a record the number of entries into the World Memory Championship, which is held during the festival.

More than 50 competitors have already applied to take part, making it largest number of competitors ever to enter the event in its 17-year history.

Last year’s event was hailed as ‘the best ever’ by the founder of the event Mr Tony Buzan. Mr Buzan, the inventor of Mind Mapping®, and acclaimed author and speaker on mind development, will be in Bahrain in October to oversee the 17th World Memory Championship, an event which he founded in London with Ray Keene OBE another memory expert.

Competitors have already signed up from Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, USA, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands, England, Wales, South Africa, Malaysia, China and Hong Kong highlighting Bahrain in the world’s media.

Mr. Fuad Mubarak, Deputy CEO of INTELNACOM, announcing the statistic said:

‘The success of last year’s event and the welcoming hospitality that Bahrain has to offer, has been instrumental in bringing in a record number of competitors this year. It is, of course, an added bonus to have the competition within a mind games festival making this an edu-taining event for all.’

Over 3 days of competition global competitors will face some gruelling mental challenges, from memorising a sequence of random words in fifteen minutes, (Boris Konrad holds the World Record of 227 words), to remembering the sequence of playing cards in as many decks as possible in one hour. In this discipline Ben Pridmore holds the World Record of 27 packs. A prize fund of US$30,000 is on offer to competitors with a top prize for the ‘World Memory Champion’ of $10,000.

This year the festival is including an Inter-Schools Challenge and an Inter-University Challenge, as well as some opportunities for the visiting public to take part in learning the mind games as well as to interact with some giant games at the event.’

Ben Pridmore, the current UK Memory Champion, is very much in form and is tipped to take the world crown in Bahrain. In a recent Television documentary he was filmed breaking his own world record for memorising a deck of shuffled playing cards in a blistering time of 24.68 seconds. In a recent interview he said ‘I don’t have a naturally brilliant memory, it’s about learning techniques. It’s a combination of number-crunching that I do anyway in my job – with added colour.’

Pridmore uses a system where he assigns different mental pictures to each combination of two cards. For instance, the ace of diamonds followed by the eight of diamonds is represented by Daffy Duck (Pridmore uses cartoon characters from Looney Tunes cartoons and the Simpsons, as well as random objects) whereas the ace of diamonds followed by the King of Hearts is represented by a ladder. There are 2,704 possible combinations. These characters and objects then rapidly interact with each other as they embark on a journey. To recall the information, Pridmore reruns the story; as each character appears, he retrieves the two-card sequences.

So, while most of us grapple with the best ways to recall simple information, these champions have perfected a technique which simply makes the process much more efficient. Apparently any of us could do the same.

The World Memory Championship was founded in London in 1991 to promote memory as a ‘Mind Sport’, creating a set of ten memory disciplines which are now accepted as the worldwide standard for international competition. The disciplines in the World Memory Championship are gruelling and are designed to measure pure memory skill, rather than any one individual’s knowledge on a particular subject. The tests include spoken numbers, playing cards, dates, abstract images, binary digits, random words and names and faces and can include competitor’s memorizing more than 50 sets of playing cards.

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Brain Tumor – Threat to Society

 

                                              In the fast moving world, Brain tumor is one of the major causes for the increase in Mortality among children and adults. Brain tumor is one an abnormal mass of tissue in which cells grow and multiply, seemingly unchecked by the mechanisms that control normal cells. The complex brain tumors can be separated into two general categories depending on the tumors origin, their growth pattern and malignancy. Primary brain tumors are tumors that arise from cells in the brain or from the covering of the brain. A secondary or metastatic brain tumor occurs when cancer cells spread to the brain from a primary cancer in another part of the body. Most Research in developed countries show that the number of people who develop brain tumors and die from them has increased perhaps as much as 300 over past three decades. The National Brain Tumor Foundation (NBTF) for research in United States estimates that 29,000 people in the U.S are diagnosed with primary brain tumors each year, and nearly 13,000 people die. In children, brain tumors are the cause of one quarter of all cancer deaths. The overall annual incidence of primary brain tumors in the U.S is 11 to 12 per 100,000 people for primary malignant brain tumors, that rate is 6 to 7 per 1,00,000. In the UK, over 4,200 people are diagnosed with a brain tumor every year (2007 estimates).  There are about 200 other types of tumors diagnosed in UK each year.  About 16 out of every 1,000 cancers diagnosed in the UK are in the brain (or 1.6%). In India, totally 80,271 people are affected by various types of tumor (2007 estimates). NBTF reported highest rate of primary malignant brain tumor occurred in Northern Europe, United States and Israel. Lowest rate arised in India and Philippines. Brain tumor cannot be prevented yet, because causes are being detected only recently. Brain tumor symptoms vary from patient to patient. The common brain tumor symptoms are:

 

Headaches – This is common symptom, with 46% of the patients reporting having headaches. They described the headaches in many different ways, with no one pattern being a sure sign of brain tumor. Many – perhaps most – people get headaches at some point in their life, so this is not a definite sign of brain tumors.

 Seizures- A seizure is a sudden, involuntary change in behavior, muscle control, consciousness, and/or sensation. Symptoms of a seizure can range from sudden, violent shaking and total loss of consciousness to muscle twitching or slight shaking of a limb. Staring into space, altered vision, and difficulty in speaking are some of the other behaviors that a person may exhibit while having a seizure. Approximately 10% of the U.S. population will experience a single seizure in their lifetime.

Nausea / Vomitting-As with headaches, these are non-specific – which means that most people who have nausea and vomiting do NOT have a brain tumor. Twenty-two percent of the people in our survey reported that they had nausea and /or vomiting as a symptom

  Problems with vision- Twenty-five percent reported vision problems. This one is easy – if you notice any problem with your hearing or vision, it must be checked out. I commonly hear that the eye doctor is the first one to make the diagnosis – because when they look in your eyes, they can sometimes see signs of increased intracranial pressure. This must be investigated.

Problems with sensation in your hands- Problems with weakness of the arms, legs or face muscles, and strange sensations in your head or hands. Twenty-five percent reported weakness of the arms and/or legs. Sixteen percent reported strange feelings in the head, and 9% reported strange feelings in the hands

Behavioral and cognitive problems: Many reported behavioral and cognitive changes, such as: problems with recent memory, inability to concentrate or finding the right words, acting out – no patience or tolerance, and loss of inhibitions – saying or doing things that are not appropriate for the situation.

 

 

Basic Symptoms

Affected Rate

 Headaches

76.80%

 Strange feeling in head

43.55%

 Seizures

32.97%

 Problems finding the right words

34.46%

 Weakness of the arm(s) or leg(s)

41.93%

 Nausea / Vomitting

36.50%

 Problems with vision

46.00%

 Problems with sensation in your hands

22.80%

 Strange smell felt

18.72%

 

 

 

Overview:

Primary symptoms of brain tumor are headache, vomiting and nausea, weakness in hearing and eyesight, lack of strength in arms and legs, strange sensations in heads and hands. Surgery is the treatment of choice for accessible brain tumors. Accessible tumors are those which can be surgically removed without causing severe neurological damage. Tumors located in gray matter or deep within the brain may be inaccessible. Brain tumor surgery in India at Indian metros of Delhi and Mumbai has acquired a good scope for providing health recovery to abroad natives coming to India for removal and cure of brain tumors..

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