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=Brainstorming Learning Space= Savannah Worley

I created a learning space for brainstorming ideas to be used in classrooms or in a workshop about how to brainstorm. If K-12 educators want to help students brainstorm essay or paper ideas in class, they can use this template to guide students through the process. It can also be used in college classes to help students formulate ideas for formal research papers, and it can be used in a workshop for professionals so that they can practice brainstorming project ideas during meetings. It may seem odd to have to teach and learn how to brainstorm, but I've had many teachers and professors give the same lessons on brainstorming while in school when students seem stumped in their writing ideas. I also had a job where we would create flow charts to help our group come up with more creative and constructive project ideas. So I believe a learning space for brainstorming is needed.

Here is the template:

And here are my examples. The first is brainstorming research ideas -- ideal for introductory college courses. The other is for essay brainstorming, which could be used in K-12 classes or in college courses.





I believe there is a need for templates like mine that focus on brainstorming, and I tried to keep the template as open as possible for all types of learning situations. The one thing I dislike is the amount of room on powerpoint slides -- the mind map can only be so big. But it can be used as a good introductory lesson to teach students and professionals how to think.