[Year 12 IT Apps] Unit 4 Outcome 1 Task 3

[Cameron Bell]

+1 Russell


Russell Edwards wrote:
>
>> "...software tools to create an effective visual representation of 
>> all the thinking strategies used to analyse the information problem"
>
> Hmmmm! I have been pondering that stuff for VELS for a while now... I 
> didn't realise it had made its way into VCE IT as well.
>
> Does anyone else find it quite ridiculous? The computer interface is 
> surely only ever a hindrance for visualising thinking!  Even with 
> text, it takes years of practice before one becomes familiar enough 
> with the keyboard/screen interface that it flows better on-screen than 
> on paper. For graphical expression, I really don't see how any 
> interface could be unobtrusive enough that it would beat pen and paper!
>
> My second objection to this fad of mind mapping and so forth is that 
> it ignores the fact that some people think in a linear or symbolic 
> fashion, for which the most suitable form of "brain dump" is a textual 
> format, for example the humble numbered or bulleted list.   Sure, 
> hundreds of software tools (outliners, etc) exist for this, but it 
> ain't "visual".
>
>
> Russell
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