Visual Networks

I think this is a very fun and useful type of activity for students. I'm sure they would resist the first unit but if you just made it part of the course, and maybe did the first section of a unit as a class or group activity they would warm up to it. Its definitely good for processing the information. I guess this is kind of how I processed information when I made my study notes, as I always had to rearrange the information from the order in which it was taught, my way of making the connections meaningful for me. It was definitely an effective way to study and to focus on the important points. This is just a structured way to teach your students how to do it and with practice I think they would get good at it and come to like it. As a teacher you'd have to be careful to make sure you were grading quality of connections and content not how 'pretty' it was though. Otherwise I think its a great activity that I look forward to using with my students.