Rare outing for my mind mapping lecture today.

50+ (mostly international) students in computing. Direct entry to the third year.

The lecturer has them doing an assignment due in two weeks which will be them submitting a mind map - so I guess they're reasonably interested.

Still, there was a little reluctance to let me have a handful of examples to put on the visualizer and discuss. Despite my assurances I wasn't going to be rude about them.

Until I'd done a few. Then they saw that a) it was interesting looking at people's maps; b) I really wasn't rude about them; c) could always point out some feature of interest and compliment at least one thing about each one. Then there was a positive stampede to get their maps sent up to the front. Not time for them all but they seemed to enjoy it.

Certainly going to be more fun that referencing which I have the same lot for in a fortnight!

(Oh and thank you to S from TheOldPlace for her contribution to the lecture).