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The Pro-Seminar map was originally developed for the “ Boot Camp” organized during the last two weeks in August for students entering the Sustainable Interior Environments (SIE) graduate program. The map was created in collaboration between Brian Fallon of the Writing Center and Grazyna Pilatowicz of SIE as a way to communicate with the incoming students, who did not yet have access to MyFIT and Angel. Instructors used mindmeister as a system to inform about and deliver course content for the Pro-Seminar including reference materials: texts, assignments, articles, websites, images, videos, etc.

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Grazyna developed \"Sustainable Architecture Typology: The Six Competing Logics\" map as a method of visually illustrating typology proposed by authors of an article \"Reinterpreting Sustainable Architecture\"[1]. By depicting and illustrating the architectural typology she was able to communicate and explain complex analysis in a visual and interactive form, which is easier accessed by all students, but especially students of Art and Design. Presenting materials in multiple formats allows additional review of complex topics, and provide opportunity to reach a more diverse student population.

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[1] Guy, Simon, and Graham Farmer. “Reinterpreting Sustainable Architecture: The Place of Technology.” Journal of Architectural Education (1984-) 54.3 (2001): 140–148. Print.

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Mind-mapping