Comments on: Mind 42 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/01/08/mind-42/ ...For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL Sun, 06 Dec 2009 01:30:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Vic http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/01/08/mind-42/comment-page-1/#comment-935 Vic Thu, 10 Jan 2008 11:07:06 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/01/08/mind-42/#comment-935 Depends on the specific age group, but I guess study-support groups might find a collaborative mind map to be a useful focal point, where they need not always meet to work together. (As you can probably guess, I am not a teacher, so I may be off base.) Apart from that, using an on-line mindmap tool, a student might access the same map from the classroom and from his home PC without having to carry a laptop around. Several of these tools are completely free (Mind42, of course, WiseMapping.com and bubble.us), and require no installation. So they are good for students who want to experiment with PC-based mind mapping at no cost. FreeMind is completely free as well, but requires setup and has a steeper learning curve. Bubble.us has virtually no learning curve and is very flexible - can't do floor plans though . . . Flowchart.com and Project Draw are like Gliffy but completely free. Gliffy only lets you have 5 diagrams unless you subscribe. I've pulled all the details together here: http://www.mind-mapping.org/web-based-mindmappers/ Vic Gee http://www.mind-mapping.org The master list of mind mapping & information management software Depends on the specific age group, but I guess study-support groups might find a collaborative mind map to be a useful focal point, where they need not always meet to work together. (As you can probably guess, I am not a teacher, so I may be off base.)

Apart from that, using an on-line mindmap tool, a student might access the same map from the classroom and from his home PC without having to carry a laptop around.

Several of these tools are completely free (Mind42, of course, WiseMapping.com and bubble.us), and require no installation. So they are good for students who want to experiment with PC-based mind mapping at no cost. FreeMind is completely free as well, but requires setup and has a steeper learning curve.

Bubble.us has virtually no learning curve and is very flexible – can’t do floor plans though . . .

Flowchart.com and Project Draw are like Gliffy but completely free. Gliffy only lets you have 5 diagrams unless you subscribe.

I’ve pulled all the details together here:
http://www.mind-mapping.org/web-based-mindmappers/

Vic Gee
http://www.mind-mapping.org
The master list of mind mapping &
information management software

]]> By: mrferlazzo http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/01/08/mind-42/comment-page-1/#comment-924 mrferlazzo Wed, 09 Jan 2008 04:06:51 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/01/08/mind-42/#comment-924 Paul, That makes sense to me. It's hard for me, though, to see K-12 students doing much of that online. Do you have any thoughts on how it could be used in that arena? I may very well be missing something. If so, it won't be the first time, and it certainly won't be the last, either. Larry Paul,

That makes sense to me. It’s hard for me, though, to see K-12 students doing much of that online. Do you have any thoughts on how it could be used in that arena? I may very well be missing something. If so, it won’t be the first time, and it certainly won’t be the last, either.

Larry

]]> By: Paul Hamilton http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/01/08/mind-42/comment-page-1/#comment-922 Paul Hamilton Wed, 09 Jan 2008 03:54:42 +0000 http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2008/01/08/mind-42/#comment-922 I think this kind of online Mindmapping application would be great for collaborative planning, or for doing any kind of brainstorming in real time, when team members are in multiple locations. --Paul I think this kind of online Mindmapping application would be great for collaborative planning, or for doing any kind of brainstorming in real time, when team members are in multiple locations. –Paul

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