Comments on: Not “The Best,” But “A List” Of Mindmapping, Flow Chart Tools, & Graphic Organizers

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 05:16:47 +0000

We have thousands of teachers and students using LucidChart for educational purposes. Free educational accounts can be requested at http://www.lucidchart.com/education.

We also have a Community Library where others share what they’ve created which may help spark some ideas of how it could be used. We literally see it used in almost every subject and discipline!

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Mon, 28 Feb 2011 13:11:27 +0000

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Antarctica | sharethis — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:53:00 +0000

[...] Visit Larry Ferlazzo’s Blog to explore Mind Map tools available online [...]

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 17:47:49 +0000

Hi, I am a teacher looking for a 3-d graphic organizer that i learned about in an ELL workshop. It involves weaving strips construction paper through slits of another piece of construction paper to make this incredibly fun/comples tool that flips open to create two folds of 8 squares; then you can flip it over and use the other blank side; i am not explaining it well, but if you have ever seen one you’ll know exactly what im talking about. I need help remembering how to make them…l

By: David Warr

David Warr — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:16:29 +0000

A very useful post, thank you. Maybe you’d like to look at language plants. They’re grammatical mind maps, especially for language learners. http://www.languagegarden.org

By: Mary Howard

Mary Howard — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:23:34 +0000

Always looking for contributions to this googledoc on mindmapping tools: http://docs.google.com/present/edit?id=dccs7tkv_23csf684c3 and ways to use them in the classroom. Please e-mail contributions to mrs.mary.howard.118@gmail.com

By: Vic

Vic — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 10:47:21 +0000

Maybe you’d find my non-commercial list of mind mapping and concept mapping tools useful. The numbers are over a hundred now. It has screenshots, prices and links to the original sites with a brief description. It is here:
http://www.mind-mapping.org/

It has a special section devoted to on-line mind mapping tools.

Vic Gee

By: Lisa Fink

Lisa Fink — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:18:22 +0000

Thanks for highlighting resources from ReadWriteThink. We are very proud of what we have to offer on the site! If you are interested, we pay educators in the field to publish lesson plans and share teaching ideas. Let me know if you would like more information.

By: alicemercer

alicemercer — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:09:44 +0000

Online mind maps are good for collaborative projects, say projects with your sister schools, where you are physically separated. You can do those either together, or at different times. The use that alyssar put mind maps to can be done with computer based mind map software that is either online, or a desktop program (like Inspiration). In addition to what alyssar shared, you can use them to create whole class charts during direct instruction (KWLs, MindMaps, Clues Problems Wonderings, etc.) that can be archived, and reviewed later.

By: alyssar

alyssar — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 20:31:53 +0000

I’ve found that using these tools in conjunction with another project can be useful. My students used bubbl.us last semester when brainstorming topics for their online newspaper and it was useful because as the semester went on, they could revise their map. Also – and this may seem silly – they couldn’t lose the map! So, when they forgot their ideas later in the semester, they could easily refer back to the map because it was saved online. Finally, as a member of their collaborative team, I was able to provide feedback more readily than with a traditional paper map.

In the future, I’ll have students link their maps to their wiki project so that at the end of the project, they can reflect on their learning process.