Friday, October 9, 2009

Thing #14 (Go with the Flow)

The picture on the left is the mind map that I created on Bubbl.US. You can create colorful mind maps that displays and organizes your thoughts and concepts. After I created this mind map I thought about how I could use this in my life. I am currently working on a huge research paper and this would be a great tool for me to organize my thoughts or just get my creative juices flowing. Students can also use this with studying things that are related to one another. Giving a student a mind map or having them create one will allow them to see the relationships between certain items easily. I also like Bubbl.US because you can also collaborate allowing students to share their mind maps with one another. Plus this site is very easy to use for mostly any age because the functions on how to create the mind map are self explanatory.

Giffy is a bit more complicated when it comes to making a chart to show the process or ideas of certain concepts. It took me a lot longer to try to figure out all the different tools for me to create my flow chart. I didn't think it looked as professional as my mind map because I had to create my chart where as in Bubbl the format is already setup. I think Giffy would have been a great tool to create our classroom drawing in instead of word. Giffy gives you more options in creating a floorplan than Word. I think Bubbl would be easier to use for beginners that want to create a chart and once you become more advanced Giffy will give you more options to create a more in depth chart. Users can also share their creations or collaborate with others to make their chart even better. Once I become more familiar with all the tools in Giffy I can see myself using it in the classroom to show a process or an order of certain subject materials.

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