Hi everyone! This week I presented the tool for mind mapping called bubbl.us. Many educators already know the value of “mind mapping.” A mind map is a graphical representation of ideas and concepts. It's a visual thinking tool for structuring information, problem solving, generating new ideas, or brainstorming with group members. For example, mind mapping is an excellent way to conceptualize and develop a position for a research essay because it helps students organize their writing and support their claims with concrete evidence. Traditionally, students have created mind maps on paper, but now there are electronic tools that make creating visuals fast and easy.
There are many free, web-based concept mapping tools available, and one that stands out for being colorful and easy to use on any platform is Bubbl.us. The learning curve is minimal; students can start creating their own mind map almost immediately. Maps can be shared with others for easy collaboration and quickly saved as a jpeg image, png image, or HTML outline. Images can be easily used to customize student presentations.
Then let me show you how to use it!
When you first open the site, you see the screen below. You can start brainstorming without an account but if you want to save your map or share it with your colleagues it is must to sign in.
Then when you click Start Brainstorming bottom you encounter the screen below. Click the bubble and write your main topic. You can add a lot of bubbles using the plus marks around the bubble.
You can click the letter "T" to open the toolbar. It provides you to change the color of the bubble and text, to change your template, to draw lines between bubbles and to add file. But adding files is a premium feature.
See? It is very easy to use this tool for mind mapping. You can give so many tasks requires this tool, for example; you can want your students to draw a family tree or classify animals and create a map about it.
These are some examples of works that are created with bubbl.us:
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