Monday, May 24, 2010

Top 10 Sites for Brainstorming/Mind Mapping

Brainstorming/mind mapping has been an educational technique that has been around since the beginning of cognitive thought. This is a tool that facilitates ideas and collaborative in nature. W/ the use of web 2.0 technology this concept has evolved into an ideal 21st Century Technology for education. "A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks, or other items linked to and arranged around a central key word or idea. Mind maps are used to generate, visualize, structure, and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, decision making, and writing. (wikipedia)"

Top 10 Sites for Brainstorming/Mind Mapping
  1. Slick Plan - What's not to like? Easy to use, create beautiful flow charts, then embed to a site.
  2. Thinklinkr - Real-time collaborative site where users brain storm and create a mind map.
  3. Webspiration - The popular desktop application (Inspiration) is now the web... nuff said.
  4. Diagrammr - Quite simply the easiest mind mapping site to use, no registration is necessary, then share the URL w/ others.
  5. Imagination Cubed - Nice looking site that is ideal for the electronic whiteboards w/ the ability to draw your own mind maps.
  6. Edistorm - Real-Time mind mapping w/ sticky notes.
  7. Education Eye - A great way to brainstorm w/ this innovative search engine.
  8. Mind42 - Nice collaborative mind mapping site that is easy to use.
  9. Mindmeister - Beautiful looking mind mapping site w/ the ability to embed into a site.
  10. Mindomo - One of the most detailed mind mapping sites w/ lots of web 2.0 features, such as sharing, commenting, etc.
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5 comments:

  1. Alex FranciscoMay 24, 2010 at 2:14 PM

    Great list David!
    Thank you for putting it together. I'm bookmarking the ones I didn't know about. :)

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  2. dkapulerMay 24, 2010 at 2:40 PM

    No Problem Alex, pretty soon I'll do a list of top ten educators in Portugal and you'll be at the top.

    Ok you're the only one I know, but still 8-)

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  3. Andrew BurchMay 24, 2010 at 2:51 PM

    Great post! I used to use http://www.bubbl.us a lot, but it's been a while. I'll have to check out these other options. Thanks!

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  4. dkapulerMay 24, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    Andrew, bubbl.us just missed the cut but that is another very nice looking site!

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  5. LibraryDragon/StorykeeperJuly 20, 2011 at 8:55 AM

    You share so many great sites. Thank you.

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