Bubbl.us is another online tool that provides a great platform for mindmapping and brainstorming topics. It is really easy to use. I used my mindmap to organise my thoughts for a presentation. Each bubble represents an idea. Starting with the parent bubble, new bubbles can be linked via a child bubble or a sibling bubble to create a visual display of ideas around the main topic. Great for planning projects or reports, as well as reflecting on topics just learnt in class. Work is saved online so that it can be accessed from any computer. Bubbl.us can also be embedded into blogs, linked to other pages and emailed.
The Dipity is useful for ordering events to create an interactive timeline. I found it easy to use and able to support a number of multimedia files. The overall effect is highly visual and personal. The presentation is mainly image based which makes you tell the story in pictures supported by minimal text. Images are able to be imported straight from Flickr which is really handy, especially helpful when using images of others because students are able to easily identify what attribution is required. A very simplistic tool that is very effective.
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Plus: -Easy to master -Promotes higher-order thinking -Stored online -Printable -Collaborative | Minus: -Limited creativity -Limited support for other multimedia formats | Interesting: -Projects shape themselves because ideas are easily added to over time and can be easily manoeuvred around the page |
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Plus: -Highly visual -Printable -Interactive -Collaborative | Minus: -Doesn’t promote higher-order thinking -Information can become too small if two events are placed too close on the timeline | Interesting: -Can be used to make timelines of major world events. -Brings history to life. |
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