The web based tool Popplet is another mind mapping tool that students could use to brain storm and organize their thoughts. This tool is similar to bubbl.us, webspiration and creately.
This mind mapping tool offers some of the same key features as the others that we have used in class. It allows the user to create bubbles to input their ideas and organize them around the screen by click and drag. The user can add as many bubbles as they like to create their "popple". There are some simple ways the user can customize their "popple" by changing the color of the background and the bubbles.
This mind mapping tool offers a few unique features that the other aforementioned tools do not provide. In this tool, the user can input words, videos, images and user created drawings all within the browser. The tool allows the user to search flickr, facebook, youtube and the computers hard drive within the browser to find images and videos that are instantly uploaded inside the bubbles. Users also have the ability to draw MSPaint style within the confines of the bubbles.
The only down side I can find with this tool is that it requires an account to sign up, although it is free.
I would suggest this tool be used in similar ways as the other mind mapping tools. It could also be used to create presentations as students have the opportunity to insert images and videos.
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