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"Mind mapping is a visual form of note taking that offers an overview of a topic and its complex information, allowing students to comprehend, create new ideas and build connections. Through the use of colors, images and words, mind mapping encourages students to begin with a central idea and expand outward to more in-depth sub-topics." Gives some tips on the pedagogy of using mind-maps and how to teach it to students.

"Edraw Mind Map is a free mind map software with rich examples and templates which make it easy to create mind maps, brain-storming diagrams, project timeline, life planner, SWOT analysis and sketch maps."

R. Byrne: "Creating mind maps or webs is one of my favorite ways to organize ideas and information. I've often had my students create mind maps as an exercise in making visual connections between important concepts, events, and people in a unit of study. The following free tools offer good options for creating mind maps online. "

Describes the mind-mapping tool that saves to Google Drive, and pedagogical applications for it. Also links to 4 other mind-mapping applications.

" Mind maps are content- and purpose-agnostic. Use them for anything that requires thinking, planning, organizing, or writing." This is the third of three articles (linked here) ab out using mind-mapping productively. Great article for teaching writing. It's not all about "outlines."

This blog entry shows how to use the Google Drawing program to create a mind-map, brainstorm, and embed the map elsewhere, e.g., a blog or wiki, for instant updating. Includes a video tutorial as well.

"A useful site for creating metro maps. Use it in creating writing to map out a character's travels, make Monopoly-like games or make classroom posters showing connected words, names, ideas or topics."

A map of 333 Web domains, resembling the Tokyo Metro Map.

This is an annual report on trends on the Internet, mapped over a Tokyo subway map. So a very popular company, like Google, is located this year (2009) at Shinjuku and Twitter is at Shibuya, "the station with the biggest buzz." Go figure. Might have interest as a brain teaser or mind puzzle, esp. for students with some knowledge of the Tokyo train system.

Looks like very sophisticated desktop software to use for mind-mapping. Helps organize people and projects visually. Can be accessed from mobile devices and share, also. YouTube video embedded on this site explains how it all works.

A free mind-mapping tool that you can save to Google Drive.

R. Byrne: "One of the problems I run into when trying to find documents, videos, or folders that I have saved in my Google Drive folder is trying to find them again quickly without having to dig through the myriad of my created folders. I also want the ability to quickly share with my students folders that have documents or videos without having to send them a link to each one. With these concerns in mind, I felt that combining one of the best visual web resources (Symbaloo) with one of the best storage resources (Google Drive) was the best way to go. " The article shows how G-Drive and Symbaloo can be used together, with an instructional video. It also offers tips on using the two tools for student research projects. Organization of the tiles in the Symbaloo webmix, and the folders in G-Drive is promoted -- a good lesson for anyone whose desktop and files/folders are cluttery. Symbaloo might also serve as a mind-map for a research project, collecting related sites together, and/or tagged by color. I use Symbaloo as my Firefox desktop -- all the sites I want to find fast are there, not just the ones I have used most recently, which is what Firefox offers when a blank tab/window is opened. Symbaloo also means that when you switch from device to device the same set of tiles is viewable. Run out of room? You can organize tabs with different sets of tiles.

A free site with study aids: mind maps, flashcards, and a goal setting/review timeline.

"This collaborative mind-mapping tool allows multiple users to work together to put together their ideas and resources." T/h @ICTmagic

An interesting blog posting on how to design an instructional course and whether one should use concept mapping, questions, multiple sessions, etc. A case study with built-in short surveys to take you through.

A very visual way to archive and share what you find on the Web. Introductory video. Combines digital archiving with a visual mind-mapping interface. Connects to Facebook and Twitter and Google.

This is a good article because it gives you the details of each engine and the good and the bad in a systematic way. Be sure to ignore the ads at the top and go to the content. Mind-mapping is a great way to visually brainstorm and encourage connections, whether for a written project, a presentation, or a video storyboard.

This is a nice, free tool that will save to Google Drive, or publish online with an embed code.

For Android devices -- mindboards can be saved to your Google Drive account and then opened on other devices. Might be good for students to brainstorm group projects or tasks.

A lot of these are not Web 2.0, but just common tools. A nice list, with a few categories to help organize: Mind Mapping, Video, Animation, Online Storage, etc. (From Webheads Diigo Group.)

"Create free timelines. Follow interesting stories, get updates and notifications with "Today in history". myHistro is an interactive diary and a story-flow generator for bloggers." This seems an addition to ways to use timelines/mind-mappers/blogs that would be worth exploring.