Thinking Process Tools

The Learning Curve provides the processes necessary to underpin the learning and pastoral care programs in schools and build healthy home-school learning partnerships; they are enhancers of schools' individual programs.

Google Apps for Education is a free suite of hosted email and collaboration applications exclusively for schools and universities.

Solvr is an online problem solving forum that lets the user post a problem and share it, through a URL, with other students.

Popplet is an app for the web and iPad, where you can collect, curate and share your ideas, inspirations, and projects.

A collaborative browser-based online mind mapping tool.

Add, discuss and organize ideas from multiple locations before, during and after (or instead of) your meetings. Edistorm allows users to collaborate, generate information on "sticky notes", discuss, and vote. Edistorm works on any web browser, iPod, iPad and SMART Board. Free teacher accounts are available.

Sneffel is a beta web, whiteboard app that changes online education through real time collaboration.

Brainstorm online with bubbl.us. Easily create colorful mindmaps to print or share with others. Almost no learning curve. Users can create maps without creating accounts.

SpiderScribe maps can combine elements like text, images, files, calendar events and geographic locations. The basic features are available as a freemium and you can upgrade for a monthly fee. SpiderScripe requires the user to register for an account.

Create and read mind maps from everywhere, whenever. Embed it in your own web page, blog or post, "Wise it" link documents to it, "Share it" to anyone in the world. WiseMapping requires the user to register for an account.

A Glinkr map is a set of boxes and arrows. Each box has a title, a description, a color and a set of hyperlinks attached to it. Glinkr requires the user to register for an account.

With XMind, you can just double-click to create and edit topics anywhere on the map. Drag-and-drop for reorganizing topics, moving markers, taking a mapshot, and adding attachments. You can even search on topic with Google and drag images into your map without leaving the working window. Requires a download.

iMindMap Basic is a simple tool to help you start thinking in a clear and creative way. This free Mind Mapping software which will get you Mind Mapping quickly and easily. Requires a download. The basic offering is a freemium. You can upgrade to more features for a monthly fee.