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Freeplane is a free and open source software application that supports thinking, sharing information and getting things done at work, in school and at home. The core of the software is tools for mind mapping

Freeplane runs on any operating system that has a current version of Java installed. It can be run locally or portably from removable storage like a USB drive.

"Coggle" herramienta 2.0 para crear esquemas y mapas conceptuales

crear de forma colaborativa mapas conceptuales y esquemas de contenidos. Es muy sencilla de utilizar, solo hay que registrarse en la web Coggle. El esquema se va configurando a base de clics sobre los signos + que aparecen junto a cada elemento del esquema.

Estrategias de trabajo cooperativo con ordenadores en el aula

Crea útiles mapas de ideas con MindMup

Esta herramienta es gratuita y permite trabajar con material almacenado en Google Drive, con el fin de acelerar el proceso de recolección de documentos.

la aplicación puede ofrecer la extensión “colaboración en tiempo real“, que permite a varios usuarios crear, modificar y actualizar un mismo mapa de ideas desde lugares diferentes.

“We need to help students think about how as writers they are making good, responsible, thoughtful choices about the ways they represent themselves, other people, topics, and issues,” he said. Mr. Hicks recommends digital storytelling for students, which allows them to create three- to five-minute videos with their own narration. They can embed sound effects, music, and special transition effects between each frame, he says.

to assess what students are doing and creating, he says, students can use Jing—a Web-based screencasting tool—to make presentations that explain how they crafted their digital stories.

“With digital writing, I agree that we need to move beyond the ‘wow’ factor. Yet I think that there are times where students can compose and collaborate on digital texts in ways that they couldn’t have possibly imagined with simply having pencil and paper,” he said.