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"ESSENCE seeks to build collaborations between individuals and groups with expertise or a view to share on some aspect of climate change, and software development groups who have Web platforms they want to see tested. On the wiki Tools pages, you'll find introductory profiles to each of the Technology Groups who are participating in this experiment. Check them out, indicate your interest in trialling their tool if you can, or get in touch with them direct to find out more." Includes "Cohere", "Compendium", "Debategraph", "Deliberatorium", "TruthMapping", "Debatewise", "CoPe_it!", and "Argumentations"

"National Geographic FieldScope is a web-based mapping, analysis, and collaboration tool designed to support geographic investigations and engage students as citizen scientists investigating real-world issues - both in the classroom and in outdoor education settings. FieldScope enhances student scientific investigations by providing rich geographic context - through maps, mapping activities, and a rich community where student fieldwork and data is integrated with that of peers and professionals, adding analysis opportunities and meaning to student investigations. "

A tool where learners teach a computer agent about a topic by instructing them on building concept maps.

The Bamboo series of tools are useful for creating quick drawings/visual representations, in addition to providing several other interesting ways of providing inputs to our computers.

This is a free online bibliography tool - works for websites or offline resources, unlike Diigo, which as discussed in class is only for online bookmarking.

another free "mindmapping" or concept mapping online tool - appears best for hierarchical structures

for class "Teaching & Learning With Technology: Graphical Representation Tools"

"Bringing Historical Census Data Alive! This site gives history students and teachers the power of GIS to investigate critical moments in American history (for example, here's our Great Migration map). Each investigation provides an interactive GIS map for studying patterns in historical census data over a period of time, a collection of historical documents chosen to help put the data into historical context, and lesson plans created by teachers and university instructors. We hope that this site makes American history more accessible to history students of all ages."

schematic node and line diagrams for decision-making and planning, with a common set of node types

"Worldmapper is a collection of world maps, where territories are re-sized on each map according to the subject of interest. There are now nearly 700 maps. Maps 1-366 are also available as PDF posters."

Visualize Google, Amazon, Facebook, or one's own Excel data. "Data Visualization Made Practical TouchGraph's powerful visualization solutions reveal relationships between people, organizations, and ideas. Explore the wealth of information in today's growing data collections with our intuitive visual interfaces. "

"With Gliffy online diagram software, you can easily create professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings, and more. Our online diagram editor makes it easier than ever to create great looking drawings. "

From the site: Debategraph helps groups collaborate in thinking through complex issues by building and sharing interactive maps of domains of knowledge from multiple perspectives.