A minute and a half later, I was sold on MindMaple. One of the links that showed up on Google was a YouTube video. What new features did MindMaple bring to the party? Would they make the educators job more effective if not more efficient? There are quite a few programs out there for mapping ideas. ![]() I looked for a tab–even a link–that said Educators, but found none. The marketing blurbs made it sound like a business application ( “…can be used for a wide range of tasks, from project management to setting up personal schedules or plans…”). I see its merits in the classroom so I was excited to look at an alternative.įirst glance at the MindMaple website, I didn’t see the education connection. I like the idea of visually presenting thoughts. I took so long figuring out how to use the tools (most likely because I didn’t use it often enough) that I lost track of my brainstorming. Unlike organization charts, mind maps use colors, images, icons, as well as words to get ideas across to others.Ī program called Inspiration is the most popular mind map resource for educators, but I personally couldn’t get comfortable using it. They begin with a central idea and expand outward to more in-depth sub-topics that can cover any level of minutiae. Mind maps are created by brainstorming as a group or an individual. Think of an organizational chart, but for ideas, not people. It allows you to sort ideas and concepts through topic boxes that spill into myriad layers of subtopics. In education, mind mapping is used to organize lesson plans, dig into complicated ideas, and brainstorm. ![]() Though MindMaple is for business and education, I’ll review it only from the educator’s point of view. Plus, ‘mind mapping’–a visual approach to thinking and sharing–is quite popular in education so I agreed to take a look. I like finding tools that enhance education for students and improve a teacher’s ability to communicate ideas. When the nice people at MindMaple contacted me about reviewing their product, I was intrigued.
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