I will definitely be using mind maps and flow charts in my class. I went to mindmeister this is great for teaching students how to gather ideas for papers. If I want to see their "bubble diagram" I will be able to read a mind map WAY better than a handwritten one. I also love the ability to jot notes on any specific node. This way students can write sample sentences or full quotes that could easily be copied and pasted into their paper. If my students prefer to work off an outline, mindmeister converts the map to a text outline- AND expands the notes! The mind map I created is a thesis template of the minimum I would expect my students to put on their maps.
The flow sharts are another great way for students to learn vocabulary. I made mine at gliffy. This was a lot harder to make than the mind map, but I still think it was worth the effort. Sometimes gliffy would act up and not delete a selection of objects or markers, so I would have to create a new map. I also couldn't find a podcast tutorial like mindmap. But in the appearance department, I much more prefer gliffy. And the cool name, I would name a puppy gliffy. I would buy a puppy just to name it gliffy. But I decided flow charts would be a great visual device for my students to learn vocabulary. They can create a bubble for each part of the word they need to know and they would ultimately lead them to making their own definition. My students would have to look their their resources to uncover the ways to turn their root word into a verb, noun, or adjective (which would be in one bubble); what the etymology of the word is including root meaning, suffixes and prefixxes and their origins (this is another bubble), and then if there wre other tidbits that they feel would help them to learn the word they could create new bubbles. Next the bubbles all lead to another square where they correctly use the word in a sentence, and in the star they define the word in their own words. I made a flow chart for the word "notorious".
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