Online Outliners & Mindmapping Tools

Slide 1: Online Outliners & Mindmapping Tools PF Anderson, Emerging Technologies Librarian, Health Sciences Libraries, pfa@umich.edu © 2008 Regents of the University of Michigan. All rights reserved.

Slide 2: Outliners & Graphic Thought Organizers • Tools to introduce concepts of structured thinking • Tools to use for outlining and writing support • Most free, best fee

Slide 3: Outliners: Persuasion Map • http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/ persuasion_map/

Slide 4: Outliners: Persuasion Map • Advance organizer • Reminders of process and place in process

Slide 5: Outliners: LooseStitch • http://loosestitch.com/

Slide 6: Outliners: LooseStitch

Slide 7: Outliners: ThinkFold • Collaborative • Good for teamwork • Web-based

Slide 8: Outliners: Scrivener • Professonal writers tool, $$

Slide 9: Outliners • How to: Persuasion Map • Web-based, personal use: LooseStitch, “publishable” • Web-based, team use: ThinkFold

Slide 10: Flowcharts • DrawAnywhere • Gliffy • Flowchart

Slide 11: Flowcharts: DrawAnywhere

Slide 12: Flowcharts: Gliffy

Slide 13: Flowcharts: Flowchart.com

Slide 14: Flowcharts: Flowchart.com

Slide 15: Flowcharts: Flowchart.com

Slide 16: Flowcharts: Flowchart.com

Slide 17: Graphic Thought Organizers • Expand on idea of outliners • More visual • Transition between outlines and mindmapping

Slide 18: Graphic Organizers: Boolify • http://boolify.org/

Slide 19: Graphic Thought Organizers: Lexicon • Lexicon - Interactive Graphic Organizers Sampler: http://www.workingsimulations.co m/graphic_organizer.html

Slide 20: Graphic Thought Organizers: VUE • http://vue.uit.tufts.edu/index.cfm

Slide 21: Mindmapping & Concept Mapping • Mindmapping as a way of thinking • Simple tools • Collaboration - online, shareable, teamwork • Downloads

Slide 22: Mindmaps: WikiMindMap • http://www.wikimindmap.org

Slide 23: Mindmaps: Text2MindMap • http://www.text2mindmap.com

Slide 24: Mindmaps: Bubbl.us

Slide 25: Mindmaps: Mind42

Slide 26: Mindmaps: Mindmeister

Slide 27: Mindmaps: Mindmeister • Editing view • Team editing

Slide 28: Mindmaps: Mindmeister • Exports to a variety of formats

Slide 29: Mindmaps: Cmap • Cmap (Download): http://cmap.ihmc.us/ http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/

Slide 30: Mindmaps: FreeMind • FreeMind (Download, Java): http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/inde x.php/Main_Page

Slide 31: Mindmaps: FreeMind • FreeMind: screenshot - computer knowledge

Slide 32: Mindmaps: FreeMind • FreeMind: screenshot - German language

Slide 33: Mindmapping - Highlights • What is mindmapping illustration: WikiMindMap • Simple, online shareable: Bubbl.us • Sophisticated, online, shareable: Mindmeister • Downloads: Cmap, FreeMind

Slide 34: Mindmapping for Macintoshes: Mindnode • http://www.mindnode.com/

Slide 35: Mindmapping for Macintoshes • Resources: – Mindmapping.org: Mac-Based Mind and Concept Mapping: http://www.mind- mapping.org/blog/2008/04/mac-based- mind-and-concept-mapping/

Slide 36: Supporting Tools: Sketchcast • Sketchcast: http://www.sketchcast.com

Slide 37: Supporting Tools: Thinkature • http://www.thinkature.com

Slide 38: Resources: Mind-mapping.org • http://www.mind-mapping.org/blog/

Slide 39: Resources: ABCs of Writing • http://www.angelfire.com/wi/writingproc ess/specificgos.html

Slide 40: Resources: Concept Mapping Resources Guide • http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/ mapping/mapping.htm

Slide 41: More • CTER: Concept Mapping: http://wik.ed.uiuc.edu/index.php/Concept_ma • EduTechWiki: Concept Map: http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Concept_map

Slide 42: This presentation • Slides will be available at: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthsciencesli http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthsciencesl • Contact: – Patricia F. Anderson, patriciafanderson@gmail.com