This document discusses concept maps and brainstorming techniques. It provides an overview of the roots and different types of concept maps, including continuums, clustering, fishbone maps, cycle maps, and Venn diagrams. It also discusses the technology used to create concept maps, including paper and pencil, software tools, and collaborative online options. Finally, it provides additional resources for learning more about concept mapping.

1. Concept Maps & Brainstorming By Geoffrey Cain, M.S. Instructional Designer Tacoma Community College

2. What are concept maps and brainstorming?

3. About Brainstorming Rules Set a Time Limit Suspend Judgment Wild is Good Quantity, not Quality Everyone Participates Invent and Recycle Record Everything Sort Later

4. Roots of Concept Maps

5. Why Use Concept Maps?

6. Different Types of Concept Maps Continuums Clustering Fishbone Maps Cycle Maps Venn Diagrams Shape Charts Communication Sharing

7. Continuums

8. Clustering

9. Fishbone Maps Detail #1 Detail #3 Detail #5 Detail #2 Detail #4 Detail #6 Result Cause

10. Cycle Maps

11. Venn Diagrams ? list

12. Shape Charts

13. Technology of Concept Maps Pencil & Paper Notebooks Large sheets Chalk or Whiteboard Overhead Projector Software Collaborative Software 3-d Concept Maps

14. Paper & Pencil

15. Chalk or White Board

16. Overhead Projector

17. Software

18. Software (cont.)

19. Collaborative

20. Three Dimensions

21. Second Life

22. Software FreeMind http://freemind.sourceforge.net/ Free java-based software. MindNode http://mindnode.com Simple, free mind-mapping software that exports to many file formats. Cmap Tools http://cmap.ihmc.us/ Emphasizes labeled linking. Personal Brain http://www.thebrain.com/ Dynamic 3-d software. Inspiration http://www.inspiration.com Includes large image database. Web-Based Collaborative Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com Bubbl http://www.bubbl.us/

23. Resources Concept Maps: An Introduction to Concept Maps (n.d.) http://classes.aces.uiuc.edu/ACES100/Mind/CMap.html Frey, Chuck (2008) The Mind Mapping Software Weblog. News, trends and tips to help you be more productive with visual mapping technology. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jmargeru/conceptmap/types.htm Margum-Leys, Jon (1999) “Types of Maps” Concept Mapping as a Prewriting Activity: A Presentation for MACUL 99. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jmargeru/conceptmap/types.htm “ Memories Are Made of This” (2008) PsyBlog: Understand Your Mind. http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/10/memories-are-made-of-this.php Novak, Joseph D. & Canas, Alberto J. The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct Them. (2006). Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. http://web.archive.org/web/20060524112734/cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm Research Publications (n.d.) Cmap Tools Publications. Selected list and links to papers. http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/