{"id":6341,"date":"2012-07-07T11:48:15","date_gmt":"2012-07-07T18:48:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/?p=6341"},"modified":"2012-07-07T11:48:15","modified_gmt":"2012-07-07T18:48:15","slug":"mind-mapping-technology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/2012\/07\/07\/mind-mapping-technology\/","title":{"rendered":"Mind Mapping Technology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have used mind mapping software (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bubbl.us\" target=\"_blank\">Bubbl<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spicynodes.org\" target=\"_blank\">Spicy Nodes<\/a> in particular)\u00a0 in my classroom with varying levels of success in the past. \u00a0Mind mapping in general is something that I feel has a great deal of value as it allows students to personalize their learning and how they chose to both organize and express their ideas. \u00a0In a mind map students can present images, notes, or full thoughts with equal success.<\/p>\n<p>In the future I would not be surprised to see mind mapping becoming more integrated with other tools like Facebook, Moodle, or Edmodo. \u00a0The definition of mind mapping is constantly expanding as programs like Prezi are considered by many to be a mind map, although connecting links are not &#8216;required&#8217;. \u00a0I think many of these options provide valid options for educational use, though some of them require too much time to learn and would detract from the time to actually create a map. \u00a0What needs to be available is simple and user friendly software that allows users a great deal of flexibility. \u00a0Cacoo is a new tool to me and my early &#8216;playing&#8217; with it in the collaborative map suggests it might come close to meeting this need. \u00a0In order to more easily bring mind mapping technology into the classroom I need to ensure that the technology meets the needs of my students without overwhelming them with technical difficulties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have used mind mapping software (Bubbl\u00a0and Spicy Nodes in particular)\u00a0 in my classroom with varying levels of success in the past. \u00a0Mind mapping in general is something that I feel has a great deal of value as it allows students to personalize their learning and how they chose to both organize and express their [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7264,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[518106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-week-09"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6341","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7264"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6342,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6341\/revisions\/6342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/etec522may12\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}