Tip #10 Text2MindMap
What is it?
A free tool for teachers or students to create a mind map.
What do I use it for?
To help students visualize concepts and see connections with the material they are learning.
How do I use it?
* As a whole class, it can be used with a projector so students can contribute to making the mind map
* Great for use with the interactive whiteboard
* Use it for students to work in pairs or individually taking their notes and making a mind map from it
* Giving students a mind map I made on here and having them use it to write summaries of what we have been learning
* Great pre-writing strategy for students to formulate their thoughts, then write
Benefits?
* It’s free!
* easy to make – type in the text, it makes the map (using tabs for new circles)
* can use mouse or IWB to drag map around to customize it
* interactive way for students to see connections between concepts
* great for pre-writing
* can print it as a jpeg, pdf or emailed
LINK: http://www.text2mindmap.com/
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