Mind Maps
View my mind maps post - (click here)
Mind maps are a kind of graphic organiser that allows you to visually depict the relationship between related areas of a topic. They are incredibly useful for brainstorming, visual note taking and organising information. Here is a PMI for mind maps.
Plus
- Quick and easy to create
- Intuitively easy to understand
- Breaks down information gradually for easy analysis
- Draws visual connections between topics
- Organises data into a parent/sibling relationship
- Encourages organisation
- Scaffolded format
- Easily distributable
Minus
- Can become overwhelming if there is too much data to follow
- Link between bubbles may not be outwardly apparent
Interesting
- Promotes connecting prior knowledge (constructivism) but also thinking about thought process (cognitivism)
Online Timeline
View the post containing my example online timeline - (click here)
Dipity is a web app that allows you to create online timelines, which are useful for a number of purposes. It allows for much greater pedagogy then standard hand-written timelines due to its ability to include multimedia, links to external sources and integration with Youtube videos. I found it was actually very enjoyable exploring information set out in a Dipity timeline, and liked that it was so engaging.
Here is a PMI for the online timeline:
Plus
- Very engaging to the user
- Intuitive layout
- Good multimedia integration
- Visual depiction of a chronology
Minus
- SLOW! I think the server might have been having problems when I used this service, because it would take minutes to load, and sometimes say unavailable. If this was happening regularly I would not be using the service.
Interesting
- A very large or small time-frame can be covered
- Activities can be linked for topics
- So many potential uses
Some uses of this program could include:
- Timeline of art, music, etc. development
- Timeline of a technology's evolution
- Personal major events
- Interactive calendar of upcoming events
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