Wednesday, 26 June 2013

Mindmapping and Collaborating (Module 5)

Mindmapping tools are abundant on the web and the one which I would like to focus on for classroom use is:

Murally can be used as a mindmapping tool for whole class discussions/brainstorms, but the absolute beauty of it is that it is collaborative (& free) and easy to sign in using a Google account. Here are my thoughts on Web 2.0 tools in a mural:



Murally is a shared Google Doc for visual learners! Students and teachers sign in with Google accounts, no password or usernames needed! Rather than just text, you can insert images, documents, sticky notes, comments and web links of all sorts. Finished murals can be then setup to present as a video presentation (like an old fashioned PowerPoint but way cooler!). Here is a video to get you enthused.

Here is an actual example created by my Yr 7 class when studying Dreamtime stories:

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