Wise Mapping: a great mind maps creation tool

Posted at 1:11 PM by Abi Za
Wise Mapping is a great tool for educators. I am including it among the educative mind maps tools in this blog because of the important features it offers to its users. Educators can benefit from this service a lot.

Wise Mapping is a free online mind maps editor that allows you to create and share your mind maps with others.

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Some features of Wise Mapping

Here is a list of the main features that Wise Mapping offers to its users :

  • It is free
  • It is easy to use
  • It has an interactive interface
  • It requires a sign up
  • It allows you to create and edit colorful and complex mind maps using just mouse and keyword
  • It lets you customize your maps by changing the border, text,shape and background color of your notes
  • It has a sophisticated authoring editor to help you manage your maps
  • You can share or save your mind maps right from the editor
  • You can make your mind maps either private or public
  • You can embed the image of your map anywhere you want online
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How can i get started using Wise Mapping ?

To learn how to start working on Wise Mapping you need to head over to its main page and sign up for a free account .

Watch this tutorial video to learn more





Applications of Wise Mapping in education

Wise Mapping is, just like all the other educative Mind Mapping tools i have covered here ,  very important in education for It develops visual thinking for students and stimulate more interaction from their parts. Students love when they are visually engaged and Wise Mapping can just help them stay focused on content. I love this tool and i recommend that you start using it to create mind maps to share with your students. Why not even introduce it to them and let them start using it as well.

That’s it about Wise Mapping: a great mind maps creation tool.

SpiderScribe: A New Way to Brainstorm

Posted at 1:22 PM by Abi Za
SpiderScribe is an online mind mapping and brainstorming tool. I have decided to include it here in my list of Mind Mapping tools because of its importance in education. We all know how important are the mind mapping applications in teaching and apart from fostering and enriching our teaching they also help our students effectively target their learning.

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Some features of SpiderScribe

Here are the main features of SpiderScribe :

  • It is free
  • It is easy to use
  • It has an intuitive interface
  • You can visualize your ideas by connecting various pieces of information together
  • It allows you to create free-style maps
  • It combines elements like text, images, files, calendar events and geographic locations
  • You can customize your maps just the way you want them to look
  • Maps are stored online and can be accessed from anywhere, through internet.
  • It offers : quick search inside maps, and Text stencils
  • It also offers Calendar Event stencils and image ones
  • It has a navigation panel to manage large maps

How can i get started using SpiderScribe ?

As is the habit with all my posts in this blog , i always prefer to include a video tutorial on the tool or app i am covering under this section but when the tool has no video tutorial then i type in the tutorial for you . Experience has proved to me that readers love video tutorials than text ones , i don't blame them i do too lol.

Here is a video tutorial to show you how to use SpiderScribe . Click on to the following link to watch the video :

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Learn how to use SpiderScribe .



Applications of SpiderScribe in Education ?

SpiderScribe is a very important tool for both teachers and students . They can use it to create engaging mind maps . It can also be used as an organizational app , students will find it helpful in organizing their notes and information .

That’s it about SpiderScribe: A New Way to Brainstorm .