30 Days of webtools #18: Use Spiderscribe to create a more advanced mindmap

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I also like to use <b>Spiderscribe</b> to mindmap as you can do so much more with it than with <b>bubbl.us</b>. With Spiderscribe you can easily make a very engaging attractive mindmap:</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*you can add a text note, and even include active weblinks<br />*you can add photos, <br />*you can attach Word documents or PDFs<br />*you can attach maps<br />*you can attach calendar events</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-align: center;">. Below you can see more clearly the five elements you can add. </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Spiderscribe can  be accessed at  </span><a href="http://www.spiderscribe.net/" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">http://www.spiderscribe.net</a><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.  </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeRLlCsIBQ95dQhF55lMJA_rtbK1_DT5PVC61axzJsh1AwQ_iinyavtvEaMV_6Un3ddz0tyPAIccPcRnNPqsYLYD9T9nxovZEJqi0hXx44sRLBNFES-x9Qhuo2SuFTPwc0sPEj57N6x_x/s1600/spiderscribe+3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeRLlCsIBQ95dQhF55lMJA_rtbK1_DT5PVC61axzJsh1AwQ_iinyavtvEaMV_6Un3ddz0tyPAIccPcRnNPqsYLYD9T9nxovZEJqi0hXx44sRLBNFES-x9Qhuo2SuFTPwc0sPEj57N6x_x/s320/spiderscribe+3.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Below you can see what a Spiderscribe mindmap could look like. You can add a lot more colour than is shown here. This image is taken from Richard Byrne's <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2011/05/spider-scribe-mind-mapping-with-images.html#.UCA6tk3iZSg">post </a>on Spiderscribe.  It shows the five different items now added to the mindmap. Spiderscribe also easily allows  collaboration between students.  </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2Bb3O-ZfC-WimiHWRJ0-vTJEz_oKocG3tYtNIBr-I1BKSrs5PPrH3Ku_ZKLdtqeldrewPmot2xh0mEk9D2NgCwN0D3QorQMTeWRkr3JqNgxzoIrnEJ0B0IzF0imn0ODTgS9lMem9Obkt/s1600/spiderscribe.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw2Bb3O-ZfC-WimiHWRJ0-vTJEz_oKocG3tYtNIBr-I1BKSrs5PPrH3Ku_ZKLdtqeldrewPmot2xh0mEk9D2NgCwN0D3QorQMTeWRkr3JqNgxzoIrnEJ0B0IzF0imn0ODTgS9lMem9Obkt/s320/spiderscribe.JPG" width="320" /></a><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here is a YouTube video tutorial that seems to explain how to create a Spiderscribe mindmap quite well.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span> <iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/uKf0tIv7Lw0?rel=0" width="420"></iframe><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sharing a Spiderscribe mindmap</b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: small;">Under the word Share, choose your sharing options and email the person you want to collaborate with. </span><b><br /></b></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Mindmapping in the classroom</b></span><br /><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Spiderscribe especially is great to use in subjects like History or Geography because the students can make concept maps and add pictures, word documents plus organise the map in such a way that it can be remembered easily.</span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. For English classes this can be used to summarise a novel, or create notes on something they are studying. </span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. This is a great way to collect information for a project as well and also to collaborate on projects.</span><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. In Language classes students can brainstorm and outline a story they are planning to write</span></span></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><br /></div><div class="Body" style="margin-left: 0cm; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; text-indent: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>A challenge</b></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Please try out one of these tools and if you create something do share it with us.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">*Please also add any other ideas you may have for using a mindmap in class.</span></div></div>

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