Bubbl.us
- Free & collaborative
- Create online
- Share, email, or print your mindmap
- Embed on website, blog, or wiki
- Save your mindmap as an image file
- Free & collaborative
- Create online
- A few more "bells & whistles" - can change basic text boxes into different shapes & pictures
- Change between outline view and graphic organizer view depending on learning style & needs
- Free & collaborative
- Create online
- Even more "bells & whistles" - depending on the word/phrase in the textbox, it will search & find images, videos, and links that match for an easy addition or customization of your mindmap
- Can make your mindmap public or private
- iPhone app & available on Google Apps Marketplace
It was interesting that as I looked at each application, they progressively got more and more advanced (for lack of a better term). Bubbl.us seems very basic with Webspiration building in a few more "bells & whistles" like customizing the look/feel of the textboxes. Mindmeister takes Webspiration one step further by creating an application that tries to "think" for you. What do I mean? The software actually looks for images, videos, or links online that relate to the word/phrase in the textbox. All three applications are easy to use, free, meant to be collaborative, and are available via the Internet. A feature that I really like about Webspiration is the ability to switch between the mindmap view to the outline view iwht a click of a button. However, my overall recommendation goes to Mindmeister. I like the "forward thinking" of the application & think it is really neat it suggests and predicts information or images that relate to the information in the mindmap.
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