So, in keeping with this week’s theme — Knowledge Building (KB) — and in the interest of working ideas, AND in the interest of generating something other than text for the course, I spent a bit of time this morning trying to map out the major ideas we’ve been dealing with so far. (Actually, having just wrote that sentence, I wonder now whether ‘Idea Map’ is an accurate title since I’ve charted a number of issues and not necessarily ideas… hmmm… I think I’ve certainly crossed the line… but perhaps we’ll get into this during discussion around KB pedagogy/theory.)
I used Tony Buzan‘s software iMindMap. This was new for me, so I only used the most basic functions. I also learned, after completing my masterpiece, that the free version doesn’t allow exports of any type — just password protected online access. This stinks, because I included links to our relevant blogs and some notes to supplement the branches and keywords as well. But, I did the only thing I could do and took a screenshot for your viewing pleasure. It’s fuzzy and perhaps a bit useless, but I’m going to see if I can find something better for next attempts.
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This is a really cool idea map! I love how it looks. I’m sure that creating it really helped to organize your thinking. I am intrigued by the visualization of information, and I’m always looking for innovative software to help me do that. I’ll definitely keep it in mind! Cheers and thanks.
thanks Rebecca
actually I found using this a bit frustrating … I’ve yet to find mindmapping/concept mapping software that I’m satisfied with. I would LOVE to be able to have an interactive and customizable program that maps out ideas and relations between them in a manner more like: http://www.theyrule.net/
(check it out if you’ve never seen it before… super cool!) Maybe by some sort of magical semantic analysis or whatever techniques I wish I knew more about are being developed out there??
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