Bubbl
Bubbl is a free and simple Web 2.0 application that lets students and teachers brainstorm online. You can create colourful mind maps online and share it with anyone. Bubbl allows students and teachers to create mind maps in their blog and can save it online, or email or print their map.
Bubbl is a good tool to brainstorm idea, build a family tree, create flow charts, create handouts, do presentations, make notes, and organize work. Bubbl allows for anyone to start planning and sorting out their ideas using bubbles. You can transform your bubbl blog into powerpoints which is very easy for teachers to use.
Bubbl is a good tool to use becuase it allows students to visually see how things are being sorted, and makes it easy for them to turn their ideas into a more structured way. You can add colours, designs, layouts which allows for creativity. Teachers can use Bubbl in their classrooms for classroom discussions, assignment directions, pre-writing brainstorming, etc. Bubbl is also great for group work as it allows for stuednts to network with eachother and look at eachother's maps to gain better understanding or a different perspective.
Teachers and students have access to Bubbl 24/7 making it easy to work and grade assignments anytime. For social studies, Bubbl will be great to create concept maps for any topic, such as Canadian history. Bubbl is especially good for students who have difficulty organizing ideas. This breaks the barriers for students who strguggle in certain areas and helps students who are visual and linguistic learners.
