For this "thing" I created accounts in Gliffy and Bubbl.us. Flow charts can be great visual aids because they can easily show the cause and effect of things such as in history or reading lessons. They can also be used for several things in English or to describe a process. Gliffy had several other things to offer besides just flow charts. On the website, you can also create Venn diagrams, which I love! I could see myself using them a lot in my first grade classroom as a visual aid to compare and contrast things. I actually created one to prepare to record my podcast for comparing and contrasting folktales and fairy tales.
Mind maps are a little different. They aren't quite as easy to understand as a visual aid, they are more for the presenter or for brainstorming. I had never heard of mind maps before so I didn't know what they were, and after exploring Bubbl.us, I'm still not too sure! I couldn't see myself using mind maps for a classroom of first graders.
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