The difference between a flow chart and a mind map is that a flow chart shows a sequence of events,stemming from a main event, and a mind map shows one main idea and it's sub-elements. In my English classroom I could use flow charts for story lines to show sequential order. I could use a mind map for many lessons. I plan on using Bubbl.us to create a mind map using nouns. The main bubble will be "Nouns." The sub-elements will be types of nouns, such as "Proper" and "Common." There are many other types, but for the sake of time, I will stop there. These are very helpful cites and I will definitely be using them for my future classroom. I have tried to make bubble maps inside word documents and it is very time consuming. Bubbl.us is a much better way to create mind maps.
I really enjoyed your mind-mapping ideas. There are so many ways to use them, especially in the language arts area.
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