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Graphic Organizers
  • Cacoo an online diagram maker with an extensive library of shapes and icons, added features such as shading and gradients, and the ability to collaborate in real-time
  • Gliffy Similar interface for those who are familiar with Visio. Nice variety of text box shapes. You can share your concept maps with others online. Text boxes on links are not automatic, so you have to place a regular shape on a link. The premium version has a fee.
  • Spider Scribe is an online mind map creation service. Spider Scribe can be used individually or be used collaboratively. What jumps out about Spider Scribe is that users can add images, maps, calendars, text notes, and uploaded text files to their mind maps. Users can connect the elements on their mind maps or let them each stand on their own. video tutorials
  • Text 2 Mindmap -This website allows you to organize thoughts. In order to encourage the use of mind mapping, Text 2 Mind Map has provided a free and simple mind mapping tool online.  The easiest way to learn Text2MindMap is to play with it and you will see that your students understand it fast.  Some tips:

    Write some text in the text area, use the TAB key to indent text lines, and click the "Draw Mind Map"-button to see what happens. Each text line in the text area will become a separate node in the mind map. Indenting the text (using the TAB key) starts a new branch of nodes in the mind map. Also, have a look at the Options to style your mind map

  • Edynco  a site for creating Learning Maps.  This site reminds me of Prezi in that it allows educators to create a multimedia presentation that is "zoomable".  These Learning Maps can contains all types of media (i.e. audio, video, images) and are ideal for "flipping" a classroom or Guided Learning.  Best of all, a finished Map can be shared via a URL or embedded into a site/blo

  • Dabble Board
    Take the tour to see the possibilities. Web-based interactive drawing features. Good example of the interative potential of the Web.

  • Essay Map, as its name indicates, is a tool that helps students with their essay writings. It is an interactive graphic organizer that provides students with a step by step guidance through the process of developing a robust outline to their essays.

  • Best4C This graphic organizer has an excellent selection of graphics and linking options.

  • ProcessOn  designed for creating collaborative diagrams.  ProcessOn is very user friendly and allows users to add: shapes, bubbles, text, images, colors, etc.  Best of all ProcessOn is collaborative in nature and ideal for student's working in groups on the same project.  The social networking features allows users to share, collaborate, chat, and set privacy features all in real-time which is ideal for education.  Not only is this a tool for creating diagrams but ideal for brainstorming, mind mapping, and creating flow charts.

  • MindMup is a free mind mapping tool that can be used online, with Google Drive, and on your desktop. MindMup works like most mind mapping tools in that you can create a central idea and add child and sibling nodes all over a blank canvas. MindMup nodes can contain text and links. When you're ready to save your MindMup mind map you can save it to Google Drive, save it to your desktop, or publish it online. If you publish it online, you can grab an embed code for it to post it in a blog post or webpage.