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>From: "Cobb-Zygadlo, Deanne" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: Language Learning and Technology International Information    Forum
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>Subject: mind mapping and essay writing
>Date: Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:08:08 -0500

I am wondering if anyone has ever worked with mind mapping tools  
(e.g., Mind42, Cmap Tools, Mayomi, Bubble.us) with students for  
collaborative development of ideas for essays/presentations.   
Specifically I am wondering:
a) what kind of training you found your students needed - did they  
primarily struggle with the technology or the concept?
b) what kind of examples did you give them of it in practice? and did  
you develop a simple one together?
c) documentation for getting them started
d) student reactions to its use; and,
e) whether you felt it assisted in the development of critical  
thinking skills or not.

I am looking at introducing this as a tool to a literature class, with  
a focus on the charting of character development throughout the novel  
and the influences on the development and change of characters'  
perspectives.

Regards,
Deanne Cobb-Zygadlo

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Deanne Cobb-Zygadlo
Director, Language Resource Center
Kutztown University of Pennsylvania

phone:  484-646-5865
email:   [log in to unmask]





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