Brainstorm+and+Mindmap

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 * == Created by two guys, Kirill and Levon. Both are programmers that graduated from UW-Milwaukee and are both from Russia. ==
 * == To use this site, you click on the bubble in the center of the screen. You can type information into this bubble if you choose or can begin to make other bubbles by clicking one of the tab buttons on either the right or bottom side of the original bubble. For each bubble, you can drag it to a different location on the page, delete them, or connect them together. There are many advantages to using this site, such as creating effective brainstorming activities for the students not only to see but also to use for themselves. The only disadvantage that I have found is that the connective buttons do not work all of the time, but other than that, I have not found any disadvantages for use in brainstorming activities. ==
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 * === To view this example, you will need to click the "Start Brainstorming" button when the page pops up. ===
 * == How teachers could use this site: ==
 * === Create brainstorming activities for the students ===
 * === Teach students how to do an effective mindmap or brainstorm ===
 * === More effectively show the students a lesson plan, using the site to map out the activity ===
 * === Use it for a history or social studies lesson to show a series of events ===
 * === Create step-by-step instructions for the students in a particular activity or lesson plan ===
 * == An authentic instruction activity for students: ==
 * === Create a family tree of their own families, going further back than at least their great-grandparents on either their mother's or father's side. They should include at least one interesting fact about each family member on their tree. ===
 * === This allows for this activity to not only be holistic(because it relates to the real-world) but it also supoprts learner autonomy because it allows the students to choose which side of the family that they would like to research. ===
 * === The students will research their families on their own and will also create the trees by themselves, so as to make the activity an active one. ===
 * === This activity would be challenging and complex because there are several different steps that would need to be taken in order to finish the project and the research of the project should prove challenging at times to find an interesting fact about each family member. ===
 * === Scaffolds for this lesson: ===
 * Help would be provided if the students needed help with creating the actual family tree itself
 * ====  ﻿ ﻿ Questions for the students to ask: ====
 * ==== Who are the members of my family? ====
 * ==== What did they do in their life that made them who they are? ====
 * ==== Did they have any quirks or any interesting characteristic about their personality that made them stand out? ====