It took me a while to complete this assignment because I was moving into our new home. This past summer, our home was destroyed in the Tornado that struck Eagle. What I thought was going to be the end to a very long summer/fall for my family by moving into our new home, has left me unfulfilled. My wife is really struggling with our new home. I can't blame her! It's been a difficult time for all of us here and with a 9 month old baby, it makes the situation even more challenging. As I'm sure you can tell, I'm hanging on by a very short thread. I'm trying to be as strong as possible for my wife and daughter, but I leave for work every day and my wife stays home with our Ella. I know this is off topic, but it's just something I needed to get out in the open.
Back on topic, I explored three of the following sites; Exploratree, Webspiration, and CmapTools. Each brought a different way of mapping ideas.
ExploraTree was a great site to use that had pre-made idea trees and many different maps. To get students thinking outside the box, this site would be good to see the whole picture of an idea or topic for future research.
Webspiration took the idea map to a whole new level. I like the different colors for each idea the maps give automatically. Webspiration looks like Exploratree, just 5 steps ahead.
CmapTools I did not enjoy as much. The opening page was nice because of its simplicity, however I felt that my students would struggle to find the small icons under specific parts of the map. This made things confusing as you had to hunt more for the map you wanted or needed.
Josh - I'll keep you & your family in my prayers during this tough time for you all.
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