Concept Maps & Brainstorming : Concept Maps & Brainstorming By Geoffrey Cain, M.S.
Instructional Designer
Tacoma Community College
What are concept maps and brainstorming? : What are concept maps and brainstorming?
About Brainstorming : About Brainstorming Rules
Set a Time Limit
Suspend Judgment
Wild is Good
Quantity, not Quality
Everyone Participates
Invent and Recycle
Record Everything
Sort Later
Roots of Concept Maps : Roots of Concept Maps
Why Use Concept Maps? : Why Use Concept Maps?
Different Types of Concept Maps : Different Types of Concept Maps Continuums
Clustering
Fishbone Maps
Cycle Maps
Venn Diagrams
Shape Charts Communication Sharing
Continuums : Continuums
Clustering : Clustering
Fishbone Maps : Fishbone Maps Result Cause Detail #1 Detail #3 Detail #5 Detail #2 Detail #4 Detail #6
Cycle Maps : Cycle Maps
Venn Diagrams : Venn Diagrams ?
list
Shape Charts : Shape Charts
Technology of Concept Maps : Technology of Concept Maps Pencil & Paper
Notebooks
Large sheets
Chalk or Whiteboard
Overhead Projector
Software
Collaborative Software
3-d Concept Maps
Paper & Pencil : Paper & Pencil
Chalk or White Board : Chalk or White Board
Overhead Projector : Overhead Projector
Software : Software
Software (cont.) : Software (cont.)
Collaborative : Collaborative
Three Dimensions : Three Dimensions
Second Life : Second Life
Software : Software FreeMind
http://freemind.sourceforge.net/
Free java-based software.
MindNode
http://mindnode.com
Simple, free mind-mapping software
that exports to many file formats.
Cmap Tools
http://cmap.ihmc.us/
Emphasizes labeled linking.
Personal Brain
http://www.thebrain.com/
Dynamic 3-d software.
Inspiration
http://www.inspiration.com
Includes large image database. Web-Based Collaborative
Gliffy
http://www.gliffy.com
Bubbl
http://www.bubbl.us/
Resources : Resources Concept Maps: An Introduction to Concept Maps (n.d.) http://classes.aces.uiuc.edu/ACES100/Mind/CMap.html
Frey, Chuck (2008) The Mind Mapping Software Weblog. News, trends and tips to help you be more productive with visual mapping technology. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jmargeru/conceptmap/types.htm
Margum-Leys, Jon (1999) “Types of Maps” Concept Mapping as a Prewriting Activity: A Presentation for MACUL 99. http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jmargeru/conceptmap/types.htm
“Memories Are Made of This” (2008) PsyBlog: Understand Your Mind. http://www.spring.org.uk/2008/10/memories-are-made-of-this.php
Novak, Joseph D. &Canas, Alberto J. The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct Them. (2006). Institute for Human and Machine Cognition. http://web.archive.org/web/20060524112734/cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/ResearchPapers/TheoryCmaps/TheoryUnderlyingConceptMaps.htm
Research Publications (n.d.) Cmap Tools Publications. Selected list and links to papers. http://cmap.ihmc.us/Publications/