Thinking Tools. . .Collaborative brainstorming, mind-mapping, and storyboarding Web 2.0 tools

Tools to Support Collaborative Thinking

• Created by Liz Sikes, Graduate Assistant

• For Students in LS5333: School Library Media Center and LS5443: Librarians as Instructional Partners

• To support your use of these tools and to help you select the best tools for your own students

• Spring 2010

What’s the difference?

• Brainstorming

• Mind-mapping

• Storyboarding

From the least

to the most structured format…

Brainstorming

• Generates ideas or information about a topic in no particular order

• Proceeds at a “fast and furious” pace

• Captures all ideas, answer questions & add detail later

Example: Brainstorm

Created with Bubbl.us

Mind-mapping

• Organizes information about a single topic around central themes

• Can be as simple or complex as time allows:

– Show/hide multiple levels of detail– Prioritize tasks and next actions– Add images, attachments and links

Example: Mind Map

Created with Mindomo

Storyboarding

• Places a series of events or main points in a linear sequence

• Allows a team to rearrange the order as they add, change, or remove items in the sequence

Example: Storyboard

Created with WallWisher

Matching the Task to the Tool

Task Web 2.0 Tools

Brainstorming Bubbl.us

Mind42

Mind-mapping myWebspiration

Mindomo

Storyboarding Wallwisher