Mind-Mapping

Text2Mindmap- an excellent tool for making an outline of text into a mind map. Extremely simple and efficient to use!

Exploratree is an excellent mind-mapping tool.  On this website there are a variety of thinking templates to choose from.  These templates can be altered by inserting unique images, and shapes.  Exploratree is a collaborative tool because more than one person can work on a mind-map at a time.  Mind-maps can be printed out or saved online.

Webspiration is another great tool.  There are a variety of templates to choose from or you can start from scratch.  You can upload images into the mind-map.  One useful feature is the rapid fire tool that allows you to quickly shoot out bubbles every time you press enter after a word.

Bubbl.us is a very simple mind-mapping tool.  It simply shoots out colored bubbles with your text.  You can print or save mind-maps as images.

Mindmeister is great for detailed text mind-maps.  Two or more people can work on a mind-map at the same time making it an excellent collaborative tool.  It is fairly simple and straight-forward to use.

Mind42.com Is another collaborative mind-mapping tool.  With this tool you can insert links, images and text.  You can work on a mind-map both online or offline.  It isn't as user friendly as some of the other tools listed but it does have some unique features such as creating a To do list and attaching sticky notes.

Mindomo is a much more advance mind-mapping tool.  It includes many great features including rich formatting, curved lines, images and symbols, relationships, notes fields, task data, drag and drop editing, and the ability to insert web links.  With all its unique features one would expect it to be complicated to use but I found it to be quite user-friendly.

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