Thinking Tools Collaborative brainstorming mindmapping and storyboarding Web

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 LS 5333: School Library Media Center and LS 5443: 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 Wall. Wisher

Matching the Task to the Tool Task Web 2. 0 Tools Brainstorming Bubbl. us Mind 42 Mind-mapping my. Webspiration Mindomo Storyboarding Wallwisher