NovaMind Mind Mapping
Freemium! NovaMind Mind Mapping is designed for users to be able to illustrate their thinking by creating thinking webs. To create the webs, users must tap the first entry text box, and they then can type in their web’s central topic. From there, users can swipe the text box to add connecting thoughts, which will begin forming their thinking web. To support how users create their web, NovaMind Mind Mapping provides them with a wheel of options in the top left of the screen. With this wheel, users have access to tools that allow them to manipulate the text, create…
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B. Design - 6.9
C. Engagement - 7.7
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NovaMind Mind Mapping: A Brainstorming App
Summary : A Mind Mapping Tool at Your Fingertips
NovaMind Mind Mapping is designed for users to be able to illustrate their thinking by creating thinking webs. To create the webs, users must tap the first entry text box, and they then can type in their web’s central topic. From there, users can swipe the text box to add connecting thoughts, which will begin forming their thinking web. To support how users create their web, NovaMind Mind Mapping provides them with a wheel of options in the top left of the screen. With this wheel, users have access to tools that allow them to manipulate the text, create new thought bubbles, minimize or maximize thought connections, add themes, and more! NovaMind Mind Mapping also lets users zoom in and out of their mind map, and additional features are available as in-app purchases.
Instructional Ideas
- When given an assignment, students can use this app to brainstorm ideas. To do so, teachers can require students to put their central topic in the first thought bubble and then expand on it by adding thought bubbles. Plus, teachers can require a specific amount of thought bubbles to complete the brainstorming requirement of an assignment.
- While studying a specific topic (e.g., person, event, or text), teachers can require students to put the topic as the central thought bubble and then add key details and information as they learn more about the topic. As the web grows, students can make connections between the information they add to their web and illustrate the connections using this app.
- Students can use this app to compare two subjects. To do so, the first thought bubble can be labeled “comparison” and the topics to be compared can branch out from the central bubble. Each branch should begin with the topic to be compared, and then students can add different details and information that are unique to the topic being compared.
- To develop students’ presentation skills, teachers can assign them to create a mind map, as suggested by the previous instructional ideas. Next, teachers can have students present their mind map to a partner, small group, or the entire class.
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A3. Conn. to Future Learning
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A4. Value of Errors
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A5. Feedback to Teacher
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A6. Level of Material
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A7. Cooperative Learning
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B1. Ability to Save Progress
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B2. Platform Integration
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B3. Screen Design
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B4. Ease of Use
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B5. Navigation
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B6. Goal Orientation
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B7. Information Presentation
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B8. Media Integration
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B9. Cultural Sensitivity
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C1. Learner Control
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C2. Interactivity
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C3. Pace
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C4. Flexibility
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C5. Interest
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C6. Aesthetics
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C7. Utility
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