Web 2.0 Thinking Tools: Considerations for Collaborative Brainstorming, Mind-mapping, and Storyboarding Web 2.0 Tools

Tools to Support Collaborative Thinking Created by Liz Sikes, TWU SLIS Graduate Assistant For Students in LS5233: Multimedia Resources and Services, 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 Revised by Dr. M. 2011

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, answers questions and allows for details to be added 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 need requires and 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 Suggested Web 2.0 Tools Brainstorming Bubbl.us Mind42 Mind-mapping myWebspiration Mindomo Storyboarding Cacoo Wallwisher

Best Practices New Web 2.0 tools are developed every day. Stay current. Always try out specific learning tasks with familiar and new tools BEFORE assigning tools to students. Teach some tools and encourage students to experiment with other tools. Give students choices once they have a variety of tools in their toolkits. Guide students to tools that best meet the learning objectives. Dr. M.