Online brain-storming: Bubbl.us

On-line tools can provide a great, motivating way for children to collect and organise their ideas about a subject. Here is one that I have been using in various subjects.

Bubbl.us

This free web tool allows users to easily create simple, attractive and effective diagrams made up of 'bubbles' to organise

ideas. The 'bubbles' can be edited to change their colour, size using simple buttons aound the edge of each bubble. The finished document can then be printed out or saved as a PDF file.

Possible uses

You could use Bubbl.us collect a classes ideas and conceptions about a subject, or you could create a linear set of bubbles to map out the plot of a story.

Collaboration

Bubbl.us can be used without logging in, although creating an account allows you to save your diagrams to the website and share them with other Bubbl.us users. Perhaps you could collaborate with another class on the same Bubbl.us document by setting up two class accounts.