Flowcharts and Mindmaps...
Flowcharts are more useful in situations where you are going through a process and usually have yes or no answer within them in order to tell you in which direction to proceed. For example, if you look in magazines they sometimes have flow charts to determine things you like. So perhaps in the beginning it ask, "Do you like loud music?" If you answer "yes", you continue down to the next box; if you answer "no", you go to the left box..and so on. In a learning situation I think that the Gliffy website for flow charts was easy to use and provides you with a template to begin your creation that makes it an easy step-by-step process.
Mindmaps are much like brainstorming charts. They begin with a broad concept and then narrow it down to details. These can be used for just about any subject or content. I think that these are much easier to use than the flowcharts especially if you are using them in an elementary school setting. The Bubbl.us website was super easy to use for creating mindmaps and they would be a great tool in the classroom for children to use.
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