Thing #14

I explored all of the mind maps and flowcharts from the list and found that I liked Gliffy and Bubbl the best. Gliffy.com was a good site to make a flowchart because there were so many options with which to make it. They were fun and creative options! I also liked that the site allowed you to zoom in and out to see the full extent of the flowchart during the process and after completion. The creation process was easy. All you had to do was click on the image that you desired to use, drag and drop it to the grid, and type the desired text in the blinking box. I do wish that the images had the ability to be rotated though. That would have helped a lot with the arrows and other connectors.

Bubbl.us was a good mind-mapping website because of its grand simplicity. To make a mind-map, you click on the "start brainstorming" button on the homepage. That button will take you to a yellow box without text. Click on the yellow box that says "start here" to type the text in the box. There are tabs on the yellow box to help you make the map. Click on the tab to the left to make a new yellow box. Click on the tab at the bottom to make a connecting box. If you hold your mouse over a box, the edit box will appear. Despite all of its simplicity and usefulness, there is still room for improvement. I think it would be easier to use the mind mapper if you could right click on the box that you want to edit rather than holding your mouse over it. Sometimes the edit box does not respond when you hold it over the box. Also, I would like it better if there was a left tab option as well as the right tab instead of just the right tab.

I would like to use Gliffy for a project sometime in the future. Of the two websites, I liked it better than Bubbl because it offered more creative freedom to the user. Both sites are great for educators, students, and office personnel to use though. I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for a mind-mapping website or a flowchart website.