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Vic's compendium of software that supports knowledge management and information organisation in graphical form. Includes mind mappers, concept mappers, outliners, hierarchical organisers, KM support and knowledge browsers, 2D and 3D.More...










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From:  Inspiration Software Inc.   Product:  Webspiration Classroom    Added:  2009-02-14
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Screenshot mind mapping software Webspiration Classroom     Screenshot mind mapping software Webspiration Classroom     Screenshot mind mapping software Webspiration Classroom    
What they say:  " Create Diagrams and Think Visually

Use Webspiration Classroom's diagramming environment to create bubble diagrams, flowcharts, concept maps, process flows and other visual representations that stimulate and reflect your thinking. With Webspiration, you focus on developing and connecting ideas, not the drawing.

Outline and Structure Ideas and Information

With Webspiration's powerful outlining capabilities, you can take notes, organize work and expand ideas fluidly to develop your writing into plans, study guides, papers, reports, and other more comprehensive documents.

Collaborate and Share

Webspiration Classroom makes it easy to collaborate and share documents by simply sending an invite. Everyone works on the same document, contributing, posting comments, and viewing changes. Webspiration is ideal for team projects, study groups, reviewing and commenting on documents and co-authoring materials.

Anytime and Anywhere

Store and access documents online without discs, drives or email. Work at home, a friend's house, the library, your office, or the local coffee shop. Webspiration and your documents are available anywhere you have access to the internet."
Observations:  This is a web based version of Inspiration. The subscription service is due in ''Fall 2010''. See also Kidspiration.
Where:  http://www.mywebspiration.com/
OS: browser based
Price:  Free for beta; Final price not annouced
Categories: concept maps, flowcharts, mind maps
 
From:  IRIAN Solutions Softwareentwicklungs- und Beratungsgesellschaft mbH   Product:  Mind42    Added:  2007-05-25
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Screenshot mind mapping software Mind42     Screenshot mind mapping software Mind42     Screenshot mind mapping software Mind42    
What they say:  " mind42.com is a browser based online mind mapping application. With mind42.com installing mindmapping tools is no longer needed- for a hassle-free mindmapping experience. Just open the browser and launch the application when needed.
Mind42 your free collaborative mindmap tool. Mind42 is provided by IRIAN Solutions Vienna irian.at. If you wish to gain any further information about IRIAN Solutions please visit irian.at.
Keep track of all your ideas, whether alone, with colleagues and friends or with the whole world.
Coming soon ...
Advanced export (eg. images, more info)
Tagging and Searching for maps
Import existing maps from other mindmap tools (eg. Mindmanager)
Publish mindmaps to the internet
... many more ideas ..."
Observations:  In Beta (May 2007). I noted a concern about the Terms of Use here. IRIAN Solutions resolved this concern by changing the wording. Very responsive.
Where:  http://www.mind42.com/
OS: browser based
Price:  Free
Categories: mind maps
 
From:  isee systems, inc.   Product:  iThink    Added:  2010-06-08
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Screenshot mind mapping software iThink     Screenshot mind mapping software iThink     Screenshot mind mapping software iThink    
What they say:  " Based on Systems Thinking, iThink models serve as ''practice fields'', showing you outcomes that could be painful, costly, or embarrassing if discovered in reality.

Going beyond spreadsheets and other linear approaches to business planning, iThink provides a whole system or big picture view of your entire operations. These views are based on dynamic modeling and Systems Thinking; all points of a system are included and can be examined or changed in any order. You avoid making decisions that have negative impacts on seemingly unrelated processes."

Observations: 
Where:  http://www.iseesystems.com/Softwares/Business/ithinkSoftware.aspx
OS: Mac, Windows
Price:  $1,899
Categories: modelling, simulation
 
Articles
Concept maps and web research

For me, web research and concept maps are a good pairing. As I research - I build a map. As I map - I realise new areas that need research.
This papers variously by Arguedas, CaƱas, Carnot, Carvalho, Dunn, Eskridge, Gram, Leake, Maguitman, Muldoon and Reichherzer have helped me to understand why, and see other possibilities.

Assessment by concept map

This piece discusses the nature of knowledge, the difficulty in measuring achievement in the three types of domain knowledge, and how concept maps offer one way of judging students' knowledge structure.

Framework for mind mapping

Here is a link to a set of free templates for many types of mind maps. This is good solid stuff, and if you have MindManager, there's no reason not to get it.
But if you don't have MindManager, well, there's still no reason to hold back - go and pick up the MindManager Viewer from MindJet's site. That is also free.


Knowledge mapping for communities

Here's an interesting slideshow in which authors Simon Buckingham Shum and Alexandra Okada make a case for a move away from text towards knowledge or mind mapping presentation in a knowledge community. Their objective is to change cognition, no less.

Visual mapping and recession-proofing your job

It looks like businesses are in for a tough time in 2008 and beyond. If your employer downsizes, how can you take steps to make sure you're one of the survivors?


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