SpiderScribe is another online mind mapping / brainstorming tool. It allows you to organize your ideas, plan your projects and connect different pieces of information into online visual maps.
Unlike other mind mapping tools, SpiderScribe allows the creation of free format maps, with elements connected in any ways. In addition to that, besides the traditional text, images and file stencils, it also supports web items like calendar events and map locations (through Google Maps).
I found the site tool pretty simple to use, and add different items to the pages. By default the maps you create are private, but you have similar sharing options to a Google document – you can create public maps that anyone can view, you can create maps that anyone with the link can view, and you can specify specific people to be readers/editors by email address.
For teachers this could be another tool for creating revision mind maps or asking pupils to show how much they know about a given topic at the beginning/end of a unit. Or simply for collating ideas.
You can see a short video that explains how it works here.
Visit SpiderScibe here : http://www.spiderscribe.net/
