Basic ICT Skills: Mind-mapping using ICT

Bubbl.us

Using Bubbl.us to explain the NCS

Basic ICT Skills: Mind-mapping using ICT

Bubbl.us

By the end of this e-torial, you will be able

to:

Use the online mind-mapping tool

Bubbl.us effectively in a educational

context?

Explain how the National Curriculum

Statements framework works

This e-torial make use of the following programmes or tools: A browser (Internet

Explorer/Firefox) Bubbl.us (an online collaborative

mind-mapping tool)

Outcomes

Tools

Basic ICT Skills: Mind-mapping using ICT

The National Curriculum Framework

Can you explain the NCS to

your teachers so that they

have an overview of how it

all “stick together”?

A mind-mapping (brainstorming tool) can be a handy way to organise elements in order to understand the bigger picture

How can we use technology to make it easier and more interesting?

1. Look at the keywords on

the following slide and

explain it to the person

sitting next to you

(10 mins)

2. Create a mind-map of

how the keywords relate

to one another (you can

use paper, pen…)

(10 mins)

Basic ICT Skills: Mind-mapping using ICT

The National Curriculum Framework

I ACTIVITY

The Constitution

Critical & Developmental

Outcomes

Learning Fields Learning Outcomes

Assessment Standards

Skills

Knowledge

Values

Subjects

12 Organising Fields of the NQF

NCS

Learning Areas

Basic ICT Skills: Mind-mapping using ICT

Create a mind-map of the National Curriculum Framework

Basic ICT Skills: Mind-mapping using ICT

Mind-mapping using Bubbl.us

How can ICT make it easier to

mind-map ideas and work

together?

Go to http://bubbl.us

Click on

Start Brainstorming

You do not even have to register to be able to create a mind-map!

There are various free online and offline mind-mapping tools (egFreemind (offline), Mindmeister and more (see directory)

Video: Click on picture to Play

To start brainstorming, click inside a bubble and type, or Press ENTER key to add a bubble below, orPress TAB to add bubbles next to the one selected.

You can even set the colours for your bubble!

Right, middle, click!!Brother/sister balloon!!

Middle, bottom, click.Voila!

New child balloon

Right, bottom, drag !!Let’s connect them bubbles up!

Top Right delete

the bubble! Puff its gone!!!

To remove links… Double click on the line…

To link bubbles up…Just drag and drop them on one another

My bubble- map is getting tooooo BIG! How do I move it around?

Click anywhere on the white. Hold down your left mouse button and drag

Want to export your masterpiece as a picture? No problem! Tick like thisOK!!!

Want to export your masterpiece? No problem! Click on Menu (bottom)

Have a look at what it looks like….and now you can print… File print

Save as a picture in your folder for later use

Right-click in your documentPaste. Voila!

Right-click on the picturecopy

Create your own account

Share your bubbl.us with friends/ colleagues

Create a collaborative mind map!

Basic ICT Skills: Mind-mapping using ICT

What else can I do with Bubbl.us?

This e-torial was developed by maggiev

for the Department of Education for use

by subject advisors and teachers.

All e-torials can be found on the

Thutong portal:

www.thutong.org.za

For more information about Bubbl.us please go to http://bubbl.us

Basic ICT Skills: Mind-mapping with ICT

About this Presentation information

Sources and credits: www.flickr.com (Creative commons

photos) The teachers who came up with the final

version of the framework after much debate