Authors: Group 36 - Kaitlyn Coler, Sully Coronado, Lauren Crouse, Cassidy DeVries, and Leanna Estes
Attention:
The tool we are highlighting can be found here --> https://bubbl.us/
Here is an interactive example of a bubbl we have created for you! -->
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Topics can be found below in the following order:
- What is bubbl.us?
- What are some features of bubbl?
- Using bubbl in teaching writing:
- How to make your own bubbl graphic organizer?
- Where can I find lesson ideas for bubble.us?
- Where can I find more information about bubble.us?
- References
What is bubbl.us?
Bubbl.us is a Web 2.0 tool that helps people create their own mind mapping and brainstorming diagram online. With this tool you can bring out all of your ideas and thoughts and record them on the diagram. You can organize yourself by colors, different bubble sizes, and link all of the bubbles to the main ideas bubble, which we call the “ parent bubble.” Users can also continue to add new bubbles to the diagram as they please, that is what is so unique about this tool. When ever you have a new thought or am idea just open up your diagram and add it to it. This tool can also help you organize your thoughts, saves you time and supplies and most importantly it is easy to use.
You can use this tool to:
Create flow charts
Research planning
Present the ideas of research
Organize sources or notes
Class discussion
What are some features of bubbl?
- Getting Started! - Bubbl provides a tutorial complete with screen shots, so that new users don't have to fumble around on the website. This, along with a list of features and several other resources, can be found under the HELP tab in the upper right-hand side of the screen.
- Editing! - Bubbl.us provides a flexible form of graphic organizer. You can do any and all of the following:
- Change bubble color
- Edit bubble text
- Delete bubbles
- Copy and paste bubbles
- Merge trains of thought (by drawing connective lines or "assigning a parent thought")
- Collapse or expand bubbles
- Sharing! - All of the following are fantastic helps that allow bubbl.us to be used for whole-class projects or group work.
- Send people a Read-Only link to your mind map.
- They can be posted on a website (which is great for class blogs, etc.).
- Bubbls can be shared with other bubbl users (read-only or editable).
- Offline Work! - You can also...
- Print your bubbl
- Export it as an image
- Import a backed-up bubbl
- Save your work to your computer as well as to your account
- Managing Things!
- You can join different members into a team to work together under a team account.
- There is an educational discount to apply for!
- Your account can have contacts (other bubbl users you collaborate with, etc.).
- You can organized your mind maps into folders.
Using bubbl in teaching writing:
- Individual Brainstorming- students can use bubbl.us to help them brainstorm ideas for their own writing. They can use it as a mind map.
- Organizing a paper- to help students while they edit paper they can use bubbl.us to help organize the thoughts they have written down on their paper and clean up their writing. They can section each bubbl as a paragraph and what will be discussed in that paragraph.
- Class discussions- while having a class discussion, students can use bubbl.us to write down what is being discussed. They can use it as a type of graphic organizer to help tie ideas together. If in possession of a projector, the teacher can even work together with the class on a bubbl as discussion progresses.
Why should I use bubbl in my classroom?
In today's day and age, with technology often being used, students are very visual learners. Bubbl gives students the opportunity to visually see their thoughts being organized. This is easily readable and visible for those who may need that differentiation, maybe not knowing how to form a web. It helps them to organize using the colors and windows. These are also a very efficient way to introduce web-making to students. They can visually see how the process works and how the web works, how thoughts connect. This is also a very easy and great way to integrate technology into their classroom.
How to make your own bubbl graphic organizer?
Check out this video tutorial!
Spanish tutorial for some of your ESL students (remember: not all ESL students are Spanish speakers)
And here we have a written list!
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Add/change text in your bubbles
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Click on the bubble and
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Make a new topic separate from the first
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Push tab
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Make a “child bubble” off of a pre-existing bubble
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Hold the command key and click enter
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Move any bubble
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Click it and drag it to your desired position
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Pin a bubble in its place
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Hover over the bubble and click “Pin”
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Unpin (or realign the bubbles)
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Hover the arrow over the bubble and click “unpin”, which will straighten all of the bubbles below it
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Change the color of the bubble
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Hover over the bubble and click the colored box above “color”
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Change the color of the font
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Hover over the bubble and click the little “T” inside the colored box
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Change the font size
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Hover over the bubble and click the up arrow to increase the font size and the down arrow to decrease the font size
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Connect bubbles
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Hover over the bubble and click and drag the “connect” button to the other bubble
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Label connectors
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Click the connector and type in the “label” box
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(On newly created connectors) Change the direction of arrows
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Click the connector and click either start or end to change it from an arrow to an end (or vice versa)
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Print
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Click “Print” at the top of the page and (in the pop-up window) adjust your settings and click “Print”
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Export
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Click “Export” at the top of the page and adjust yoru settings in the pop up window and click “Export”
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Hide the “Sign In” bar
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Click the little arrow that points diagonally right above the “Save” button
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Move your view of the Mind Map
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Click the white background and drag it
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Change the zoom of the Mind Map
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Drag the bar across the triangle or click the + or – buttons; Click fit to fit the entire web into one screen
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Select
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Click “Select” and click and drag over the white screen to select the bubbles and connectors within.
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Where can I find lesson ideas that incorporate bubble.us?
-How can you use bubble in your classrooms more specifically? Check out these links!
- http://www.wikihow.com/Brainstorm-Using-Bubbl.Us
- https://dev.wiki.itap.purdue.edu/display/INSITE/Bubbl.us#Bubblus-ElementaryLessonPlans
- http://archive.excellencegateway.org.uk/page.aspx?o=156535
Where can I find more information about bubble.us?
-Prepare yourself to use bubble.us in future teaching by familiarizing yourself with it.
- http://www.web2teachingtools.com/bubbl_us.html
- http://cswebtool.wikispaces.com/How+To+Use+Bubbl.us
References:
- http://angelal9.blogspot.com/
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6TP62aNlVu0
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaHffRxZyqA
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