Graphic Organizers

The Instructional Technology Facilitators had an interesting conversation at our recent meeting, we were talking about how our district would no longer need to purchase graphic organizer software because there are so many good ones available online for free. This is so exciting because McRel conducted research to identify instructional strategies that provide the largest gains in student achievement. The ability to identify similarities and differences produces an average 25 percentile point gain and is something that all students can do regardless of their age. With that in mind, I thought I would share a couple of online options.

Spiderscribe.net is an online graphic organizer tool that allows you to organize ideas by connecting notes, files, images, etc. in a collaborative way.

ReadWriteThink has student interactives available for use. Most are tied to great lesson plans, but all can be used as a resource for your own lesson.

Bubbl.us is yet another online graphic organizer tool that allows you to create and print your results.

Do you have a favorite online mind map that you would like to share? Please add in the comments.