Brainstorming

Apps for brainstorming - creating concept maps

 * **Name** || **Price** || **Summary description** || **KLA and Stage** || **How to use in classroom**

Eg., Whole class, group, individual || **Assessment ideas**

Eg., How can student work be collected? How can student work be saved? || || Free || Create mind map, concept map, flow chart ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Idea Sketch
 * Star Chart

|| Free || Use an iPad or iPhone to view constellations near you.

If shown on an IWB using Reflector or another application, whole class instruction can be used to show the local star patterns. || Science

Great for all stages if differentiated properly. || Outside instruction would be best. || What constellations are near us? Introductory activity into stars and constellations. || || Free || Create, edit and share mind maps. Can keep track of important assessments/projects.
 * mindmeister

Organise creations in folders, add images, icons, colors and styles, view and edit notes, links, tasks and attachments, and apply map themes. || All KLAs

May not be suitable for ES1/S1 || Individual or small groups || Can be used for diagnostic assessment (assessing what students know before beginning a topic), formative assessment as a unit progresses, or for students to present what they have learnt at the end of a lesson.

Creations can be saved and shared with the teacher for marking. || || Free || Total Recall is the simple and elegant solution to mind mapping on the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. You will instantly create beautiful mind maps and share them with colleagues and friends. ||  ||   ||   ||  || Free || Create diagrams, graphs and other designs || Stage 2 or 3 || Whole Class, Small Groups or Individual || Students can send the document via email. In the full version there are opportunities to export as a pdf, save via Dropbox and present using the VGA output option. ||
 * Total Recall
 * Grafio Lite
 * Scribbie Free

|| Free || Note taking, records both writing and audio. || Stage 2 and up || Individual or small groups || The program can record the students work. The work can be accessed by the iPad or in iTunes. || || Free || Mind mapping tool for brainstorming, idea collection and thought structuring. Visual styles can be added. Unlimited page size. || S2-3 || Individual, small group or whole class || Mindmaps can be emailed or exported to dropbox for evaluation. Can also be converted to JPEG image and possibly included in portfolios as evidence of drafting. || || Free || Encourages students to learn their times tables in a fun and enjoyable way. || S1 - S2 || Whole class Small Group or Individually. || Students are to memorise a different time table each week using the app. At the end of the week students are tested to see how many they can remember and what tables they need to look back over.
 * SimpleMind + (mind mapping)
 * My times Tables

Limitation- only goes up to 10x || || $1.99 || A visual way of learning times tables from 2x to 12x || ES1 - S2 || Individual and Small groups || Students try to beat the clock by moving number cards to the correct times table numbers on the clock face.Teaches spacial position and number recall through card solitaire. A fun way to practice times tables from 2x to 12x || || Free || Graphic organizing tool that lets children organize ideas by drawing, writing, or importing imagery.
 * Quick Maths[[image:Screen Shot 2013-09-25 at 11.37.08 AM.png width="80" height="78" link="@https://itunes.apple.com/au/app/quick-maths/id537802071?mt=8"]] || $1.99 || Quick Maths is perfect for students to improve their all round mathematics ability || All stages || Individual and small groups || Quick Math improves arithmetic fluency and promotes development of mental strategies for addition, subtraction, multiplication, division and mixed operations ||
 * Times Table Clock
 * [[image:ithoughts-twitter.png width="103" height="51"]] || $8.49 || A mindmapping tool for the iPhone/iPod Touch. If you have an iPad you can use iThoughtsHD. || S1 - S3 || Individual, Small groups. ||  ||
 * Popplet Lite

Create diagrams, flowcharts, mind-maps, webs, and outlines. Students can select the most important events, insert photos, create a flowchart. The online feature lets students collaborate on the same organizer at the same time and share their work with others. || ES1-S3

All KLAs || Individual, small group, whole class || ====== Students save their work and it can be shared online with others ====== ||