Bubbl.us for final project

Here's my bubbl.us map for my final project ideas.
I'd like to create a Literature project (specific work(s) TBD) and incorporate some of the technologies we've learned/will learn in this class. I'm not entirely sure exactly where I'll use each technology yet, but I'll find a way to bring them all in to one cohesive project with several steps.

I've also created a sample bubbl.us of the kind I would show my students. I've often used Inspiration in my classes, but we continually run out of time in class. bubbl.us as a site would alleviate this problem because students could access the site at home. This sample deals with the themes in Montana 1948 which I teach in the contemporary unit of American Literature. This kind of mind mapping is a great tool for regular-level students when composing their ideas for a literary analysis essay. It keeps their ideas more organized (and tidier than a hand-made version), plus if this is online, they can access it from anywhere!


I also use these mind-mapping tools to explain essay form to regular students. I love Inspiration because it has a feature to change a bubble map into a traditional outline form--this is a skill that many students have a hard time with. Inspiration makes it easy to show exactly how this transfer happens so the students can recreate it later in their own writing.