Thing # 14

     For Thing 14, I explored Gliffy first to make a flowchart for an upcoming project in my history class.  I found that there was a lot of navigation in choosing different templates and settings.  I attempted to make a presentation of a main topic that is being studied in class and branch off from that with sub topics.  There was a good deal of being precise in where the boxes were set, and I had a hard time keeping up with the arrows and tools.  However, I did manage to get a flowchart made, and I can see where a teacher could use this to show how things progress in a linear way.
     When I came to Bubble us. (mindmaps), this tool was very simple to navigate.  In the first few minutes I was able to accomplish what had taken me a long time on Gliffy (flowchart).  The tools were easy to keep up with, and I found it to be really a combination of flowcharts and mindmaps.  I know that the idea behind the mindmap is to work from the center out, but I used it to do both.  The neatest thing about mindmaps at Bubble us. was that you could make spelling corrections a lot easier, redraw directional arrows with ease, and choose templates and colors easy.  This is definitely a visual that teachers could use in helping them get a main point across to students, and even students could prepare visual projects of their own to present to their classmates.