E-learning Web 2.0 Tools and Applications: bubbl.us

In the class today, we have learnt about a few web 2.0 applications that are useful for teachers to make the teaching and learning process more interesting and engaging.

Thus, we have tried the bubbl.us applications. It is an open source website where teachers and students can use to produce mind maps. It is very convenient to use as the software will arrange all those shapes and expand the mind maps for us unlike microsoft words where we have to create and arrange the 'links' ourselves. All we need to do is we just click at the 'bubble' icon and it will create a 'new child balloon' whereever we wish. If we have mistakenly put the 'balloon', we can just easily click at the 'x' icon and it will be deleted. Very simple, right?

Another interesting feature about this application is we can adjust the position of the whole mind map easily by just stretching or moving the 'string' of the mind map. We can also change the colour of the balloons by just clicking on the 'colour' icon. There are a whole range of colours that can be chose from which will fascinate the children.

Thus, this application is a brilliant alternative for doing mind map instead of using microsoft word as it saves a lot of time. HAPPY TRYING! =)

http://bubbl.us/

By: Dayana Nayan & Nurul Hanis