As an educator, your mind is a crucial tool, and the thoughts inside of it are even more important. But what good are your thoughts if you can't make sense of them? Fortunately, there are tools out there that can help you do just that: unboggle the contents of your brain. (Charts.)
Visual representation is a tool that is useful, regardless of the context, it seems. Graphs, photos, videos, anything. All of it works towards the same goal: enhancing your understanding of a concept. Charts work towards that very same goal, as do the specific kinds of charts we will now discuss: flowcharts and mind maps.
These may seem like synonyms, at first glance. However, there are integral differences between these two tools. Flow charts are used, to put it very basically, to establish relationships between different concepts. Mind maps are used to establish relationships between concepts and their subconcepts.
Some tools that can be used for these purposes are Gliffy (which creates flowcharts), and Bubbl.us (which creates mind maps). I prefer Gliffy over other flowchart creators, because it does not require a membership, and I prefer Bubbl.us over other mindmapping sites, because it has a very intuitive layout that makes your mapping easy!
Feel free to explore other sites, though, such as Flowchart.com, (obviously for flowcharts), or Mindmeister (less obviously, for mind maps). Whatever floats your toolbox boat!
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