Friday, August 10, 2007

WikiMindMap and Quintura for Kids

WikiMindMap is interesting...and fun. This site creates a mind map for you from information in Wikipedia. All you do is enter the subject you are interested in, then choose the appropriate Wiki. The English speaking world would choose en.wikipedia.org from the list of possibilities. Ta daaa....the mind map appears. From the map, you can link to the articles or websites cited in the Wikipedia article. The only drawback here is that you cannot capture the mindmap for other uses. (You can do a screen print, but that's not very useful.) Take a look at this site. For writers who are stumped, it's an instant brainstorm!

For the youngest Internet searchers, Quintura for Kids is an excellent portal. In my opinion, it is a much better choice than Yahooligans. You'll need to play with it for a couple of minutes to get used to its interface. But once you do, I think you'll find that it is very friendly indeed. Let me know what you think.

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