Here is an excerpt from the article “Be Not Afraid: Embracing the iPad and the Wonderful World of Apps in the Classroom” by Genevieve Pinto Zipp. She states, “One of the ways I have used the iPad in class to support an active learning environment in which students engage in critical reflection is by having students use a drawing app such as Drawing World, Whiteboard, orSketchPad to create mind maps of their research topic of interest. This mind map serves as an outline that will direct their literature searches and guide their writing on the topic. The mind map, which is a non-linear approach to learning, seeks to engage the learner in thinking and exploring concepts using visuospatial relationships and pictorial depictions. In mind mapping, these relationships emerge from a central theme via peripheral branches which can be further inter-related.” To read the entire article, click here. For app suggestions, click here.
