Ok, so that was ridiculous. I spent way too much time on creating a mind map that doesn't map much of anything. I thought Bubbl.us was unwieldy and not very user friendly--I dragged and made baby bubbles (which sounds rather salacious), tried to connect bubbles, and changed background and text color. I wouldn't use this myself, I don't think. I might offer it to students as an option, but I'm not sure they'd like find it any more usable than I did. See link here.
I might try my hand at Gliffy for a research project--but I'd definitely try it before handing it off to the kids. It would need to be a lot more intuitive than Bubbl.us for me.
Wordl
I love using Wordl and it appeals to kids, as well. I think I'm going to have them create a Wordl using the writing rubric we use--they could title it "Good writing is ..." I think this would be much more student-friendly because of the "Wow!" factor. Here are some of the words from the rubric and a sample Wordl.
specific
logical
transition
precise words
transitions
introduction
clear
ideas
focus
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