[K12OSN] Software to do X

[Joe Guenther]

>> 3) Inspiration.  I have never used this, but apparently it is some 
>> sort of "thought process flowchart" thing.  This particular package 
>> is heralded in our HS Lab (currently a mac lab) and ironically, they 
>> don't have enough licenses for the number of students they have this 
>> year (classsize increase due to budget cuts)
>

Try the CMAP Tools
http://cmap.ihmc.us/

It is available for Linux, Windows,  Solaris and Mac OS X  We have used 
it in a limited way on our LTSP lab.  The Director of Technology at the 
time - a former teacher - actually preferred it to Inspiration.  Too 
many kids spend too much time on the fluff (pretty icons, & clipart) 
instead of actually properly diagramming their concept.  He was very 
impressed with this stuff.  You can share your cmaps with others too ... 
and see what they have done ... from all over the world ...neat 
feature.  So not only is it good - it is also free.
You need to "tweak" the config file a bit to get it to run multiple 
times in multiple sessions on a LTSP setup.  Just a simple entry in 
their config file ... so very simple.  With that  it runs well!

Joe Guenther