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File:Conceptmap1.png|400x450px|thumb|Creating a concept map using Freeplane

File:Conceptmap1.png|400x450px|thumb|Creating a concept map using Freeplane

File:Conceptmap2.png|400x450px|thumb|left|Creating a node tree using Freeplane

File:Conceptmap2.png|400x450px|thumb|left|Creating a node tree using Freeplane

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# In the custom distribution of the Ubuntu operating system, accompanying this sourcebook, all FOSS applications have been bundled.  To open Freeplane, select <u>Applications → Office →</u> <u>[https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Freeplane]</u>, as shown in the first image below.

# In the custom distribution of the Ubuntu operating system, accompanying this sourcebook, all FOSS applications have been bundled.  To open Freeplane, select <u>Applications → Office →</u> <u>[https://www.freeplane.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Freeplane]</u>, as shown in the first image below.

# The second image shows you how a new concept map appears in Freeplane.  When you open Freeplane, the application  opens a window with a box containing the  text "New mindmap".  This node, also called the "root node" will contain the core idea/ theme of the resource.  Additional ideas are added by adding more nodes, called child nodes.   

# The second image shows you how a new concept map appears in Freeplane.  When you open Freeplane, the application  opens a window with a box containing the  text "New mindmap".  This node, also called the "root node" will contain the core idea/ theme of the resource.  Additional ideas are added by adding more nodes, called child nodes.   

# The concept map gets built by adding further child nodes, for topics and sub-topics.  Use the ‘insert’ key to create a ‘child node’ this is a sub-concept of your current concept. Use the ‘enter’ key to create a ‘sibling’ this is a parallel concept to your current concept. Thus you can create a concept map, as shown in the third image, with just two functions – add child node (insert) and add sibling node (enter). The ideas you have about the topic, the sequencing of ideas and sub concepts, the specific points for each idea / sub-concept can be developed on the map.

# The concept map gets built by adding further child nodes, for topics and sub-topics.  Use the ‘insert’ key to create a ‘child node’ this is a sub-concept of your current concept. Use the ‘enter’ key to create a ‘sibling’ this is a parallel concept to your current concept. Thus you can create a concept map, as shown in the third image, with just two functions – add child node (insert) and add sibling node (enter). The ideas you have about the topic, the sequencing of ideas and sub concepts, the specific points for each idea / sub-concept can be developed on the map.  The last image shows a completed concept map.

==== Connecting concepts (nodes) ====

==== Connecting concepts (nodes) ====

Connecting concepts is what allows meaning making and you can do this in Freeplane by graphically linking nodes. You can link two nodes (which are not otherwise related as parent-child) by selecting the two nodes and clicking CTRL-L. This will provide a curved arrow to connect the two nodes. You can use this to indicate a direct linkage between the concepts represented by the two nodes, as shown in the image.[[File:Conceptmap2.png|left|thumb|400x450px|Image 2 - Creating the node tree for a concept map]]

Connecting concepts is what allows meaning making and you can do this in Freeplane by graphically linking nodes. You can link two nodes (which are not otherwise related as parent-child) by selecting the two nodes and clicking CTRL-L. This will provide a curved arrow to connect the two nodes. You can use this to indicate a direct linkage between the concepts represented by the two nodes, as shown in the image.

 

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