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===Introduction===
==== Basic information ====
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|ICT Competency
|Freeplane is a free and open source software application that helps you create and edit concept map, as a generic resource. For the purpose of this section, we can treat 'concept mapping' as nearly synonymous with 'mind mapping'.
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|Educational application and relevance
|Making concept maps can support thinking, brainstorming, sharing information and documenting meetings and group processes.
Educators consider that concept mapping is a good approach for building skills in students for ideating and organizing ideas; they also find it a great asset for teaching. It is a great tool for students to help them organize their thought processes when writing. Teachers and students can use this application to collaboratively or individually create concept maps on an idea or explore a problem.
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|Version
|Version - 1.10.2
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|Configuration
|This tool has no specific configuration requirements. It is available as a part of Ubuntu custom distribution.
Freeplane is part of the Ubuntu GNU/Linux operating system. It is also available for download on [https://sourceforge.net/projects/freeplane/ Windows] and Mac operating systems as well.
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|Other similar applications
|[http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page Freemind]
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|The application on mobiles and tablets
|[https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cryptobees.mimind&hl=en_IN&gl=US MiMind]
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|Development and community help
|[https://www.freeplane.org/ Freeplane website]
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====Overview of Features====
Freeplane helps you to create a textual OER with possibilities for linking to additional resources (on your computer as well as on the web), adding annotations as well as images. It allows you to organize and order ideas into a hierarchy connected by lines (edges). Freeplane is a tool to create concept map that can be organized graphically, in the form of a map or tree of ideas. It provides a pictorial overview of the concepts, related concepts / sub-concepts for a topic. Nodes can also be linked with free lines (connectors) and labels. The concept map can be exported as an image as well as a text document.
=Introduction=
=Introduction=
GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is a free software.
GIMP is a cross-platform image editor available for GNU/Linux, OS X, Windows and more operating systems. It is a free software.
