Tools for Fall: Concept Maps

You are probably familiar with Venn diagrams.  One tool I like to use is a concept map.  I assign vocabulary to introduce a lesson.  The student is instructed to create a concept map organizing these terms.  Here's the rub; kids need to understand the vocab before they can sort terms into categories. Inspiration has a good explanation here. (Inspiration is a commercial software program that creates concept maps.). IHMC has free software and apps to create digital concept maps.  Wikihow has a clear explanation here.