How to Make the Most of Your School Membership

Mindomo School is designed for K-12 decision-makers, educational personnel, and students, providing a wealth of capabilities for sparking creativity in students and building critical skills for the future.

Who Is It For and Why?

K-12 decision-makers are the educational professionals who have budget authority or flexibility to make purchasing decisions at a school or district level—school administrators, principals, curriculum and instruction directors, technology directors, communication directors, and superintendents.

When using a Mindomo subscription, they can:

• Facilitate quick enrollment for students and teachers, enabling full access to premium licenses.
• Offer a single, cost-effective purchase option that includes LTI integrations with Moodle, Blackboard, Canvas, Desire2Learn, Clever, itslearning, Schoology, or any LMS, plus Google Classroom and Office 365 integrations.
• Enable teachers and students to access mind map assignments instantly using names and access codes.
• Create student accounts that do not require email registration.

A complete feature list can be found here.

Educational personnel includes teachers (both specialized and general), librarians, paraprofessionals, and other staff who provide educational services.

Teachers using this subscription can:

• Prepare visual lesson plans with images, videos, audio, and more.
• Create assignments to help students develop critical thinking skills.
• Organize and structure research information and teaching materials.
• Adapt the curriculum to meet student needs.

Librarians can:

• Organize, manage, and share information within the academic community.
• Assist students, teachers, and researchers in their work.

Students can:

• Create visual representations of learning material.
• Summarize and organize research information.
• Identify key points in books or lessons and illustrate their connections.
• Review knowledge before exams.
• Prepare speeches or presentations.

Mindomo & 21st Century Critical Skills

To help everyone understand Mindomo’s impact on student development, we’ve compiled a shortlist of the 5 most important life skills Mindomo fosters. These skills help students succeed from elementary school to college and beyond.

Problem-Solving

Why it’s important
We encounter problems daily, both at work and at home. As society advances, the complexity of these problems increases. Developing students’ ability to solve complex problems effectively is critical to their success.

How Mindomo fosters problem-solving
A strong problem solver sees multiple solutions and explores creative approaches. Using Mindomo to create diagrams helps students visualize the bigger picture, ideate solutions, and make connections they might otherwise miss.

Analytical Thinking

Why it’s important
In today’s fast-paced world, routine tasks are often outsourced, making analytical thinking more valuable. Students who can view information from multiple perspectives improve their ability to conceptualize, organize, classify, and synthesize.

How Mindomo fosters analytical thinking
Mindomo diagrams leverage non-linear associations in thinking. They help students develop flexible and organic thinking, enabling them to:

• Identify key data and problems
• Prioritize important information
• Deliver creative, workable solutions

Creativity

Why it’s important
Creativity fuels the future. Teachers can nurture it by encouraging imagination, visualization, and out-of-the-box thinking.

How Mindomo fosters creativity
Creating vivid diagrams gives students freedom to explore ideas, express themselves, and make unique connections. Using colors, shapes, and images enhances creativity and encourages limitless possibilities.

Collaboration

Why it’s important
Students today are naturally social. They text, post, vlog, and co-create digitally. Collaborative assignments engage students and foster meaningful learning.

How Mindomo fosters collaboration
Mindomo allows students to work together on the same map in real-time, learning from each other’s observations, identifying key points, and generating new ideas.

Communication

Why it’s important
Digital communication is as vital as face-to-face interaction. Strong communication skills are essential for personal and professional success.

How Mindomo fosters communication
When students collaborate and present diagrams, they focus on conveying clear messages efficiently. Mindomo supports responsible communication through:

• Real-time teacher feedback
• Group or individual feedback
• Chat and comment features
• Daily email notifications of updates and changes