Today in most classes teachers are beginning to incorporate many differing forms of computer mediated communication (CMC). In order for students to be successful using these new forms of technology they must use the technology and familiarize themselves with the different interfaces. The next step is for the students to become good communicators online. A trait among young students that is falling by the wayside in current society is to be able to effectively send messages with a clear and understandable message. When communicating online many users turn to shorthand or slang. However, when a teacher brings students into the online context these bad habits can become quite detrimental to the use of technology and the grades of the students.
When thinking of MindMeister this tool can be used to bring students together on the online context and also try to improve their skills of rhetoric in order to improve their online communication experience. When online brainstorming among fellow students can often motivate discussions which will generate a real interest in the subject thereby producing good end results. Online even on MindMeister students will need to be aware of lurkers. Lurkers are those who simply sit on the sidelines and watch what is being done to benefit in their own way. A great way to eliminate lurkers on MindMeister is to set the particular mind map that the students are using to private allowing only those in the class and the teacher access to the mind map.
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