Instagrok - a mind mapping search engine

This is one of my favourite sites this year!  Here is another way for your students to search for information rather than Googling it.  Instagrok puts all the information that it searches on a topic in the form of an interactive  mindmap. This is great for students that have a problem with linear progression.  Instagrok has an algorithm that rejects inappropriate sites and sites with bad language.     Check out the site by clicking here.  Here is an example of what I received from inquiring about Begium and Food.

You can now click on each element of this mindmap and it will further search that subtopic. If you notice the left red arrow in the picture above.  If you move the slider I am pointing to you can change the level of difficulty you want to search.  So if you have a more advanced class, you might want to pull the slider all the way to the right or to the left if you have a more basic class.   The right red arrow points to an information box.  In this box there are a bunch of very short Key Facts with a link to the page source.   You can change from Key Facts to Websites or Videos or Images or Concepts. Below is a video about instagrok.