Thought Boxes is a task management service with a hint of mind mapping in its user interface. At its most basic Thought Boxes is a place to create to-do lists. You can organize your to-do lists into groups that Thought Boxes refers to as “trains.” Your lists can include basic text notes as well as links to other sites. The “trains” you create in Thought Boxes are basically categories for your to-do lists. For example, in the screenshot below you will see that I created a train for tasks related to my teaching responsibilities.

You can rearrange the boxes in each of your trains in your Thought Boxes account by just dragging and dropping them into place. Your Thought Boxes can be made public or kept private.

Thought Boxes could be useful for managing to-do lists associated with academic projects. Students could also use Thought Boxes to organize all parts of their academic lives. They could create a “train” of to-do lists for their classes, a “train” for extracurricular clubs, and a “train” for responsibilities at home.

Thought Boxes doesn’t have to be used for to-do lists. Students could use Thought Boxes to create an outline for essays they’re writing or a video they’re producing. Being able to drag and drop boxes into a sequence makes it easier for students to quickly rearrange their thoughts to fit the needs of their outlines. 

Thanks to David Kapuler for the info about Thought Boxes.