Creately

Creately was built by a team in Australia named Cinergix Pty Ltd. Founded by the Cinergix company. The members are Chandika Jayasundara, Nick Foster and Charanjit Singh. It was created in 2007. []#

Based on the demo offered by the webtool, a person is able to have the ability to use predesigned images to make flow charts. It offers a search bar to find the different designs a person might want to have. It reminds me alot of Inspiration 8. It has the ability to make boring flowcharts into more dynamic looking flowcharts. The only downside of this, it seems is the lack of individual creativity a person can have with Creately. I did not see a menu to create your own design. While I think this is a letdown, it may be more appropriate based on the age level of the children. If the teacher had elemenary school kids use this program, the ability for predesigned tools would more than likely be appropriate. The only way it seems for students to load inappropirate content would be the ability to download images. So the student would have to go find the images his or her ownself.

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For teacher tools: The teacher could use this to show diagrams. An example of this would be a science teacher showing a model of how the rain travels to the earth and how the sun makes it evaporate and the rain goes back to the sky. Another way a teacher could use this program would be a quick way to draw shapes for math class. The ability to draw rectangles and squares would be much easier. The third way this webtool can be used to design forms that the teacher can print out and give to the students. The fourth way this webtool can be used is show how work can be broken down. The teacher can create a work break down of the semester. Another way a webtool can be used is by developing flow charts of a certain process for an inclass activity. This webtool can also be used to charts that a teacher could display or make rubrics a teacher can use to grade.

For the students tools: An assignment for students would be creating a diagram showing their day and the options that they make during the day. This would include their television/homework choices, dress choices, and eating choices. Their would be other options allowed if the student chooses. This would be a good way for student to see that there are many decisions in a day and by making the right chooses it could start a day off well. For a scaffold, I would tell the students that they must make atleast 10 choices a day and that to remember even the smallest choices can change how your will be.

By: Christopher Yeary