Charlie Willis

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Saturday, October 30, 2010

BP4_discovering web 2.0 tools

Here is the second installment of my blog and I hope that I am doing this correctly. The Web 2.0 tool that I choose to try out was simple diagrams. http://www.simplediagrams.com/
This is just a basic tool that you can download a free trial version and create diagrams. I thought that this might be a useful tool when making a flow chart or something that tells what you hope to accomplish. The chart below is one that I made in just about 5 minutes of playing with the program:


As you can see, it is just a basic tool that lets you outline your ideas. After exporting this to my documents, it was saved rather small, which is kind of a drag. This was done using the free version, and the biggest drawback to the free version is that you cannot save your images in the program. That is something that comes with an upgrade to the premium version which is only $19. Of course there are bigger and better programs out there on the web that allows you to do much more, but this is just a good basic tool.
     I think that if my students were to use this in class, they might be able to assess where a character is going and watch their development. It might also be used to track scenery and/or costumes that might arise during a play.

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