Gliffy (http://www.gliffy.com) is a free web-based collaborative graphic organizer that allows students and teachers to create many types of diagrams such as:
- Flowcharts,
- Floor plans,
- Network diagrams,
- Idea Maps
- Other graphic organizers
Students can use this tool to brainstorm, create a flow map to diagram the plot of a story, as well as a variety of other graphic organizers. Not only can students work collaboratively to create organizers and diagrams, they can link to published Gliffy drawings from wiki’s, blogs, podcasts and web pages. To use this tool you need to sign up, create a user ID and password. The process is quick and painless. After you have tried this tool let me know what you think.
Julia
8 comments:
I signed on and used Gliffy to complete a classroom floor plan for my other class. I like that it is easy to use.
Does anyone know if you can save your work into a word doc?
This is a great tool. I think it would be fun to teach a math lesson using this. I like the graphics, especially the shapes. I would like to learn a little more about this program.
I thought this tool was very user- friendly. I planned the layout of my patio and uploaded pictures from the sight in matter of seconds. I really like it.
Jim, I noticed - as I'm sure you did, I'm able to save the file as any document type, but it does not provide options on which drive to save it on. I'm wondering if the option will become available if the software/tool is purchased.
I like the floorplan functionality of the Gliffy website. It is very similar to Powerpoint so it is was easy to move around in. I can definitely see myself using Gliffy to help with the layout of future classrooms. I would also like to use the flow chart option to teach students how to plan group assignments.
I will definitely be using Gliffy because of the floor plan feature. I also need to use that for my class. It is also good for being able to design rooms of your home.
Thanks for the recent mention. We are very appreciative. If you have any suggestion and/or feedback please tell us.
Thanks
Mike at Gliffy dot com
Hello,
For those of you still wondering about saving this work into a word document, yes you can do it. Select file, export and choose an image format (PNG, JPG). Then in word, you can bring this image file into your document. Hope this helps!
~Debik(at)Gliffy(dot)com
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