I really liked this digital diagram software. I hope it's available where I wind up teaching. Going in, I had no knowledge of this software, and anything I had tried that resembled this project came from powerpoint. Powerpoint is great for a great many things, but awful for trying to move boxes and lines with any kind of precision. The outcome always looked like the product of a dizzy kindergartener playing on the computer, and a frustrated UT student.
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| What I attempt |
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| What I actually make |
While I liked how this project would allow me to create my own diagrams and story boards for my kids (which in history class is so important! All those timelines!) I also really liked some of the pre-made templates.
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| This is an example diagram of how technology impacts society. This is a state standard for 8th grade US history. |
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| This diagram shows how to analyze a primary document, which is important to state standards at every grade level, but is a difficult thing for many kids to grab. |
I can see myself using these kinds of diagrams for many, many things. The first thing I can think of would be to make a timeline, as they are so helpful to give overviews of particularly knarly subjects. I could use pictures and attach notes to every picture, so that the kids can have a visual for every event. This is important with deaf ed; always have a visual. I could also see myself using this as an assignment to my kids. The only limitation would be that they cannot work on this at home. However, I definitely see that making something on this software would, for an older an/or advanced group, be a good group activity.
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