Creator: Gaudenz Alder and David Benson (JGraph Ltd) | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 11
Draw.io is an online diagramming tool and flowchart creator, no registration required. Use the site’s templates to begin your charts, or begin with a blank workspace to create your own. Drag and drop shapes, use tools to add color and text, and upload your images. When finished, save directly to Google Drive, your computer, or OneDrive.
In the Classroom
Take advantage of the "ease" of this fabulous site! Have your class create organizers together, such as in a brainstorming session on an interactive whiteboard or projector. Assign students to "map" out a chapter or story. Assign groups to create study guides using this tool. Use this site for literature activities, research projects, social studies, or science topics. Use this site to create family trees or food pyramids in family and consumer science. Have students collaborate (online) to create group mind maps or review charts before tests on a given subject. Have students organize any concepts you study. They can color code concepts to show what they understand, wonder, and question. Have students map out a story, plot line, or plan for the future. Students can also map out a step-by-step process (such as a life cycle or how to solve an equation).
At Home
Share Draw.io with your student as a useful organization tool. Suggest that he create study guides either alone or with peers by creating study maps. For longer projects, create a flow chart including projected timelines for completing steps along the way.
Tags
mind map, graphic organizers, brainstorming, charts and graphs,
Subjects
English, ESL/ELL, Language Arts, Math, Reading, Science, Social Studies, Social Studies, Special Education, TeachersFirst Edge, Writing,