Creately.

Creately is an easy to use online diagramming application that’s built for collaboration. Powerful features and an intuitive interface make Creately ideal for teams working together on diagrams and designs.  To be able to use Creately, create an [|account on]
 * What is it? **
 * How does Creately work? **

 Creately is used by educators to:
 * What is the application of Creately for educators? **
 * Get students involved in collaborative learning. Creately makes online drawing and collaboration really simple.
 * Help create and use graphic organizers including T Charts, Y Charts, cycle diagrams and Venn Diagrams. All these charts are specially designed in Creately.

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Here are some examples of online diagrams made with [|Creately].  Watch application of [|Creately].
 * __Model Lesson__ **


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Topic: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Sets and the Venn diagram

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Lesson Objectives
Upon completion of this lesson, students will: <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Lesson development
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">have been introduced to the notion of sets and Venn diagrams.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">have learned the terminology used with sets and Venn diagrams.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 120%;">have practiced determining the placement of an element in a Venn diagram.

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';"> Lesson closure.
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">Teacher will lead the students in a short discussion about Venn Diagrams.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students will be organized in groups of five. Each group will define three sets that they are going to use for their class activity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Student will sign in on creately
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Teacher will guide the student on how to use Creately to draw Venn diagrams
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Students in each group will collaborate in exploring use of creately to draw Venn diagrams.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">The class will come back together for a discussion of the findings. Once the students have been allowed to share what they found, the teacher will summarize the results of the lesson.

One weakness that I find with creately is that it is not useful for instruction with non-visual learners.