LucidChart is a Web 2.0 tool for creating flow diagrams (URL is listed below). After the document is started, individuals can be invited to join the site and work collaboratively. I like that the collaborative work is done in real time, too. The site is easily navigated and editing features are intuitive. Text chatting is also available at this site.
An email account is needed to invite people to work collaboratively. My students will use Google Mail (Gmail) as their main email account for collaborative work. The URL for Gmail is listed below.
Choose the Sign Up link on the LucidChart site and populate the spaces required. You can decide to form a group at this time, or can choose to do this later through the Settings option on the My Documents Page. Carefully choose alias names for the Forum space. Agree to Yadda yadda yadda. Sign in.
Choose "Create New Document" from the My Documents page. Choose Flow Chart to create standard flow diagrams. Choose and drag icons from the shapes available. Rename icons according to what each represents. Connect icons using "Draw Line" from the Edit dropdown menu. Save the document from the File dropdown menu.
People are invited to collaborate on a document by one person inviting others under the "Share" tab. Users sharing the document will be listed in the space below the invitation area. The inverter decides to provide invitees to Author, Edit or only View the document.
I plan to use LucidChart in my classes for students to work collaboratively on concepts about Earth Science. In particular, I think this will work well to support vocabulary and curriculum concepts, especially for English Language Learners (ELL's).
http://www.lucidchart.com/
mail.google.com/mail/signup
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