Flowgram+(creates+interactive+presentations+with+photos,+webpages,+PowerPoint,+slides,+audio,+and+notes)

=[|Flowgram]= = = Flowgram is cool tool for anyone trying to lead others through a thicket of web pages and ideas. With it, you chain together pages, photos, Microsoft Office documents, RSS feeds and custom pages, overlay each link in the chain with your own voiceover and annotation, then put the flowgram out on the net: on your site, at YouTube, wherever you want people to find it.

Resources
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 * Basic information of [|Flowgram]
 * How to use - [|Web 2.0 What it is and useful tools for educators!]
 * Class example [|Language planning]
 * [|Photographs to Canvas]

Strengths
Notes can be added onto web pages to remind students of a topic, or to allow them to focus on a specific picture (just another way to “speak” to students, through speaking and writing)
 * ===Suggest video clip to explains the tool of Web 2.0 such as Flicker, Blog, RSS and etc.===
 * Making the Flowgram is free.
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 * Audio track can be recorded as a narrative for the content.
 * Simple set of tools for importing and creating various types of content such as webpages, photos from Flickr, Facebook, RSS feeds, and audio files.
 * Strong assortment of options for output.
 * Social media buttons allow for quick sharing to others.
 * Easy to embed into websites.
 * The presentation can be paused while running.
 * The pages you add are live so you can interact with them.
 * You can annotate the pages.
 * Similar to Captivate but easier.
 * You can add a slide at anytime and it will then be presented to whoever has imported this presentation on their website in the future.
 * Websites can be explained and everyone is able to stay on topic, as they are not searching through websites.

PowerPoint slides and websites can easily be added and turned into a Flowgram for others to see (great if you are unsure how to work the program, but are familiar with PowerPoint)

Weaknesses

 * Need download and installation of Flash.
 * Can be slow at times.
 * Lots of embedded advertisements can pop up.
 * No volume control content can be added.
 * No video upload function available at this time. You can embed YouTube or website video material in HTML code.

Opportunities

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 * ====== Can make your own Flowgram ======
 * Can try various web tools in one place
 * This is a great collaboration tool for users to leave comments.

Ideas for Use in the classroom

 * Make easy organization in lesson plan.
 * Students, second language learners, can understand about each connection of lesson.
 * Interactive tutorials
 * Virtual fieldtrips
 * Test review
 * Review of concept(s) for students who are absent
 * Review a syllabus with your students.
 * Place many web pages into one presentation for a group. No more clicking and linking problems.
 * As a teacher of online classes, flowgrams could help tremendously. In a classroom, a teacher might show a video, stop to write something on a black or white board, take the class to a linked site, and back to the video. Flowgrams would allow a teacher to do all these things in an online environment, rather than using 3 or more separate digital artifacts.

Examples of Use in the Classroom
Various videos can be viewed at: []