Draw+Anywhere

== =Draw Anywhere= (DL) Draw Anywhere is web 2.0 application where you can make flow charts, diagram, and charts and you can export them as an image or pdf file.

SWOT
Strengths Weaknesses Opportunities Threats
 * Free Version
 * No need to download any software.
 * You can log in from anywhere that has internet access.
 * You can save a copy of your created chart or diagram onto your computer as an image or pdf file.
 * Opportunities to share charts with others.
 * You can embed your chart into blogs or other websites.
 * Simple easy to learn interface.
 * Most of the images that are already in the program are business oriented, not education oriented.
 * If you want //full// use of Draw Anywhere you must pay $30/year for one account.
 * Can't access charts that are online without internet, and if you do save it to your computer you can't edit it any further (unless if you go back online).
 * Limited space, so you can't create an infinite amount of charts. (10MB of space for the free account)
 * Not too flashy, may be considered boring by some digital natives.
 * Due to the freedom of choosing, uploading, and linking text and images practically any already existing chart may be created into a digital form.
 * Opportunities to collaborate with others in a team.
 * If the teacher has created only one account for the class to use, then students have access to their peer's charts and the teacher's premade charts and someone may abuse this access and delete or edit them inappropriately.
 * There are advertisements (presumably because it is the free version) on the right side that could lead students to inappropriate websites.

Ideas For Your Classroom

 * Students can organize learned concepts.
 * Teachers can create charts that linkages between concepts.
 * Students can create a flow chart for important parts of a story.
 * Teacher can create a blank chart for the typical 5 paragraph essay that students can fill in and then print or save to a computer so that they can write.
 * This can be used to brain storm for a topic.
 * This can be used to generate a KWL chart to help direct learning in a unit.