My Dream Kitchen

Friday, April 23, 2010

Gliffy.com/ My Dream Kitchen

My third and final emerging technology of choice was Gliffy.com. I was not sure what I was going to do when I got there because there was so many choices. Gliffy allows you to communicate with others visually. You can can chose from flow charts, organizational charts, floor plans, network diagrams, just to name a few. You could use this in a number of different settings. I know recently I have seen apartments with these types of floor plans. A teacher could use these types of diagrams in there class several different ways. They could create a seating chart, grading chart, and assignments. I really liked learning how to use this technology. It was very easy. I could see Gliffy helping me as a teacher and in my personal life. Gliffy is pretty self explanatory. The only thing I would change is more options. I wanted to add other appliances to my kitchen and maybe a few more colors. Log in was simple. When I tried to save my work, it then prompted me to open a secure free account. I like the site and can see myself hanging around for awhile.

5 comments:

  1. I love your kitchen floor plan! I think that I would want an island in the middle of the kitchen with barstools as well. It might make things a little easier than setting the table for every meal. Also, thank you for sharing this emerging technology. This website might come in handy when communicating with the students' parents as well as designing new layouts for the classroom. Thank you so much and great job!

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  2. Nice open kitchen, I also checked out this site and liked the versatility of it. Great job explaining how it could be used later on as a teacher. Good job!!!!

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  3. This is a very cool website!! Nice job!! I agree, it would be very useful in creating a seating chart, grade chart, etc. I will definatley have to try this one out!! Thanks for the great idea!! =)
    Btw: I love your floor plan!! Islands are a nice touch in the kitchen, gives extra counter space

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  4. Great job doing your floor plan! I've always wanted an island in my kitchen too - especially one with more cabinet space on one side!

    You're the second person I've seen do Gliffy, and you both said how easy it is. This also looks like a tool that would benefit a teacher too. It also seems very versatle. I have to make sure I check it out!

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  5. Great Job! This was the choice of many other people too...I love the pictures. Can't wait to try it out.

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