I looked at creately.com and clipmarks.com. Creately.com allows users to make diagrams, flowcharts, etc. online; collaborate, comment, save in various formats- great tools for students to make concept maps or organizational flowcharts. There's even a section of k-12 graphic organizer templates. The program is web-based, so there's nothing to download, making the tools easy to access. The options for adding, moving, changing colors, and so forth are simple to use. Only glitch? There's a waiting list! So, you have to sign up and wait till they have space for you. Hmph.
I am SO excited about clipmarks! It's about the greatest thing ever. You can select portions of a page, save it, print it, put it on another something (facebook, delicious, twitter, etc.) As are most tools we've learned about, your clipmarks can be private or public, depending on your choice. This is a great way to point students to specific parts of a webpage or mark the section you need to remember. They even mention the ease of selecting the portions you want to print instead of having to copy them to a word document. Who hasn't had to do that to try to save paper?
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I've had clipmarks loaded for quite some time and have used it sporadically, but I feel as though it is an incredible tool!! I think you're one of the first people to try exploring that particular application. When I first used it, they didn't have the capability of broadcasting to other networks, so that's an added plus as well!
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