Edtech Challenge #7 is to use a tool like Wallwisher.com with your students for your next brainstorming session (or in any other way that fits into your curriculum). You can even embed this online board on your website or blog.
Here are some things to consider as you attempt this Edtech Challenge:
- Explore different online notice board creators and pick one that you think would work best for you and your students. Here are some to check out: Wallwisher.com, Primarywall.com, Lino, and Corkboard Me. My personal favorite is Wallwisher, because I find it easy to use and it does not require a login.
- Decide how the students will interact with this tool. Will they have their own computers to post their ideas? Will the board be displayed on the smartboard so that students can come up at different times during the lesson to post an idea? Will students have access to the board from home so that they can continue their learning outside of school?
- Introduce the tool to the students and show them some of the basics, but it is likely that they will figure out how to use it quickly once they have the opportunity to interact with it.
What are your ideas for how to integrate an online notice board into the classroom? Post your thoughts on this wallwisher!
Have a great time with this challenge and be sure to share your experience by leaving a comment!
JMS 6th grade Social Studies classes used Wallwisher today! Students read articles related to our study of Ancient Egypt and posted the key ideas onto the wall for each article. We discussed that it was ok for there to be duplicate post-its, because it must mean that it was a very important idea from the article. Here are links to our walls:
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After using Wallwisher in Social Studies, JMS 6M students asked to use it for book club post-its instead of the Edmodo sticky notes app, so that they can see each other's notes. We set up a new wall for each book club and posted the links onto the book clubs' small group pages on Edmodo.
ReplyDeleteI used wallwisher as a place for students to post figurative language they found in their reading. I posted the wallwisher link on my edmodo page.
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