For the first few weeks of school, we have been short a Technology teacher. I missed having my planning time, but I did value the extra teaching time!! Especially during the first weeks of school!!
Anyway, last week I took my class to the computers so that we could do something technology-related. I am (supposedly) getting an interactive whiteboard sometime soon, and I REALLY want to incorporate more Web 2.0 business in my classroom. :)
Here's what we started with - Wallwisher!
Wallwisher is essentially an online bulletin board. Anyone with the link can post ideas or thoughts to a pre-made board. Just to get started, I set up a Wallwisher page asking the students about their favorite colors. With two clicks and a bit of typing, many of us were able to get our thoughts published! As you can see, some of us didn’t quite get it in time (and some of us did our very best spelling those difficult color words!), but overall it was a success. If nothing else, it gave me a little heads-up as to who my tech-savvy students are! :)
It was a really fun and simple thing to do!
It was a really fun and simple thing to do!
This was just a little intro to Wallwisher, but you could definitely use this for other things! Can you think of any cool uses?
I love Wall Wishers!! I have been using it on Edmodo as a response tool. Are you not so excited to get an interactive white board?
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I know about Wall Wisher, but never used it with my students. This would be a great tool to use as an exit slip. No tech teacher! Can I apply, I would love to have that job. We are trying to set-up a computer lab at our school. It is in the works!
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