Wikis+In+Education

Other sites that I have found to be very useful in my classroom.

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ http://mhmsmedia.wikispaces.com/Web_2_Oh_Tools

[|www.wallwisher.com] Did not know where to put this one. You will see it on several pages. Lets you, with very, very minimal registration, create a “wall” where you can place virtual sticky-notes. You can allow others to also place notes on the board, or keep it so that only you can do so (which is what I would recommend for students). The sticky-notes can include images you grab off the web, videos, or websites, and you can add text to them (you can also just include text without adding anything else). Each sticky has a 160 character limit for text. Wallwisher appears to me to be one of the most useful Web 2.0 sites I’ve found in awhile. It can be a great place for students to use higher-order thinking by creating categories of images (and descriptions) or short texts they copy and paste (or write themselves). It can also be used as a site for social bookmarking of websites if you just right-click the website you put inside the sticky-note and then click on “open in a new window.”

[|www.pindax.com] Is a web tool that lets you “pin” virtual “Post It” notes on a virtual bulletin board. It’s very, very similar to a tool called Wallwishers. It has a lot more “bells and whistles” than Wallwisher. That additional complexity (it doesn’t seem that much more complex — it just seems to have a lot more options) doesn’t necessarily make it more attractive for classroom use.