Wikis have been around for a long time now and have an established place in how we can provide space for students to collaborate. The can be community-building and purposeful. Many web tools can be thought of in one of two ways – as author-centric (most blogs are author-centric – the authorship of the posts […]
Read more "Wikis"There are many shared documents available and they have a good place in collaboration – both with colleagues and for groups. Google docs is one possibility, but there are others that do not require students to login or create an account. Here are a few options: WriteURL Etherpad KompisPad We won’t spend long on these, […]
Read more "WriteURL"A fairly new tool, https://spiral.ac/ has some very intriguing features. The four apps in it offer very different ways to engage with and carry out formative assessments. Of them, two are interesting – Discuss – which for those using powerpoint presentations, allows for students to comment and for quizzes and questions to be embedded. […]
Read more "Spiral"Quite possibly one of the easiest and most versatile tools to come out the past few years is www.padlet.com It has a very simple and user friendly set-up, works across multiple devices and allows for multiple media to be easily shared. Once you select “create a padlet” you have options for different displays. Each of […]
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