More made up words for new apps...
But these are pretty cool, so they match up to their groovy names nicely.
Reading.org does a really nice overview of Padlet (formerly Wallwisher) in the classroom; if you have time to read it, please do. Basically, Padlet is a virtual board with sticky notes that can be easily moved, shared and embedded. Students can pull in text, images, and video to create their project. Teachers can also use this to share resources with students, and privacy settings make it a safe place for feedback and post moderation. Yes – Padlet is available in Chrome Apps
Here are 5 swell ways to use Padlet (from Education World) [book reviews, group thank you wall, topic summary, open Q&A wall, opinion forum]
Glogster EDU is similar to Padlet in that it’s also a digital whiteboard. Students and teachers can create Glogs and bring digital resources like video, text, with fun backgrounds, options, all with ability to collaborate within teams and share your finished project. Glogster has a digital library to use for images or ideas and inspiration. iPad app available.
Another contender is Blendspace. Another interactive digital sharing board, this was formerly called EdCanvas. Again, free and up and running in 5 minutes and on your way to creative interactive lessons. Basically, an easy way to blend some digital content with your lesson, including quizzes and videos alongside your lessons. This app plays nicely with Chrome and is available in the Chrome App store. Review from a fanatic here!
Think of all three as a big digital tagboard for students and teachers to create and share projects and lessons. Students can present these, or turn them in digitally too, saving them to their student folder on your Google Drive (yes, we WILL have training on that too:)
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