BP9 - Wallwisher.com

Wallwisher

For week 3's web 2.0 tool I chose to use wallwisher.com (http://www.wallwisher.com). Wallwisher is an online bulletin board that uses 'sticky notes' to leave messages. I was first shown wallwisher last summer from a colleague via Twitter. Much like I am doing now, she had an assignment in her graduate program where she needed to gather people's opinions about an educational topic. I was curious how others felt about their Full Sail experience so far. The above image is taken from the wallwisher that I created to ask our cohort that question. To the 18 people who responded I do thank you for your participation.

I have a friend who has a son who is a low reader and does not like to read books. He told us that he likes reading the wallwishers that she creates about different books. Each sticky note covers a highlight of the plotline of the book. He just explains that it is different reading the sticky notes than a regular book. But in her own special way, she's found a way for her son to enjoy reading.

Wallwisher could also be used to create a different way for students to answer a weekly question. Similar to how teachers who use this type of question in a blogging format. The teacher could pose the question and each student would have to post their answer via a sticky note. The possibilities of collaboration are endless if students are working in collaborative groups. Arranging sticky notes by different topics would give the wallwisher a feel similar to that of a concept map.