Teaching and Learning from my Perspective

Mr Tumba's Activities

Posted by admin on November 4, 2010 in Gr 1 with No Comments


 

I’m sure there are many apps we can use to brainstorm. It’s always been my wish to get a group of students to brainstorm electronically. I tried chat rooms, but they were too linear. But wallwisher is just what I was looking for; it keeps the essence of the brainstorming practices as we do it in school. I just tried it with one Gr.1 teacher and she loves it because it works like a charm with her student. I was so happy that I couldn’t stop myself giving her a hug. Thanks to the Shanghai Learning 2.010 summit. Here is the link of the wallwisher:

http://www.wallwisher.com/

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