Grades: 7-12
Wallwisher is an online board maker and would be great for Language Arts classrooms. In Language Arts classroom a lot of time is spent reading literature. Traditional activites involving literature are becoming less popular amongst today's generation. Online Literature Circles are becoming more and more popular in Language Arts classroooms. Online Literature Circles are used for students to discuss themes, ideas and opinions of a text with peers and Wallwisher would be a great new tool to be utilized. Students can register for Wallwisher in groups and discuss different opinions and ideas from the book that they are currently reading.
The strengths of Wallwisher is the easy accessibility of the program and it is free. Also, teachers are able to view posts before they are actually published. This is really important in middle and high school classrooms. Teachers need to be able to monitor conversations, making sure they are appropriate and students stay on topic. The only downfall of this program is that text is limited to 160 characters per post. This could be a problem when students want to explicitly express ideas and thoughts.
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