Hot of the Press, Newly launched Nov. 30!
Blog hopping landed me onto to a fresh new Web 2.0 tool, flockdraw.com. I will say that my personal interests always seem to attract web tools that are artistic and creative. This tool is a whiteboard for drawing, writing, and collaborating asynchronously. Up to 10 students can participate on the whiteboard at one time. Others will be able to view but not participate. The interface is clean and simple. Once a drawing has started the program automatically assign a distinct url address to the piece that can be shared. Once the piece is complete an embed code is given so the end result can be placed on websites or blogs, etc.
This tool is adaptable for any discipline. I’d love to see this Flockdraw incorporated in a math class. Students would work together on math problems or create visual pictures that represent a math sentence. Young children would really get a kick out of a shared drawing or story. Could this tool put a spin on the usual overhead of daily oral language or analogy? How about a creating vocabulary pictures?
I believe Flockdraw will be another tool that will make technology integration seamless. Of course with a new tool there will be constructive criticism from the risk takers who try to employ the tool. I would love for instructions to be on the site, but for now flockdraw appears to be a viable addition to other Web 2.0 tools out there. Kudos to the Flockdraw team, this is a whiteboard worth sharing. Check out the video of my son and I playing around.
Perfect for the artistic and not so artistic! Great idea to envision students collaborating on math problems. I will check Flockdraw out. Maybe our kids will be flocking to draw on this whiteboard. ~Joan
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