Post+It

Wallwisher is the equivalent of having a corkboard and plastering "Post-It" sticky notes everywhere; except, on Wallwisher you can embed videos in your sticky notes! Take a minute and say something nice about another teacher.

Mrs.Yaconis always has nice clothes, and shoes, and hair!

Mrs. Yaconis' class is working very hard today. I am impressed!

We are working very hard arent we?(:

happy that steelers are going to win the super-bowl!! packers are going down! []


 * STRENGTHS: **

FREE & EXTREMELY USER FRIENDLY! This site has to rank as one of the simplest Web 2.0 Tools out there. You can build a "wall" immediately and don't need an account to create it or post a sticky note on it. This is a tool that can span from kindergarten to high school. It can be simple or thought provoking; public or private. Information, opinions, ideas, brainstorms, and lists are organized in simple, colorful, 160 character limits. (A real "Post-It" sticky note has its space limits too!)

**WEAKNESSES:**

The only real weakness is the uncensored nature of this tool. Nothing is approved or edited before it is posted to the wall. Teachers would need to set strict guidelines if this were used in the classroom.

**OPPORTUNITIES:**

This tool is so versatile. It can be used as a personal reminder tool for teachers, a communication device to parents, a bulletin board, an opinion board, a place to collectively answer questions, share thoughts, respond to prompts, get input from colleagues,


 * THREATS: **

If the public option is chosen, the users must keep in mind that anyone can post to the site; so it does have to be monitored carefully or kept in the private status BUT the creator of the wall can remove a sticky post if necessary.


 * IDEAS FOR CLASSROOM:put in a ipods x-box350 ps3 wii **


 * The teacher can put a prompt at the top of the wall and encourage students to respond. It can be a simple one for kindergarten such as, "Add a word from the -at family to our wall" or something for second grade like, "Find an interesting fact about insects and post it on our wall."
 * Teacher's could ask parents to post days and times they can volunteer or help with field trips, etc. It can also be used privately for the teacher as a personal bulletin board of reminders or ideas.
 * Faculty can use a wall to post collective ideas on certain lessons or strategies or interesting websites they find.
 * A class can post their Science Fair project titles on the wall or generate a collection of good biographies.
 * Students can come up with mutiple math word problems that all have to have the answer of 10.

If a teacher uses the "PROMPT" concept the possibilities are endless.

Here is the link to the Wallwisher demo: []