Ahoy Mateys! What Web 2.0 tool have you used lately? Check out this quick and easy way to communicate, collaborate, create, and contribute. Avast ye! This is appropriate for a group of colleagues, friends, and your students!
Pirate Pad
All the facilitator of the group needs to do is simply click on this link and type in a name. No signup necessary! Click on “Share this Pad” and you have the link to share with folks you want to enter your pad. As facilitator, you can type in the sidebar and direct participants when they should respond.
Share this “booty” across the curriculum! This example shows students creating a story when prompted by the facilitator. Students could be sent to a pad to share what they think they know about a topic. They can do research and type in what they found out about a topic. They can take turns providing prompts and asking other participants to respond as they review content. You will think of many more uses as well!
Concerned about what your lads and lassies might be typing in the pads you set up around the room? Blimey! All pads can be saved and you can return to the link to read over their responses. The pad can also be exported as a text file so that you can be sure each pad was shipshape.
So, weigh anchor and hoist the mizzen as you try out this Web 2.0 tool!
Thanks - I plan to try this out today with some students. If it works I'm going to use this instead of edmodo.com for a lesson and lead a discussion comparing the two. I will post my student's comments here later.
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