One of the big challenges this week was finding time to work on a partner project. I usually get nervous about partner project; it goes back to that middle school anxiety, "Who will be my partner?" I was lucky, though, because two colleagues of mine approached me about being there partner :). We decided that we would each attach the project from our home computers at 12:30 Friday afternoon. After quite a few emails sent back and forth, we decided to do our project on pre and post testing online. Our medium was a really neat website called Wallwisher.com. You post virtual Post-it notes on a large screen. You can even add videos, websites, and documents. What a neat resource. It's a nice alternative to discussion rooms since you can attach other resources. I will definitely use this in the future. I think it will work even better that Google Docs for collaboration assignments since it is immediate, students can move things around, and they can include whatever resources they are looking at. What a great find!
Here's our example of a Wallwisher Wall: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/nhckomets
Sound like it was a positive experience for you to collaborate online. It is possible when you never meet each other--as in the real world. Have you seen the virtual choir on YouTube? People from around the world singing in a choir but never being in the same place? Amazing.
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