This document discusses two online notice board tools, Wallwisher and Linoit, that can be used for educational purposes. [1] Wallwisher allows users to post notes, images, videos and files to a virtual wall with a 160 character limit per post. [2] Linoit is a bulletin board that also supports uploading multimedia and attaching files with no character limit. [3] The document provides examples of how teachers can use these tools for activities like brainstorming, practicing language skills, gathering student responses to questions or videos, and reviewing vocabulary.
2. WALLWISHER
Wallwisher is an online notice board maker.
You can stick post-it notes on the wall.
You can also add images, files, and videos.
You can build a wall and send your wall URL to your
students.
Your students don’t have to register to post onto the
wall.
There is a 160 character limit for each post.
You can embed your wall into your class blog or wiki.
3. How 2.0 Use Wallwisher With Your Students
As a pre-writing activity ask your students go to your
wall and do brainstorming.
Have your students practise tenses by using the tense
they have learnt.
Ask your students write their opinions on a topic.
Post a video onto the wall, ask a few questions and
have your students write their responses.
Ask your students post the words they have learnt
that week onto the wall.
4. LINOIT
Linoit is an online bulletin board.
You can upload images, videos and attach files.
You can build a lino and send the URL to your
students.
Your students don’t have to register to post onto the
Linoit.
You can embed your lino into your class blog or wiki.
You can add icon on your lino, and set due dates.
There is no word limit.
5. How 2.0 Use Linoit With Your Students
You can do all the activities introduced for the
wallwisher on the Linoit.
There is also an iphone/ipad app for Linoit.