- List causes of the Spanish-American War.
- Rearrange the verbs so that they are in two categories: regular verbs and irregular verbs.
- List words in English that you are curious to know their Spanish translation.
- Give me topic ideas for our next unit.
What do the four previous sentences have in common?
They would all be good discussions to have on Wallwisher!
Wallwisher is an online notice board in which students can go on and add to the discussion. Each comment is like a virtual post-it note that can be added, rearranged, and deleted. Best of all it's completely free.
I absolutely love the idea of brainstorming via this tool. How many times are you asked a question on the spot and can't think of a single thing but then it hits you when you're driving home or in the shower? I would love it if my students could simply go online and post their idea without worrying about forgetting it before the next day of class.
I think this also be a good tool for students to use to regulate their own time and learning. They could create their own wall as a sort of to-do checklist which would help them see everything they need to do and they could rearrange it according to priority. This would encourage my students to be self-regulated learners. (Holler to Dr. Was in Educational Psychology.)
I would use this tool with middle and high school students. I love that it's free but dislike that each post can only have 160 characters. But even that's not the worse thing in the world.
I think I'm going to start a wall right not to help me get through the last few weeks of this semester!
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