Melissa E. SmithSouth Forsyth High School

www.wiffiti.com Allows students to

“write” comments on a wall (called screens)

Submissions can be sent by text message or typed directly

Students formed expert groups on review topics for an upcoming test

Each group posted important info about their topic on a Wiffiti screen

Groups presented their screens to the class

Classmates identified inaccuracies and posted suggested improvements

Completed screens were posted in ANGEL (online course management tool)

Teacher must have an account to set up screens (free and easy registration)

Screens were set up in advance.

Text codes for screens were listed on the board.

Laptops were available for each group.

Students’ responses are anonymous, so there is no fear of embarrassment

Images can be posted on the screen (students must use the laptop to do this)

High levels of student engagement

Students without short-code texting on their phones were unable to text in responses. However, they could type them directly on the website.

Site has to be refreshed frequently, so students can see all postings

Only the most recent 6-7 postings are shown on the screen. To view all postings, you have to click on the Timeline view.

The creator of the screen is the only one who can delete a posting

Remind students that they cannot delete postings from screens they didn’t create

Students can post on other groups’ screens – discourage this…unless you want it!

During screen set up, choose G rating

ALWAYS have a back-up plan!

Warm-up activity Survey of student opinions Student questions Mini-projects Summarizing activity Your turn! Text

@wif82718 and your message to 87884 and post your suggestions

GaETC Wall

www.polleverywhere.com

Allows students to respond to a teacher-generated poll

Responses can be submitted by text or typed directly into the website

Teachers can create a poll using multiple choice or free response questions Bellringer activities Discussion questions Checks for

understanding Students can

generate polls

No registration necessary – takes seconds to create poll

Embed poll and directions for responding into presentation

• FREE with no registration required• Can replace expensive hardware like

Activotes and clickers• Replaces paper surveys• Polls are anonymous• You can control when students can

respond to the poll• Text moderation of what appears on

the public screen for free-response polls

Only 30 people can respond to a question – memberships for larger audiences are available for a price

Polls for nonregistered users are deleted after 2 weeks

Responses are completely anonymous unless students are registered users

Moderate student responses to open-ended questions

Check your settings – how can students respond? How often?

ALWAYS have a backup plan!

Your turn! How could you utilize this tool?

TIPS

EXAMPLE

1. Standard texting rates only (worst case US $0.20)2. We have no access to your phone number3. Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling do

Capitalization doesn’t matter, but spaces and spelling doTIP

EXAMPLE

www.titanpad.com Allows students to

work on one document at the same time

Each user gets a different color to track comments

Chat allows further communication

Student group discussions

Group lab reports Questions and

comments during videos

Takes seconds to create a public pad

Copy and paste a link to the pad into a presentation

Links can be emailed or IMed, too

Computers with Internet access must be available

• FREE with no registration required

• Pads can be made private by creating a subdomain (also FREE)

• Pads are updated in real time

• Import Word, HTML, and RTF files

• Export final product as PDF, Word document, etc.

Public pads are limited to 8 simultaneous users (private subdomains allow unlimited users)

Currently does not work with iPads or iPhones

Some difficulty with images

Remind students that the timeline feature allows you to view ALL postings, even after they’ve been deleted

Keep pads open on your screen to monitor student posts

For whole class instruction, each group can share a laptop

ALWAYS have a backup plan!

Your turn! How could you utilize this tool in your classroom?

http://titanpad.com/DET5Ih3jDb - In the interest of time, this is a public pad!

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