Wallwisher

Wallwisher is a great website I found on free technology for teachers. It is free and easy to sign up for. At first, I wasn't so sure how it worked, but they have example walls for almost every purpose you could think of using this site for. I looked at the education example which was a wall in which the teacher posted that they wanted their students to write sentences with a word of the day provided by the teacher. Students can then post sentences onto the wall and the teacher can comment on them. It works almost like an online homework board.  I thought that for this purpose, this site could be used as a much more elementary version of an online discussion. It also is a fun way to encourage students to be involved in their homework, because everyone can see what is posted (unless when you make your wall you choose the setting so that only the person who made the wall can see posts). When I made a replica of the education wall, I found it super easy to use, and I liked that I could adjust the privacy settings. It is also fun and creative to use because when you set up your wall, you can choose from many different backgrounds, set a picture icon, and give it a title and description or directions. You can even personalize it even more by uploading your own pictures rather than the ones provided by Wallwisher. You can also post videos and pictures to the wall. For example, when I posted to my word of the education wall, I wanted students to write simple and complex sentences with the word of the day, so I posted a YouTube screen cast of a teacher explaining different types of sentences for those students who need a little refresher.  Overall, I loved this website and thought it was very fun to make and that as a future educator, that I could see myself using this site for fun little homework assignments or as a fun way to introduce a new concept in class as an icebreaker. Enjoy!