Sunday, January 13, 2013

Scriblink

I am sure most of you have heard about Khan Academy.  If you have not, I suggest you take a look.  The only issue I have with Khan Academy is that there are not tutorials for EVERYTHING we do in education.  Especially for those of us in K-5.  What if we could use screencasting software (like in my previous post) along with an online whiteboard to create our very own lessons tailored to our individual needs? 

Scriblink does just that.  Essentially it is an online, collaborative, whiteboard that can be accessed 24 hours a day.  Let's say your student e-mails or calls you and doesn't understand the Math homework.  Instead of explaining it over the phone, you can open up this site, invite them to join it, and they can view everything you do while speaking on the phone.  By adding that dimension, the learning can be enhanced.  Or, as mentioned before, record yourself teaching a lesson and upload the file to your PLC for easy access. 

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