Wednesday, 13 July 2011

My Favorite App: Presentation

Today we presented our favorite Apps.  There were many great Apps presented today!  This was my favorite app... so cool!  I'll try to get a list of all Apps presented to post soon.


Whiteboard lite: Collaborative
Turn your iPhone or iPad into a linked sketchpad!


If two minds are better than one, then two minds with two iPhones must be even better!   But how can you get those two great minds working together and thinking alike? Try Whiteboard, a new app that turns an iPhone or iPod Touch into a collaborative workspace for sketching and sharing ideas in real-time



App Title:   Collaborative Whiteboard
Grade Level: All ages
Purpose: 
This is a great way to create drawings or brainstorming collaboratively.

Program Functionality: A
Simple to set up. Works great when connected to another iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. You may need to wait 30 - 60 seconds to connect with the other device.

Overall Educational Value: 
A Wonderful way to teach collaboration.

Cost: Collaborative Whiteboard Lite -  version for iPhone and iPod Touch - Free
HD version for iPad - $3.99

Overview:  Collaborative Whiteboard: Collaborative Drawing offers real-time collaborative drawing. Connect iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad over Wi-Fi or Bluetooth and both people can draw on the same picture. Start with a new blank screen or open any image or drawing and collaboratively draw on it. An image rropened on one device will be transferred wirelessly to the other device. Marker color and transparency can be changed. Pictures may be saved and also submitted to an online gallery.

Recommendation:  This app could be used both in the classroom and for students' personal use.  Students could learn collaboration and cooperation by working together to complete a drawing. They could brainstorm ideas, annotate a map, play Tic Tac Toe or Hangman, practice math facts, spelling words, or make a list. It could also be used by students or teachers to annotate screenshots or photos. 

Granted, using Whiteboard to sketch wireframes before your big client meeting or drawing a quick diagram of a process for your colleague are all perfectly reasonable and serious uses of the tool. But it's far more likely that - as fun as the app is to use - you'll find yourself using Whiteboard to engage in games of Tic-Tac-Toe and Dots & Boxes with colleagues during meetings.
Classroom Use Examples / Ideas:  

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