Edistorm – Online Brainstorming. Written by Mark Brumley If you’re a teacher, chances are you have your students brainstorm a lot. Students brainstorm paper topics. They brainstorm to come up with predictions for a new novel. Students brainstorm ways to solve math problems or to conduct science experiments. They brainstorm ways to react to a variety of given scenarios.
Students brainstorm in class all the time, but there’s a way for them to brainstorm better and brainstorm together. Edistorm Edistorm provides students with an online tool for brainstorming and discussion. Using a tool like Edistorm enhances a brainstorming or discussion activity by helping students generate more ideas as a group and be more compelled to speak up in the group since they can add sticky notes instead of using their voices. Mark Brumley (112 Posts) 15 Free Tools for Web-based Collaboration. No man (or woman) is an island – and this statement can’t be any truer if you’re a designer or developer. Though paid/subscription services like Basecamp and Zimbra are great, individuals strapped for cash have a ton of alternatives that provide similar (if not better) features. In this article, you’ll find 15 free tools to help you facilitate remote/web-based collaboration.
Whether you need basic whiteboarding/brainstorming tools or fully-featured project management applications – you should be able to find a tool or two that’s worth checking out. Google Docs Google Docs is an excellent application for collaboration. You can share documents and spreadsheets and collaborate with your team/clients in real-time. Being a browser-based application – the requirements to get up and running is very minimal. Stixy Stixy is a flexible, online “bulletin board”/drawing board. Project2Manage bubbl.us bubbl.us is a free, web-based application for collaborative brainstorming.
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