Wall Wisher: New and Improved
Sunday Sit, Sip, and “Sync” ~ 7-22-2012
Last week we talked about “Linoit”, and
I promised to give our “old friend”, “Wall Wisher” another look and a review.
This morning I headed over to my “Wall Wisher” link,
and was surprised to see that “Wall Wisher” has a whole new look.
Each new version of “Wall Wisher” is given a name, and this one,
Senbazuru, is the Japanese word for crane.
An image of an origami crane is the new symbol for “Wall Wisher”,
and reflects the creative properties of this site.
The new home page has “wall examples” of different ways to utilize their services,
and I found several new ideas.
One idea was to use a wall as a Christmas Gift List reminder,
complete with images of the gift idea.
In one of our workshops,
we talked about using YouTube videos in our curriculum,
and after demonstrating “Wall Wisher”,
we made a “wall” for our participants as a resource to post and share their favorite videos.
This idea is on the “Wall Wisher” homepage, as well.
One of our favorite features of “Wall Wisher” is that students do not need an account to post,
but only a link to the wall.
Another “plus” is that, while setting up a wall,
teachers have the option of approving every post before it is visible,
making the wall “public” or “private”,
and finally allowing anyone to post,
or to limit the posts only to the “owner” of the wall.
“Wall Wisher” on the iPad?
You betcha!
While, for now, there is no app for “Wall Wisher”,
I did open up the site on my iPad,
and it was very easy to make a new wall, and to manipulate the posts on Safari.
You can read more about iPad support on their May 3rd blog post.
For more information,
we encourage you to visit “Graffiti ~ The Wall Wisher Blog”,
where you’ll learn more about the updates and changes made to each “generation” of “Wall Wisher”.
So, I’m excited about the possibilities that “Wall Wisher” has brought to the Technology Table,
and hope this gives you some new, fresh ideas for using it as we move closer and closer to the new school year!
Have fun!