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Wednesday 30 March 2011

Linoit vs Wallwisher

I am a keen advocate of Wallwisher as it it an excellent tool for pupils to use both inside and outside of the classroom both for collaborative work and showing me what they have learned and enjoyed. However, since September I haev found it to be more and more unreliable, particularly in the early evening when most of my pupils would be doing homework (I hope). I therefore stopped giving Wallwwisher activities as homework for some time.


Feeling that my pupils were missing out on an opportunity to share their work quickly and easily I set about finding an alternative. Someone from my Twitter PLN (I'm afraid I can't remember who now, sorry!) suggested I try Linoit. I did and found it really user friendly too. I have used it a few times recently both with pupils as plenaries/homework and for crowdsourcing ideas for a CPD session I ran on Web tools to use in MFL.


How do the two tools compare? Well, I really like Wallwisher as I can set moderation, which I like to do if setting homework (cough...wasn't working ealier!!)...it means that all of the pupils don't just then copy the first person's piece of work as I can moderate it all once the homework deadline has passed, it also means if anythere inappropriate were to be posted it wouldn't appear at all. Linoit on the other hand doesn't appear to have a moderation feature (unless I'm missing something). Therefore, I'm loath to set it for homework. I love it in class for plenaries etc..., but am not sure whether it would be quite as good for homeowords.  However, I do really like that you can lovely brighly coloured stickies on Linoit and also easily add images. There also seems to be more space


Whichever tool I decided to go for, one thing is for sure...my pupils really like both and love that they can give me feedback...or just say "hi"!!


What do you think?


Have you used either?


Have you used both?


Have you discovered a good way to moderate Linoit?


Let me know...and maybe we can learn together!


 

5 comments:

  1. Helena, I love Linoit! Are you aware of the free app? The app allows you to instantly upload from phone/ipod etc - really useful. Here's a presentation I did for TMNAACE
    http://www.naace.co.uk/bliptvviewer.html?Id=4928915

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  2. Thanks!!!!!
    I didn't know about the app...wonder if there's an android one...will have to investigate :o)

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  3. I've used both. Wallwisher first and loved it but... you can't rely on it. It kills the lesson when you introduce it, the pupils get it excited and then it fails to load. I was gutted. Now using Lino it and love it. Completely reliable and colours, choice of b/g image very appealing. Here's an example using it as a launch pad into a piece of ww1 poetry video work: http://bit.ly/ww1poetry enjoy.

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  4. Thanks for commenting and reading, Steve! Completely agree re Wallwisher. Love the war poetry Lino!!!
    Helena :)
    (ps My sister is flute peri for East Sussex Music Service in Eastbourne!!)

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  5. A small world! Gonna keep tabs on your blog. Thanks

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