How-to video: Creating a web-based photo, video and note sharing bulletin board with Wallwisher
Brief synopsis: Sharing brief notes, pictures and videos in the digital classroom has never been easier with the Web 2.0 application, Wallwisher, located at wallwisher.com. Unlike many blogs and wikis, which have convoluted e-mail confirmation registration procedures, Wallwisher gets the user creating a web-based bulletin board or wishing wall and posting notes, photos and videos in minutes. Then, by sharing the Wallwisher board URL or embedding the board on a blog or other web site, a digital classroom teacher in the Web 2.0 world can get students interacting in cyberspace on virtually any topic.
Benefits: Wallwisher epitomizes Web 2.0 and the power that today's digital classroom teachers want -- as it allows multiple users to interact on a topic with brief notes, pictures and videos -- all by simply clicking on the web-based wishing wall board. With the click of a mouse, a student can add a 160-character comment along with a link to an outside site. These post-its, as Wallwisher calls them, can also contain links to pictures and videos.
Drawbacks: Similar to Twitter, Wallwisher post-its are limited to a small amount of characters (160). As of this video posting date, Wallwisher supported only some web browsers, and the only embed format iFrame, which some blogs and wikis do not support.
Conclusion: The how-to video above demonstrates how to use and the Web 2.0 application Wallwisher and how to create a web-based bulletin board, in 5 minutes or less.
