Dabbleboard

__Introduction to Dabbleboard:__

Visit the Dabbleboard website and you will see their motto: "visualize, explore, collaborate"

Here are some of the things that you can do with dabbleboard: 1. Easily create drawings



2. Export drawings (like the one above) as an image to be used with another program.

3. Share your Dabbleboard with others - Invite others to collaborate -Chat with your collaborators -email your Dabbleboard to others



Dabbleboard is user-friendly and free, but how can it be used in the classroom?

__Classroom Ideas__:

1. Pair students together who are not in the same homeroom class (or who are in the same class!) to collaborate on a project using Dabbleboard. I teach a class called Caesar's English. The kids have to learn difficult classical vocabulary such as "ostentatious" and "peremptory". I would be neat to have the students work together online to create a drawing/definiton page that will help a classmate remember the meaning of the word. They could save the image/ or we could create a class wiki with all of the Caesar's English words!

2. Dabbleboard could be used to brainstorm for a project. It would be neat to have the students and their group members use Dabbleboard to do initial brainstorming or planning for a project. I like how they would be able to use pictures and words to formulate a plan. They would not have to be in the same classroom to do so, or it could be done in the computer lab without communicating verbally. While verbal communication is important, it would be interesting to see what they would come up with without verbal communication. I would think that the students who are not good speakers would shine!

3. Dabbleboard would be a good tool to familiarize students with so they can create drawings and text in a simple format that can be exported as a picture on many other technology-based projects. Their dabbleboard drawings could be used on a blog, wiki, etc.

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