Sharing ideas and opinions
Tricider is a very useful tool for collaboration, both inside and outside the classroom. A question can be posed and shared via this online voting tool and students can post their ideas and responses and see the argument develop. It's a constructivist approach to learning, in that students are working together, problem-solving, reflecting and building on each other's ideas. Collaboration in this way gives all learners a voice, even those who do not usually speak out in class.
This tricision was designed to elicit ideas for a discursive essay. Very often ideas are discussed in class and added to the whiteboard, but not noted down by students. The activity was taken a step further, in that the ideas and opinions were then used in a writing task. By creating an online document and sharing with all the learners, they had access to the brainstorming they did in class when they were doing this writing task for homework. The layout of the questions aimed to help the students to plan and structure the essay. The linear aspect of this tool also enabled learners to focus on language used for linking ideas (showing constrast, expansion, examples etc).
Another tool for sharing ideas and brainstorming is Padlet. This can be used in a more visual way to stimulate discussion.
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