Sunday, December 19, 2010
Type with me
Type with me is very similar to Google Docs. There are a couple of differences. One difference is that everyone has there own color and no one else can change or delete the others' work. I can see this being beneficial in a classroom. As the teacher I can see what each student has contributed to the document. Although I find it difficult to read through sometimes with all the colors, and students with ADHD or ADD might have a very difficult time with this application for the same reason. They might have a hard time focusing. Another difference is that it doesn't automatically save the work like Google Docs does. If you loose a connection with the application or it synchronizes while your using it, it doesn't save it. While using it our group had to keep retyping the same information at least 10-15 times, because it was synchronizing while we were using it. I can see students just giving up and leaving it as it is, especially since we as adults were at that point. I'm still working on all of this weeks work, so nothing else to add.
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Working with TypeWith was a real pain for us, but I did like the idea of collaboration. I think it is a great brainstorming tool for the students. You can pose a question to the class and they can all enter in their thoughts when they are ready. We can all see the different ideas and build from there. You could do this anonymously or not. It is a great way to provide the necessary wait time for those students that need it. I could definitely use this for pre-lab predictions. Can you think of a specific lesson or uses that you could do this with?
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean about the colors being confusing, being color-blind makes this confusing. The way that I see all of the colors in the “Write with Me”, many look the same. I wonder if there is a way to pick different colors to use that would allow me to differentiate the colors.
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