To scribble and perchance to learn?

This week, November 12 - 17th is "International Education Week". Organized "... to recognize the global exchange environment between the United States and other countries".

The official site lists a lot of global events, but here is something else I came across. David in New Zealand is planning on using skype and skrbl to teach a couple of graphics classes to students in the UK. What better way to establish a relationship between two schools and students in two different countries.

NZ to the UK is very nearly as distant as you can get while still staying on planet, more power to you David. I hope things go smoothly (Please send me your feedback). Here's hoping you and the students all have an exciting story to tell, I look forward to seeing your video.

skrbl in class 2

"The best compliment anyone can give your product is to actually use it" - ???
I dont know if someone ever said that, but if not, someone should.

Last week it was a classfull of students discussing Steinbeck on skrbl. This week it is a classfull of students discussing Arthur Miller, read about it on the blog and see it on VIDEO...

skrbl in the classroom

Users keep coming up with cool new uses of skrbl and (perhaps not surprisingly) teachers are particularly innovative in using skrbl in the classroom. Here is a good example. 19 students discussing Steinbeck, no less, collaborating on the skrbl whiteboard, writing, commenting, reacting... tres cool.
Here is end result.


Much thanks Mr. Lewisberry for using skrbl and writing about it, it's users like you that keep our wheels rolling.