Using+Online+Whiteboards

Online [|Whiteboards] --Various web-based applications which allow students to chat while writing, drawing, demonstrating, etc. in/on an electronic whiteboard. Often these applications let you save what has been written on the [|whiteboard] as a picture file, and/or print it.

Examples: eduWeaver at http://www.eduweaver.com - FREE Online Whiteboard & Collaboration tool BrainCert at https://www.braincert.com - Online Virtual Classroom & Live Tutoring Platform Eduboard.com at http://eduboard.com - online tutoring service Groupboard, at http://www.groupboard.com - collaborative whiteboard and chat which you can embed in your website. Cosketch, at http://cosketch.com/. Synchronized whiteboard with chat and image support. No login requried. Works without browser plugins. Sciblink--Your online Whiteboard, at http://www.scriblink.com/ Also supports VOIP and phone chatting. JotSpace--a new (so new it isn't quite up and running yet) online Whiteboard, at http://www.jotspace.com Skrbl, at http://www.skrbl.com/

Applications in Education:
 * In these types of Web 2.0 tools, students can brainstorm, create graphics together, and engage in peer-to-peer tutoring in skills and concepts such as multiplication or division.
 * These activities can often be video-taped to show process, and/or saved as an image file and printed for review.