URL	http://www.twiddla.com/
Description	"Mark up websites, graphics, and photos, or start brainstorming on a blank canvas. Browse the web with your friends or make the conference call more productive than ever. No plug-ins, downloads, or firewall voodoo - it's all here, ready to go when you are. Browser-agnostic, user-friendly."
Account Types
Process	Go to http://www.twiddla.com/ Click the GO button to Start a new meeting Invite others using the Invite button or by sending them the address for the meeting Add images, text, media, shapes and more to the canvas and begin collaborating!
Online Demo	Visit the Twiddla sandbox to give it a try - http://www.twiddla.com/1

Suggested Inquiry Activities

Twiddla is a great tool to allow students to draw connections and construct new knowledge from multiple sources. Bring in multiple media sources and have students or teams draw visial connections among the sources.

Twiddla offers students an interactive space to present new knowledge in a creative free-form space.

What Teachers Like About Twiddla

Teacher Tips For Using the Tool

Common Core State Standards

AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner

Organizing and Managing	2.1.2 - Organize knowledge so that it is useful 2.1.4 - Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize information 3.1.4 - Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use and assess
Content Collaboration	1.3.4 - Contribute to the exchange of ideas within a learning community 3.1.2 - Participate and collaborate as members of a social and intellectual network of learners 3.1.4 - Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use and assess
Media Sharing	2.1.4 - Use technology and other information tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can view, use and assess 3.3.4 - Create products that apply to authentic, real-world context 4.1.8 - Use creative and artistic formats to express personal learning

ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education) NETS Standards

Primary Sources Example

This is an example workspace in Twiddla in which students analyzed various advertisements from early America.

Getting Started

Twiddla sandbox

Visit the Twiddla sandbox to give it a try - http://www.twiddla.com/1

Alternatives

Dabbleboard	"Dabbleboard is an online collaboration application that's centered around the whiteboard. With a new type of drawing interface that's actually fun and easy to use, Dabbleboard gets out of your way and just lets you draw. Finally the whiteboard enters the digital age!"
Imagination Cubed	Online collaborative whiteboard provided by General Electric.

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