“Wall Wisher” is a Web 2.0 free online tool where anyone can build a "wall".
Everybody else can then go onto the internet and stick post-it notes electronically onto the wall, (and include linked Pictures, You Tube videos, PowerPoints, PDF documents, Excel Spreadsheets, or web page links). It was originally designed for birthday, anniversary or get well soon etc wishes. A whole group of people could add their messages for someone; and that person could then read them on the web. However, Wall Wisher can be used for educational purposes as well.
If the wall is set to “public”, then online visitors can add a comment to the wall by double clicking on it and typing text in. (Comments are limited to 160 characters).
If post-its are overlapping on the page, you can move them by grabbing their title bar with the mouse. Mousing over notes highlights them, and brings the note forward. You can delete notes in edit mode by clicking the top right hand “X”.
The owner / creator of the wall can log on, and delete inappropriate messages, and move the post-it notes to permanent positions, as well as editing them.
The owner can also change the color scheme at any time, and can also reset the wall to private, (thereby “locking” or “closing” the wall). The owner has to be logged into Wall Wisher to do this.
Walls can also be used as a quick “one stop shop” for web links and resources on a particular subject, and thus not opened for public comment.
(See later in this document for several weblinks to all sorts of good examples of wall wisher walls that people have made on the internet).
Personally I love the tool, because it is so quick and easy to use. However, the big drawback is that young people could set up a wall for the sole purpose of posting all sorts of horrible messages about someone they do not like (eg. Cyber Bullying). Also “open” or “public” walls could be “flamed” and “spammed” with inappropriate and unwanted post-its at any time, so it is probably best to regularly monitor walls that you have created, and close any wall down to the public, (by setting it to private), if it starts getting “grafittied” or attacked.
Everybody else can then go onto the internet and stick post-it notes electronically onto the wall, (and include linked Pictures, You Tube videos, PowerPoints, PDF documents, Excel Spreadsheets, or web page links). It was originally designed for birthday, anniversary or get well soon etc wishes. A whole group of people could add their messages for someone; and that person could then read them on the web. However, Wall Wisher can be used for educational purposes as well.
If the wall is set to “public”, then online visitors can add a comment to the wall by double clicking on it and typing text in. (Comments are limited to 160 characters).
If post-its are overlapping on the page, you can move them by grabbing their title bar with the mouse. Mousing over notes highlights them, and brings the note forward. You can delete notes in edit mode by clicking the top right hand “X”.
The owner / creator of the wall can log on, and delete inappropriate messages, and move the post-it notes to permanent positions, as well as editing them.
The owner can also change the color scheme at any time, and can also reset the wall to private, (thereby “locking” or “closing” the wall). The owner has to be logged into Wall Wisher to do this.
Walls can also be used as a quick “one stop shop” for web links and resources on a particular subject, and thus not opened for public comment.
(See later in this document for several weblinks to all sorts of good examples of wall wisher walls that people have made on the internet).
Personally I love the tool, because it is so quick and easy to use. However, the big drawback is that young people could set up a wall for the sole purpose of posting all sorts of horrible messages about someone they do not like (eg. Cyber Bullying). Also “open” or “public” walls could be “flamed” and “spammed” with inappropriate and unwanted post-its at any time, so it is probably best to regularly monitor walls that you have created, and close any wall down to the public, (by setting it to private), if it starts getting “grafittied” or attacked.
