I discovered Dabbleboard.com during the EDE course and really appreciated it’s easy to learn and easy to use functionality. Dabbleboard.com offers online collaboration tools for individuals and businesses. Like many online tools there is a free basic version and a more advanced licensed version. For most classrooms, the free version is sufficient.
The primary tool on Dabbleboard.com is an interactive whiteboard with drawing, text, and line tools. The most impressive aspect of the program is how easy it is to use, within five to ten minutes you and your students will be able to create custom graphic organizers, import and share media, and host group planning and discussions.
In my classroom, I can use Dabbleboard to create project outlines, discussion templates, timelines, or types of visual maps. As your drawing, the interface can detect and complete most shapes. The shapes can then be moved, resized, color filled, and copied. Menus and operations are in plain site and most tasks can be accomplished by just clicking on the object you’ve created.
You can create custom urls and invite students, who in turn can in real time join and edit the project. With multiple drawings and urls, teachers can monitor student progress, offer suggestions, and facilitate various groups working within the same or different projects.
Once the project is complete it can be stored for future edits or templates. There is also the option to download your work to your local computer or removable drive. Projects on Dabbleboard are secure and private, however, you may want to import from or share drawings with a community of users by making work public.
Like Google Docs and other tools, Dabbleboard is hosted online meaning students have access anywhere and internet connection is available. Dabbleboard is free and easy too use, and provides a tool for engage students that are visual and artistic learners.
Reference
Dabbleboard . (Producer). (n.d.) Dabbleboard tour. Available from http://www.dabbleboard.com/tour
Goins, B., (Image creator). (2009). Dabbleboard screenshot. Retreived October 09, 2009, from: http://www.dabbleboard.com/draw/bgoins/greenhealing
Have you used the dabbleboard ap with your students yet? Just curious as to how the students would respond and what you did with it.
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