corkboard: discover and share anything online

Corkboard is a cool web2.0 tool for educators . It allows you to create corkboards to help you organize your postings . For instance you can create ‘Books I Read’ Corkboard and put all of your books related postings in there . It is very handy and practical and above all it is free to use . It looks like Wallwisher and Dropbox but simpler than them all .

Some features of Corkboard

Here is a list of all the features that Corkboard offers to its users :

• It is free


• It is very easy to use


• It has an intuitive interface


• It allows you to create and organize your corkboards very easily


• You can invite your facebook or corkboard contacts to view or edit your postings


• You can add comments to your corkboards


• You can also attach image to your corkboard


• You can build your community of people sharing the same interests


• You can also share what you post on your facebook wall


• You can subscribe to corkboards that interest you


• You can check postings of other users


• You can message your friends and send them postings


• It has a mobile version for mobile device  users

How can i get started using Corkboard ?

Head over to Corkboard main page

1. Sign in for a free account or use your facebook account to open one


2. Click on Add a Corkboard to create your corkboard file


3. Give it a name


4. Attach an image to it


5. Click on add postings


6. Choose the kind of posting you want to make :

For example i will choose a note

Fill in the title, description , URL, and attach a photo
Choose you privacy settings
Click on create postings

Applications of Corkboard in education

Corkboard is a great tool for educators . Teachers can use it to create their own corkboards and share it with their students . They can for example create a classroom corkboard where to include all the links , lesson plans , events , images of relevant interest to students and then invite them to view it . Students too can use it to collaborate with each other on specific corkboards or join other students from around the world and start interacting with them .
That’s it about Corkboard : Discover and Share Anything Online.
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