3 Great Collaborative Whiteboard Tools for Teachers

July 2, 2014
Below are some great whiteboard tools for teachers to use in class. These tools allow you to draw, sketch, and type on a web-based whiteboard. Some of them like PixiClip supports screen sharing. These tools can be used for a wide variety of purposes. They can be used for collaborative brainstorming, creating diagrams and illustrations, and designing step by step how-to guides.

1- PixiClip

PixiClip is a great web-based interactive whiteboard with huge potential for educational uses. PixiClip allows you to easily record your screen and share it with others.It provides an online canvas on which you can type, narrate, draw, sketch, and upload images to mark-up. You can record the whole process of your work on the canvas accompanied with your voice
2- Sketchlot

This is a web-based whiteboard tool that does not require any plugin or app installation. Sketchlot is compatible with different computers and tablets. The great thing about Sketchlot is that students do not need to sign up to use it. Teachers can add students to their account.As a teacher whatever drawing, sketch or illustration you create on Sketchlot can be easily shared with students either individually or with the whole group.

3- Realtime Board

This is another whiteboard tool for teachers. It allows you to host collaborative brainstorming sessions online. You can also use it to visually illustrate content using drawings, images, videos and texts. There is also the option to post and mark PDFs and add comments to documents using post-it stickers.

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An Excellent Interactive Whiteboard for Creating Tutorials for Your Students

May , 2014
Pixiclip is an excellent free web tool that provides users with a canvas where they can draw, sketch, narrate, and record their creations. This is an ideal whiteboard tool that you can use with your students to record explanations of processes or to create tutorials for flipped classroom materials.

This interactive whiteboard allows you to upload images, draw sketches, add text, and record your voice. Pixiclip does not require you to have an account to use it but for you to save and later edit your creations you will need to register for free.

Here is how you can use Pixiclip to create a tutorial :

1- Click on "create a Pixiclip"

2- Click record as shown here

2- Use the tools to doodle on the canvas. These tools include a pencil, marker, and a text. You can choose the colour your like from the colour palette on the left.

3- If you have an image in your computer that you want to mark up or write on, click on "upload image" button to upload it to your Pixiclip canvas or drag and drop it there.

4- You can also add voice and video clips using the buttons below

5- When you finish creating your tutorial, you can save and share it with others.

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