{"id":662,"date":"2009-12-04T21:06:56","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T10:06:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/edte.ch\/blog\/?p=662"},"modified":"2019-04-22T13:20:31","modified_gmt":"2019-04-22T03:20:31","slug":"flockdraw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edte.ch\/blog\/flockdraw\/","title":{"rendered":"Flockdraw"},"content":{"rendered":"

At the end of November Flockdraw<\/a><\/strong> was launched. It is a simple whiteboard tool and allows a number of simultaneous participants. Today we had a little play in class during some down time.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"It is a very simple little web based application, go to the Flockdraw home page<\/a> and click on “Start Drawing”. At the top of the canvas is a unique URL for that drawing.<\/p>\n

After starting a new one I wrote this on my whiteboard and invited some children in the class to go to the address. It was during some quiet time this afternoon and I just left them scribbling on the drawing to see what would happen.<\/p>\n

They really enjoyed the idea and were quick to explore all of the tools – but it was mostly scribbling over the top of each other. I suggested some children pair up or get in threes and start a drawing together. Smaller groups allowed them to sit and communicate what they wanted to achieve from the drawing and still have fun doing it.<\/p>\n

From the Flockdraw Twitter account I have just learned that there is a limit of 10 simultaneous “drawers”<\/strong>, with others logging on becoming simply “viewers”. It also seems that soon there will be an option for downloading the finished piece as an image file<\/strong> added very soon.<\/p>\n

Flockdraw seems to have a starter toolset: pencil; eraser; line; fill and text. It presently has a limited pallet of colours and I suppose this modest start will allow it to build gradually. With further functionality such as uploading images, undo, pasting text, multiple pages, clear page and drawing shapes – I can envisage it to be a powerful little collaborative notebook. It certainly will be worth following it’s development<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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A finished winter scene from a pair of children collaborating in Flockdraw.<\/em><\/p>\n

Other than a little bit of fun drawing together, I haven’t really found much use for the online whiteboard tools of a single page style – have you? Multiple page collaborative online notebooks might be different. (I am yet to fully explore shared Drawings in Google Docs)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The tool itself worked well, but I was equally interested in some of the wording in the introduction from the Flockdraw team:<\/p>\n

Through the course of development, you hit roadblocks and stumble. Unseen problems become evident. You must adapt.<\/p>\n

But you don’t give up. You innovate. You conquer. You continue forward and exceed your own expectations.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I think that last sentence is relevant to real life, it certainly resonates with me.<\/p>\n

Don’t give up – innovate and conquer.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

At the end of November Flockdraw was launched. It is a simple whiteboard tool and allows a number of simultaneous participants. Today we had a little play in class during some down time. It is a very simple little web based application, go to the Flockdraw home page and click on “Start Drawing”. At the… <\/p>\n

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