Basics: This is an web application that creates a unique forum that can be embedded into your website. Students have to create user names and passwords and then they can participate in the forum.
Example:
(Feel free to interact with this forum example. You can click on the posts to see what they say without an account or you can create an account and respond to the posts.)
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Test Kitchen: I have used this with students a couple of times. It is a very easy way to create a forum and it is a very basic forum. Basically, you can create posts and people can reply to your posts. There does not seem to be an option to reply to a reply so the threads are short. It is a great venue to teach students about appropriate posting and you have complete control over what content is added to the forum. I used it as a way for students to respond to some different topics but, I don't think that I have gotten the most out of it yet.
Classroom Applications: Forums or message boards can be used in any class and any content area. It is a great place for people to share opinions and to answer questions that have unique answers.
Ideas for...
Music and Art Class-respond to different works of art
Social Studies-choose a side and support your view
Science and Math-explain a process in your own words
Language Arts-respond to a piece of literature
Thanks for the post, Rachel! I've seen this before, but haven't tried it yet. So, It's nice to know it works with Linux. Thanks for testing it out!
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