{"id":764,"date":"2010-05-23T10:55:23","date_gmt":"2010-05-23T16:55:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/?p=764"},"modified":"2010-06-09T11:35:27","modified_gmt":"2010-06-09T17:35:27","slug":"small-ideas-the-problem-with-collaborative-brainstorming-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/05\/23\/small-ideas-the-problem-with-collaborative-brainstorming-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"Small Ideas: The problem with collaborative brainstorming tools."},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><h5><a href=\"www.edistorm.com\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"597\" height=\"384\" src=\"\/images\/2010\/06\/edistorm.png\" alt=\"edistorm\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.edistorm.com\/\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.edistorm.com\/\">Edistorm<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a tool that facilitates collective brainstorming using e-sticky notes. I love sorting and organizing and this tool seems to be set up quite nicely. I also love things that are colourful. I really wanted to find this useful.<\/p>\n<p>BUT, it suffers from the same limitation that every other tool I&#8217;ve looked at has: the writing part is LINEAR. The notes are placed in nice neat rows. Ideas aren&#8217;t like that.<\/p>\n<p>The sticky notes here (like all other sticky notes I&#8217;ve seen) use the keyboard.<\/p>\n<p>The first thing that occurred to me when I looked at this tool was that I would use it IFF I could write notes using my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wacom.com\/bamboo\/bamboo_pen_touch.php\">Wacom pen <\/a>tablet.<\/p>\n<p>I still have and use paper sticky notes. I find them very useful. Know why? Because they do not require me to put my thoughts down in a linear fashion. I write notes at an angle. Different angles grab my attention in different ways. I also circle things and draw arrows. These are crucial elements.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll wait.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class='wp_likes' id='wp_likes_post-764'><a class='like' href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(764);\" title='' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-likes\/images\/like.png\" alt='' border='0'\/><\/a><span class='text'>Be the first to like.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class='like' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.like(764);\">Like<\/a><\/div>\n<div class='unlike' ><a href=\"javascript:wp_likes.unlike(764);\">Unlike<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Approximate Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>Edistorm. Here is a tool that facilitates collective brainstorming using e-sticky notes. I love sorting and organizing and this tool seems to be set up quite nicely. I also love things that are colourful. I really wanted to find this &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2010\/05\/23\/small-ideas-the-problem-with-collaborative-brainstorming-tools\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[14],"tags":[70,69],"class_list":["post-764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-collaborative-tools","tag-small-ideas"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4Hsb6-ck","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2393,"url":"http:\/\/minkhollow.ca\/beckerblog\/2012\/07\/15\/being-programmed-the-33-digital-skills-every-21st-century-teacher-should-have\/","url_meta":{"origin":764,"position":0},"title":"Being Programmed: The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have","author":"Katrin Becker","date":"July 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Educational Technology and Mobile Learning: The 33 Digital Skills Every 21st Century Teacher should Have. 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