Thursday, March 8, 2012

Threadbox: An Analysis

Technological Features:
  • Simple, real-time messaging, and file sharing 
  • User email address and personal thread link
  • Invite anyone
    • Include any combination of people from Gmail, Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn to any thread. 
  •  Private threads
    • one-on-one threads with all of your contacts replaces email and instant messaging with a rich, organized, archived, searchable thread.
  • Share a link to a thread
    • post a thread as a link anywhere that lets people join the thread with one-click. Great for migrating conversations from Facebook or Twitter DMs into threads 
  • Desktop notifications
    • Mac and PC desktop notifications of new activity in Threadbox


Educational examples:
  • Teacher created thread to track students progress and to answer questions 
  •  Student created thread to collaborate on any project
  • Student created thread for synchronous telecollaborative communication

Maryland Technology standards

  •  Communication 
    •  Use technology effectively and appropriately to interact electronically.
    •  Use technology to communicate information in a variety of formats
  •  Integrating Technology into the Curriculum and Instruction
    • Design, implement and assess learning experiences that incorporate use of technology in a curriculum-related instructional activity to support understanding, inquiry, problem solving, communication and/or collaboration





       


      *As of xxxxxxxx xx, 2012 Threadbox is no longer running. All hail Google, they have a similar rendition called Google Wave.

      Check it out!