Open Study

Open Study is a new (beta) site that is ideal for creating/joining study groups on any number of subjects.  Also, this site acts as a nice message board to find answers to those difficult questions.

I highly recommend checking out Open Study by clicking here!!!

For a more detailed review check out Richard Byrne's wonderful blog.

Text the Mob

Text the Mob is a new (beta) site for creating entertaining polls and message boards for a given audience. A great/unique feature is the ability to text your answers in via a cell phone (hence the name).

TTM is free but that allows only up to a 100 participants w/ adds. To remove this feature it is $8.oo a month for unlimited questions/clients. Also, another nice feature which is coming is the ability to filter out swear words. This will be ideal for schools, especially those in 1 : 1 environment or for those that have an iPod lab.

Give Text the Mob a try by clicking here.

Below is a video on this great service...

PinDax

PinDax, is a new site I learned about from Larry Ferlazzo's blog. This is a place where a user can create messages boards to collaborate w/ their users. It is very similar to Wall Wisher in that respect and has some very nice features to make it an attractive option for users.

PD is great at giving people the option to create embeddable "sticky notes" on their site. From there you can have users add comments, join a chat, organize by layers, etc etc. There are some really cool things that a user can do.

The one area of PD that I was not so fond of is w/ all the nice options you have it's not as user friendly as Wall Wisher. WW being more mundane actually simplifies itself for their users which turns out to be a plus. I think if PD didn't have so many links to click or items to choose from it might make the user experience a bit easier.



Give PinDax a try by clicking here.