Answer Garden - a fantastic brainstorming tool!

Hello lovely people who read my blog.

I'm having a sudden burst of blog proliferousness (not a real word, I know, but it works nicely and there are 156 Google hits for its use) and here I am with another great web tool. Well, it is Christmas…nearly.

I found this tool in use by Paul Koch (who has very kindly followed my humble blog) on his class blog here. I couldn't help thinking that this is such a fantastic tool to use on a class blog! There is huge potential for vocabulary work: brainstorming before a class or after, as follow up, and it's SO simple that even the technophobic or kids with only basic skills can use it easily.

It could be made into an alphabet game: challenge the learners to come up with one word for every letter of the alphabet based on a certain topic - animals, for example. If they can do it before the next lesson they get to play their favourite game or something.

We could also get feedback on the lessons, with the students naming activities that they really like doing.

I'm sure their are more possibilities, so I thought I'd post a version here so that we could try it out, and if anyone has any thoughts about further uses, please comment below and we can create an effective AnswerGarden resource page. Here's my AnswerGarden...

What's your favourite English word?... at AnswerGarden.ch.

Now I really must get on with my MA assignments...