EtherPad Update

An article by Darin Wagner    No Comments

Awhile back I wrote about EtherPad, a web tool that allows for simultaneous, realtime text editing. At the time, accounts for the service were being restricted due to overwhelming popularity of the tool.

I revisited the site recently while working with a group of educators and and was pleased to discover that accounts are not required anymore! They have made it so easy now that all you have to do is click a button and a new pad is ready for you to start writing!

This is such a great tool for collaboration. Here is a screen shot of an etherpad created by some Social Studies teachers writing a lesson plan for exploring the influence of media on politics.