M. Schaefer:TextAggregator

TextAggregator

Fall 2007–Spring 2009

The TextAggregator is a multi-user system for supporting classroom discussion and rich levels of formative assessment.

TextAggregator properties:

• students enter textual comments which are anonymously pooled for all students in the class

TextAggregator is an on-going research project of the POET Lab. It was last used in two computer science classes at Virginia Tech in the spring 2009 semester. It is the subject of the following poster presentation:

• Schaefer, M. (2008). Coordinating Knowledge Creation and Sharing: the Text Aggregator. Poster presented at the Virginia Tech Graduate Student Association Research Symposium, March 26 2008.