If you click on the title link above, it will take you to the Fleck.com homepage that I just annotated (same as in the photo above). While not intended to be an educational tool, like many other Web 2.0 sites these days, it has a lot of potential.
Fleck allows you to go to any web page, start the Fleck tool (I dragged the link to my favorites toolbar), and then start adding post-it notes on the web page. You can then click on "Share" and get a URL for the annotated page, which you can then send to other people. When the other person goes to the URL, they can move and edit your notes, as well as add their own.
I was just in the process of preparing a class for next semester in which one of the options I will have is for students to create their own web pages about the topics we will be covering. Initially, I will have links to Google Page Creator and to Weebly.com. With Fleck I now have an easy way to comment on and grade their work. And, according to TechCrunch, Fleck is the easiest tool of this kind currently available. Plus, they say:
- There’s a long list of features that Fleck aims to roll out in time, including photo integration, arrows, multi-language support and Pro accounts with premium features. If they can make this a more fleshed out service while retaining the incredible simplicity it offers now, Fleck could grow into a particularly solid contender in the web page annotation space. TechCruncha>, 16 Nov 2006
Others that offer this type of annotation tool are: Stickis.com, Diigo.com, and Trailfire.com. Reviews of the different feature these offer can be found on TechCrunch.
NEW: The Newest site offering a tool like this is Zpeech.com - to create a comment or discussion page about a site, all you need to do is add http://zpeech.com/ before the URL.
