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{{ToolInfo
|title=Urtak - a tool for voting and discussion
|title=Questions and discussion around a blog
|tagline=Conversation powered by questions
|tagline=Comments powered by questions - Urtak
|image=Urtak1.png
|image=Urtak1.png
|topic=blog, feedback, poll, comments
|topic=blog, feedback, poll, comments
|description= Urtak.com provides a way to solicit comments on {{tooltag|blogs}}. The comment, described as ‘{{tooltag|collaborative}} {{tooltag|poll|polling}}’ takes the form of questions which visitors rank as important or not. URTAK is said to offer a way to gain better information from your community, and to typically engage people more than a simple comment box underneath a blog post. You may choose to use such a tool to poll opinion on a science issue. But by allowing questions to be asked in response to questions, Urtak offers an approach to explore.
|description=  
|strategy=
|strategy=
|ideas=
|ideas=
|topic=Blogs
|topic=Blogs, Polls
|specs=Web tool, available as a feature {{tooltag|plugin}} for the blog tool {{tooltag|WordPress}}  
|specs=Web tool, available as a feature {{tooltag|plugin}} for the blog tool {{tooltag|WordPress}}  
|Link=https://urtak.com/
|Link=https://urtak.com/

Latest revision as of 12:29, 23 October 2012

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Comments powered by questions - Urtak

Tool Description Urtak.com provides a way to solicit comments on blogs(tool). The comment, described as ‘collaborative(tool) polling(tool)’ takes the form of questions which visitors rank as important or not. URTAK is said to offer a way to gain better information from your community, and to typically engage people more than a simple comment box underneath a blog post. You may choose to use such a tool to poll opinion on a science issue. But by allowing questions to be asked in response to questions, Urtak offers an approach to explore. (edit)

Teaching Approach. Blogs offer a great space for collaborative(ta) writing and language(ta) development. Urtak adds to this by encouraging questioning(ta) on blogs, to engage pupils in reasoning(ta) together and collaborative dialogue(ta). (edit)

Tool details
Title Questions and discussion around a blog
Topic [[Topics/Polls|Polls]],  [[Topics/Blogs|Blogs]]
Licence / Cost / Platform

Web tool, available as a feature plugin(tool) for the blog tool WordPress(tool)

Subject / Categories ToolInfo, Polls, Blogs, Pages using duplicate arguments in template calls
Teaching Ideas / Links
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