Online collaboration?
Web-based software designed to help people collaborate on a common task
Online collaboration can make collaboration easier across rooms, buildings, states, countries
Collaboration can occur on documents, presentations, spreadsheets, etc.
Nings
Nings are online collaboration tools
You’re part of our Ning so you know a little bit of what a Ning can do
Users can blog, chat, ask forum questions of each other, and, depending upon the level of access, collaborate on a much bigger level
MILI Ning
Ning for conferences
Wikis
Wikis are collaboration tools
You’ve seen a wiki – our MILI Wiki We do not have you collaborate in it, but we
could
Wikis have been used in classes, at conferences, for business purposes, etc.
MILI Wiki
Wiki for conferences
Moodle
Moodle is an online collaboration tool
Students can blog, respond to forum questions, upload documents, etc.
We’ll explore Moodle in-person next week
Before we move on…
Questions so far??
Google Docs
Create and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations
Can also create Forms, which are different kinds of questions you can send to people, and when answers come back they’re in spreadsheet form
Can create from new in Docs or upload existing items
Accessible anywhere
Month 2 in MILI Wiki
Google Docs for Educators
Google Docs: The Basics
Google Docs: Tips & Tricks
Google Classroom Activities
Sign up for Google Docs
We want you to sign up for Google Docs
If you created a Google Docs account in the past for Google Reader or Gmail you can use that same account
After the webinar go to Google Docs and log in
Google Docs tips – create/upload
Google Docs tips - items
Google Docs tips - tools
Google Docs tips - collaborate
Google Docs tips - invite
Google Docs tips – share link
Edit our Google Doc
Between now and our meeting
We want you to use Google Docs to: Beat the Bard – edit our Hamlet Google Doc Upload a document into Google Docs and check
out some of the differences Upload or create a document and invite others to
collaborate on the document with you If you’ve used Google Docs in the past, play
around with something you haven’t done there, like Presentations, Forms, or Spreadsheets
Between now and our meeting Make sure to blog
For blog prompts, look under Month 2 in the Wiki and use some of the Independent Learning Instructions to get ideas about what to blog