On Line Collaboration PA - MD - DE 2007 Summer Meeting John Dorner NACAA Electronic Communications Coordinator NCCES Information Management Agent

Collaboration is about… Sharing the workload Sharing information Communication Relationships

Sharing the workload

Sharing information

Communication

Relationships

Why Use On-Line Tools? We’re not in our offices Email overload - wrong method Need to work together - faster Unable to keep up We don’t know it all Communication failures

We’re not in our offices

Email overload - wrong method

Need to work together - faster

Unable to keep up

We don’t know it all

Communication failures

Elements of Collaboration Real-time contributing - let’s capture this… Attention - what are you reading? Thinking? Visualization - show me it… Status - where are you, what are you doing? Social networking - finding people, and sharing

Real-time Editing Tools Shared space to work: Google Docs ZoHo.com Wikis - the 10,000 lb gorilla

Shared space to work:

Google Docs

ZoHo.com

Wikis - the 10,000 lb gorilla

Attention Tools What’s got your attention? Blogs - thoughts, ideas, cool stuff Google Reader - syndication feeds Del.icio.us - social bookmarking Backpackit - what I’m working on rememberthemilk.com

What’s got your attention?

Blogs - thoughts, ideas, cool stuff

Google Reader - syndication feeds

Del.icio.us - social bookmarking

Backpackit - what I’m working on

rememberthemilk.com

Conferencing Tools Show me… Adobe Connect - Web conferencing Vyew - light-weight Web conferencing Internet-based videoconferencing H.323 iChatAV VoIP - Skype

Show me…

Adobe Connect - Web conferencing

Vyew - light-weight Web conferencing

Internet-based videoconferencing

H.323

iChatAV

VoIP - Skype

Status Tools Where are you? What are you doing? Instant messaging/enterprise chat SMS Facebook Twitter

Where are you? What are you doing?

Instant messaging/enterprise chat

SMS

Facebook

Twitter

Let’s see it in action

Next Steps - Getting Started Identify your social network < 8 Share what’s got your attention - Del.icio.us Need to write something? - Google Docs Stop surfing - syndication feeds (GR) Stop the email madness – Wiki, IM, SMS

Identify your social network < 8

Share what’s got your attention - Del.icio.us

Need to write something? - Google Docs

Stop surfing - syndication feeds (GR)

Stop the email madness – Wiki, IM, SMS