2. What is online collaboration? Web-based collaboration software Collaboration across rooms, buildings, states, countries Collaboration on documents, presentations, spreadsheets, websites, etc.
3. Why online collaboration in education? Can collaborate from anywhere with a computer and internet connection No software to download and upgrade Teachers can be included in collaboration process, not just end result
4. Some collaboration tools Wikis Pbworks - http://pbworks.com/ Blogs Blogger - http://www.blogger.com Posterous - http://posterous.com/ Websites Google Sites - https://sites.google.com/ Documents Google Docs – what we’ll focus on Zoho (http://www.zoho.com/) is very similar to Google Docs
5. Google Docs Collaboration of online documents, spreadsheets, presentations, forms, etc. Can create new in Google Docs or upload already-created documents Multiple users can edit same document online no more attachments back and forth via email!
10. Between now and our in-person Edit our Google Doc (Who’s On First) to play around with the features
11. In-person we’ll show you how to… Share a Google Doc Chat with others in Google Docs Organize Google Docs And show some of the other Google Docs tools – spreadsheets, forms, etc.
16. Between now and our meeting you should… Edit our Who’s On First document to play around with some of Google Docs features Upload a document you created in Word or Excel to Google Docs to see the differences Post a blog post about the uses you could see for Google Docs in your classroom Look at the Assignments section of Month 2 for more info
