This document provides information about the Sync.in collaboration tool, including how to use its formatting features, advantages, disadvantages, and potential benefits for teaching. The key features highlighted are the ability to change text colors and format, see a timeline of edits and posts, and collaboratively edit documents in real-time. However, it is noted that the tool has limitations like not supporting audio, video, or copying images. Potential benefits for education include remote collaboration, participation tracking, and simultaneous editing, but the document acknowledges that the tool's capabilities were not fully tested.

1. Sync. in…What is it?How do I use it?

3. Toggle List Undo action Redo action B=Bold I=Italics U=underline S=Strikethrough Increase indent Decrease indent

4. An example from text chat showing bold, underline, italics, strikethrough.

5. The colors of text can be changed to a chosen color with authorship colors; line numbers can be an effective way to alert someone to a particular line to edit or to read.

7. Time Slider tool allows you to see what has been posted and when the last saved note took place

9. Sync. in Advantages *color highlights the author *all changes can be saved/undo easily *talk chat is saved forever *launch notes from the desktop *track team activity *keeps work organized *talk about different areas easily *can bring in word doc by copy/paste *teachers/students could edit beside the author *good for writing assignments, study guide, class reports *can change colors of group if needed *force everyone to participate

10. Sync.in Disadvantages No audio No video Can’t copy/paste images Can delete someone’s posts Text chat can be anywhere on page Choppy Hard to follow the sequence Difficult for younger ages to manage Can’t put into a word document Doesn’t appear to be a moderator or teacher

11. Teaching Benefits Collaboration outside of classroom for all that have group name or link Easily track participants Can monitor and contribute in addition to students (can be accessed by group) Works easily for word documents and writing functions but has limitations, does not go beyond text

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16. Teaching benefits Not sure what to put since we never were able to test the capabilities…. Not positive of functions of tool

17. www.chatterous.com What is it ? How can we use it?

18. WHAT IS CHATTEROUS? Ongoing chat groups that can be revisited. Users Create Chat Rooms or “Groups” on Chatterous Can be password protected or open to all Allows users to access chats through alternate methods. Free Sign Up at www.chatterous.com

19. Chatterous Benefits Sign up Not Required Can access from outside sources Google Talk Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Hotmail Cell Phone Web (www.chatterous .com) Instant Messenger Can Subscribe to chat groups and view from RSS aggregator

20. Chatterous Disadvantages No Audio based live chat No Video based live interaction

21. Educational Implications