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Online Collaboration
The document discusses various online collaboration tools, including Nings, wikis, and Moodle, that facilitate group work across different locations. It emphasizes Google Docs as a versatile platform for creating and sharing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations, encouraging users to collaborate in real-time. Lastly, the document provides tips for utilizing Google Docs effectively while inviting participants to engage in blogging and other collaborative activities before the next meeting.
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Online Collaboration
- 1. Online CollaborationMILI 2009LeAnnSuchy, Metronetleann@metronet.lib.mn.us
- 2. Online collaboration?Web-based softwaredesigned to help people collaborate on a common taskOnline collaboration can make collaboration easier across rooms, buildings, states, countriesCollaboration can occur on documents, presentations, spreadsheets, etc.
- 3. NingsNings are onlinecollaboration toolsYou’re part of our Ning so you know a little bit of what a Ning can doUsers can blog, chat, ask forum questions of each other, and, depending upon the level of access, collaborate on a much bigger level
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- 6. WikisWikis are collaborationtoolsYou’ve seen a wiki – our MILI WikiWe do not have you collaborate in it, but we couldWikis have been used in classes, at conferences, for business purposes, etc.
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- 9. MoodleMoodle is anonline collaboration toolStudents can blog, respond to forum questions, upload documents, etc.We’ll explore Moodle in-person next week
- 10. Before we moveon…Questions so far??
- 11. Google DocsCreate andcollaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentationsCan also create Forms, which are different kinds of questions you can send to people, and when answers come back they’re in spreadsheet formCan create from new in Docs or upload existing itemsAccessible anywhere
- 12. Month 2 inMILI Wiki
- 13. Google Docs forEducators
- 14. Google Docs: TheBasics
- 15. Google Docs: Tips& Tricks
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- 17. Sign up forGoogle DocsWe want you to sign up for Google DocsIf you created a Google Docs account in the past for Google Reader or Gmail you can use that same accountAfter the webinar go to Google Docs and log in
- 18. Google Docs tips– create/upload
- 19. Google Docs tips- items
- 20. Google Docs tips- tools
- 21. Google Docs tips- collaborate
- 22. Google Docs tips- invite
- 23. Google Docs tips– share link
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- 25. Between now andour meetingWe want you to use Google Docs to:Beat the Bard – edit our Hamlet Google DocUpload a document into Google Docs and check out some of the differencesUpload or create a document and invite others to collaborate on the document with youIf you’ve used Google Docs in the past, play around with something you haven’t done there, like Presentations, Forms, or Spreadsheets
- 26. Between now andour meetingMake sure to blogFor blog prompts, look under Month 2 in the Wiki and use some of the Independent Learning Instructions to get ideas about what to blog
- 27. Questions?Ask now oryou can always contact me:leann@metronet.lib.mn.us or 651-646-0475