Month 2 webinar for the MILI program, this one about online collaboration, what that is, and tools we'll use in the program.

1. Online Collaboration MILI 2011-2012 LeAnn Suchy, Metronet leann@metronet.lib.mn.us

2. What is online collaboration? Web-based collaboration software Collaboration across rooms, buildings, states, countries Collaboration on documents, presentations, spreadsheets, blogs, 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. WikisWe’ll talk about PBworks

5. Set up best practices before use

7. Blogs

8. Blogspost@posterous.com Send an email, the blog is posted! Attach images, they appear in the blog. Put in an YouTube link, it embeds the video in the post. For group blog: other users post w/ an email address.

9. There are others We’ll focus on certain tools, but there are others

10. At our in-person meeting we’ll… Go over how to use PBWorks & Posterous Give you time to use either of those tools And ask you to share some things you’ve done/thought about/used since our last meeting