2. Online collaboration? Web-based software designed to help people collaborate on a common task Online collaboration can make collaboration easier across rooms, buildings, states, countries Collaboration can occur on documents, presentations, spreadsheets, etc.
3. Nings Nings are online collaboration tools You’re part of our Ning so you know a little bit of what a Ning can do Users can blog, chat, ask forum questions of each other, and, depending upon the level of access, collaborate on a much bigger level
6. Wikis Wikis are collaboration tools You’ve seen a wiki – our MILI Wiki We do not have you collaborate in it, but we could Wikis have been used in classes, at conferences, for business purposes, etc.
9. Moodle Moodle is an online collaboration tool Students can blog, respond to forum questions, upload documents, etc. We’ll explore Moodle in-person next week
11. Google Docs Create and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations Can also create Forms, which are different kinds of questions you can send to people, and when answers come back they’re in spreadsheet form Can create from new in Docs or upload existing items Accessible anywhere
17. Sign up for Google Docs We want you to sign up for Google Docs If you created a Google Docs account in the past for Google Reader or Gmail you can use that same account After the webinar go to Google Docs and log in
25. Between now and our meeting We want you to use Google Docs to: Beat the Bard – edit our Hamlet Google Doc Upload a document into Google Docs and check out some of the differences Upload or create a document and invite others to collaborate on the document with you If 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 and our meeting Make sure to blog For 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 or you can always contact me: leann@metronet.lib.mn.us or 651-646-0475