Download - Online collaboration
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What is online collaboration?
• Web-based collaboration software
• Collaboration across rooms, buildings, states, countries
• Collaboration on documents, presentations, spreadsheets, websites, etc.
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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
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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
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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!
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Google Docs home
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Creating new Google Doc
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New Google Doc
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Google Docs home again
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Between now and our in-person• Edit our Google Doc (Who’s On First) to play
around with the features
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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.
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Google Docs for Educators
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Google for Educators - Basics
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Google for Educators Tips & Tricks
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Google for Educators Classroom Activities
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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