On-line+Collaboration

On-Line Collaboration
 David Crawford - david.crawford@stokes.k12.nc.us

Objectives:
 a. Participants will be able to identify ways they would use on-line collaboration in their classroom.  b. Participants will be able to setup an account with an on-line collaborative site, create and share a project with a group.  c. Participants will be able to locate a variety of on-line collaborative tools.

Steps For Collaboration
 >1. Before you start - for many of the on-line tools you (and all participants) will need a valid e-mail account that can be accessed from school. e-pals: [] is a good tool for this

1. Set up an account  a. requires some personal information  b. often, the site will send an e-mail to you, and a response is required to activate the account

2. Sign into your account  a. create your project, document, etc  b. save the project

3. Sharing your project with those you wish to collaborate with. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> a. this may involve sending an e-mail with a link to the project <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> b. this may involve identifying others with accounts on the site <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> c. Typical permissions: allow the public (the word) to see, allow just people you invite to see, allowing people you invite to edit, allow comments.....

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 4. You now are ready to collaborate on the document.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Google Docs
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Instructions for setting up a google docs account click

<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> ==<span style="font-size: 1.3em; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;">**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">PBWorks ** ==

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Instructions for editing PB Works

<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">1. Go to [] <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">2. Log in using the username and password provided <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">3. Click on Pages and Files <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Click on the folder: __online collaboration__ <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. Click on New and select page <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. Name your page <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7. Open your new page (it will appear in the list of pages - double click on it) <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8. Edit your new page by clicking on Edit at the top of the page <span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9 Save your changes at the bottom.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Productivity Suites
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(many tools including word processing)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Google docs intro video: []
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Google docs: []
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Zoho: []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Blogs

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Blogspot: []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Presentation

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Glogster: []
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Capzles: []
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Our Story www.ourstory.com Online timeline
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Prezi [|http://prezi.com] Online presentation program

==<span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #444444; font-family: 'Segoe UI','Lucida Grande',Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; font-style: inherit; line-height: 1.25em; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**Wikis** ==


 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**PBWorks**: <span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #114488 !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[]


 * <span style="border: 0px initial initial; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 3em; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">**Wikispaces**: <span style="border: 0px initial initial; color: #114488 !important; font-family: inherit; font-size: 13px; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">http://www.wikispaces.com

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: 25px;">**Communication**
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Meebo: [|http://www.meebo.com]
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Skype: [|http://www.skype.com]

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Collaboration

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kadoo - sharing digital content: []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Other Web 2.0 Resources

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">teachweb2 - home- http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/ - an extensive list of web 2.0 sites, some free, some not
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">@http://desmarzanotechresources.pbworks.com/ - a list of web 2.0 tools by teaching strategy
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">copyright friendly resources: http://copyrightfriendly.wikispaces.com/

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">E-Mail

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">e-pals: []

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Reflection
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 1. What obstacles did you run into - can you think of work-arounds? <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> 2. How could on-line tools enhance the collaborative efforts in your classroom?