SESSION: 178 Web Tools for Collaboration

Thursday 1:15 - 2:15 PM

Tony Vincent, Salon 5 Thursday 1:15 - 2:15 PM Capacity: 400

Not only is collaboration an important life skill, but it can have a positive influence on student engagement. Web-based tools can enable collaboration among students in the same classroom or among students anywhere in the world. Experience terrific and free tools that can fuel productive collaboration through text, voice, discussion groups, whiteboard spaces, mind mapping, and presentations. STRAND: Communication and Collaboration AUDIENCE: General Interest TYPE: Concurrent

Collaboration is one of the 4Cs of 21st century learning. The 4Cs include critical thinking, communication, creativity, and collaboration. Collaboration is the act of working together on a common goal. Not only is collaboration an important life skill, it can have a positive influence on student engagement.

The Partnership for 21st Century Skills says that mastering collaboration skills requires the ability to work effectively with diverse teams. It also requires the ability to "be helpful and make necessary compromises to accomplish a common goal."

Our Collaborative Documents

1. Linoit board for “What are some tasks you’ve had students work on collaboratively?”
2. Scribblar whiteboard for collaboration skills
3. Popplet with diagramming tools
4. Prezi collaboration example
5. Google Spreadsheet with benefits and drawbacks of web tools
6. Google Doc for productive collaboration
7. Posterous discussion for what you’ve learned at GaETC 2011

Collaborative Sticky Notes

1. Linoit - Works with iPad-teacher has more control when logged in.
2. Wallwisher- Made for teachers and students. Can be glitchy.
3. Corkboard.me - Simple to use. No teacher controls.

Collaborative Whiteboards

1. Scribblar

1. Twiddla
2. Scriblink
3. Cosketch

2. Board800
3. FlockDraw
4. Aww - Works on iPads, tablets, and smartphones

Mind Mapping

1. Popplet - Online and has an iPad app (Tony’s example) (requires login for collaborating). App is not free
2. MindMeister
3. Dabbleboard
4. Cacoo
5. Diagramo
6. Bubbl.us

Prezi

1. Up to 10 collaborators on one Prezi.
2. Click Invite to Edit under the Meeting menu when Edit mode.

Google Docs

1. Share a document so that students don’t have to have an account.
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3. Epic Google Docs Presentation Animation video on YouTube.
4. List of the Interesting Ways Collaborative Slideshows.

Discussion Boards

1. Set up a Posterous Space to allow comments (example tonyv.me/g2011)
2. Edmodo
3. nicenet.net
4. Collaborize Classroom

Skype

1. Connect with other classrooms using education.skype.com.
2. Read about preparing to Skype with another class.

Powerful Learning by Linda Darling-Hammond has lots to say about collaboration.

SimliarSites might just help you find a better alternative to a site you already like.

Make any software collaborative by sharing one screen with Join.me.