Collaboration

Tools =Collaboration Tools=


 * Wikis & Docs
 * Blogs
 * Bookmarking
 * Whiteboarding and Collaborative Drawing & Writing
 * Lists/Notetaking Tools

//Use Collaborative tools with students to//
 * //Provide and receive feedback//
 * //Learn how to interact appropriately//
 * //Practice appropriate written language//
 * //Work cooperatively//
 * //Be part of a team//
 * //Be responsible for specific part of a project//

Wikis & Docs for collaboration or web pages

 * Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com (free no ads for educators)
 * [|PB Works] www.pbworks.com (free no ads for educators)
 * [|Zoho Wiki] wiki.zoho.com/
 * [|Google Docs] docs.google.com
 * [|Wet Paint] www.wetpaint.com (includes ads)

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Blogs

 * [|WordPress] wordpress.org/ Publishing Tool
 * [|EduBlogs] edublogs.org/ Free for teachers and students
 * [|Class Chatter] www.classchatter.com/ Free and safe blogs for classrooms
 * [|Class Blogmeister] classblogmeister.com/ from the Landmark Project
 * [|Haiku] www.haikuls.com/ Learning Management System and blog
 * [|Blogger] www.blogger.com/

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Bookmarking

 * [|Trackstar] trackstar.4teachers.org
 * [|Delicious] delicious.com/
 * [|Ma.gnolia] ma.gnolia.com/
 * [|Blinklist] www.blinklist.com/
 * [|Diigo] www.diigo.com/ “Diigo provides a browser add-on that can really improve your research productivity. As you read on the web, instead of just bookmarking, you can highlight portions of web pages that are of particular interest to you. You can also attach sticky notes to specific parts of web pages.”
 * [|ProProfs] www.proprofs.com/ They offer free tools and resources. You can create and share quizzes, flashcards, bookmarking, blogs, discussion forums, wikis.

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Programs to use independently or collaboratively

 * [|GE Imagination Cubed] www.imaginationcubed.com/
 * [|Twiddla] www.twiddla.com
 * [|Dabbleboard] dabbleboard.com/
 * [|Scriblink] www.scriblink.com/
 * [|Scribblar] www.scribblar.com/
 * [|DoInk][|www.doink.com]

Collaborative Writing

 * [|ToonDoo] www.toondoo.com & [|Teachers Guide] toondooguide.wordpress.com Students can create a comic to describe process or tell a story.
 * [|KerPoof] www.kerpoof.com/ Create cartoons or a movie
 * [|StoryBird] storybird.com/ Collaborative StoryTelling
 * [|VoiceThread] voicethread.com Collaborative story telling with pictures and voice
 * [|Scratch] scratch.mit.edu/ create stories, games, music, art.
 * [|Animoto] animoto.com/ Similar to Photostory allows you to put together pictures and narrate
 * [|Prezi] prezi.com create animated and splashy stories and presentations

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Lists / Notetaking Tools

 * [|Project Based Learning Checklist] pblchecklist.4teachers.org/ Create a list of project listing requirements
 * [|Study Guides and Strategies] www.studygs.net/
 * [|Ta-da List] www.tadalist.com/ Easy to use list tool.
 * [|Remember the Milk] www.rememberthemilk.com/
 * [|Hott Notes] hottnotes.com/ With the portable version, which is also free (or you can give a donation,) you can “Install hott notes to a flash drive and take your notes wherever you go!”
 * [|My Note IT] mynoteit.com/index.php You must register for a free account to use this web-based note-taking and sharing tool.
 * [|Note Mesh] www.notemesh.com/notemesh.php?a=home This is a “free service that allows college students in the same classes to share notes with each other. It works by creating a wiki for individual classes that users can edit.” If you don’t teach at the college level, you could check out this site and do this with your own classes with a free wiki tool!
 * [|Sticker Lite] www.sticky-notes.net/ They also have some fee-based tools for making notes and lists.
 * [|AM-Notebook Lite] www.aignes.com/notebook.htm This version is free for personal use but, like many of the free versions of tools, has limited features.
 * [|NHC Express Notes] www.filesland.com/companies/NCH-Swift-Sound/NCH-Express-Notes.html

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