5. Collaboration tools help share knowledge & generate ideas faster … Ubiquitous access to the internet Voice over Internet Protocol Web Conferencing E-mail Mobile Phones Collaboration Tools
6. Don Tapscott & Anthony D. Williams Thousands or perhaps millions of connected individuals can work together on documents such as Wikipedia to create new products or enhance the value of existing ones Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything
13. Charity travel project supports rural education ! Three easy steps to participate in 1 Kg: 1)Travellers carry the educational materials, the rural schools need by checking on www.1Kg.org , with them 2) They then communicate and interact with kids, play games, give lessons, and bring information from the outside world to them 3) They then share their stories and pictures on the 1kg project forum when they return
14. TwinBooks Project – Outlet for those with fewer resources An urban child buys one of the TwinBooks Enters the “twin code” of the other book on the TwinBooks Website It is donated to a rural child
15. Global Collaboration – Environmental Projects GLOBE Project Journey North Kids as Global Scientists
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20. … interact with REAL scientists!!! Cassandra Brooks – Scientist working on the life history and population of Antarctic toothfish Video, audio and text dispatches from Cassandra Mentoring & collaboration through emails and blogs between Cassandra and students from anywhere around the globe!
21. Flat Classroom Project Created by Viki & Julie; Inspired by Friedman’s The World is Flat
22. Flat Classroom Project Joint learning productions and educational events, international relationships, unique curriculum projects, friendships and understandings Viki Davis Julie Lindsay
26. … learning pursuits need not be lonely endeavors anymore… Find others with similar interests online on Google Groups, msn Groups and Yahoo! Groups etc!
27. Wide array of online collaboration tools with amazing features… Adobe Connect Pro DimDim Centra WebEx Eliminate
28. How can you use online collaboration tools and software in your educational settings? Are you using any already?
29. Acknowledgement All ideas presented in this power point show are extracted from Dr Curtis J Bonk’s book The World is Open, chapter 8 opener # 7