This is another presentation for my MILI program and teachers. This one is about different online collaboration tools.

1. Online Collaboration MILI 2009 LeAnn Suchy, Metronet leann@metronet.lib.mn.us

2. Online collaboration? Web-based software designed to help people collaborate on a common task Online collaboration can make collaboration easier across rooms, buildings, states, countries Collaboration can occur on documents, presentations, spreadsheets, etc.

3. Nings Nings are online collaboration tools You’re part of our Ning so you know a little bit of what a Ning can do Users can blog, chat, ask forum questions of each other, and, depending upon the level of access, collaborate on a much bigger level

4. MILI Ning

5. Ning for conferences

6. Wikis Wikis are collaboration tools You’ve seen a wiki – our MILI Wiki We do not have you collaborate in it, but we could Wikis have been used in classes, at conferences, for business purposes, etc.

7. MILI Wiki

8. Wiki for conferences

9. Moodle Moodle is an online collaboration tool Students can blog, respond to forum questions, upload documents, etc. We’ll explore Moodle in-person next week

10. Before we move on… Questions so far??

11. Google Docs Create and collaborate on documents, spreadsheets, and presentations Can also create Forms, which are different kinds of questions you can send to people, and when answers come back they’re in spreadsheet form Can create from new in Docs or upload existing items Accessible anywhere

12. Month 2 in MILI Wiki

13. Google Docs for Educators

14. Google Docs: The Basics

15. Google Docs: Tips & Tricks

16. Google Classroom Activities

17. Sign up for Google Docs We want you to sign up for Google Docs If you created a Google Docs account in the past for Google Reader or Gmail you can use that same account After the webinar go to Google Docs and log in

18. Google Docs tips – create/upload

19. Google Docs tips - items

20. Google Docs tips - tools

21. Google Docs tips - collaborate

22. Google Docs tips - invite

23. Google Docs tips – share link

24. Edit our Google Doc

25. Between now and our meeting We want you to use Google Docs to: Beat the Bard – edit our Hamlet Google Doc Upload a document into Google Docs and check out some of the differences Upload or create a document and invite others to collaborate on the document with you If you’ve used Google Docs in the past, play around with something you haven’t done there, like Presentations, Forms, or Spreadsheets

26. Between now and our meeting Make sure to blog For blog prompts, look under Month 2 in the Wiki and use some of the Independent Learning Instructions to get ideas about what to blog

27. Questions? Ask now or you can always contact me: leann@metronet.lib.mn.us or 651-646-0475