COLLABORATION TOOLS
Diigo - see entry under Tools for Organizing and Social Bookmarking
Edmodo
With intuitive features and unlimited storage, quickly create groups, assign homework, schedule quizzes, manage progress, and more. With everything on one platform, Edmodo reinforces and enhances what you’re already doing in the classroom. Edmodo is both a Learning Management System (LMS) and a tool for collaboration. Edmodo is constantly adding and improving features. Free.
https://www.edmodo.com/
Diigo - see entry under Tools for Organizing and Social Bookmarking
Edmodo
With intuitive features and unlimited storage, quickly create groups, assign homework, schedule quizzes, manage progress, and more. With everything on one platform, Edmodo reinforces and enhances what you’re already doing in the classroom. Edmodo is both a Learning Management System (LMS) and a tool for collaboration. Edmodo is constantly adding and improving features. Free.
https://www.edmodo.com/
Edublogs
Edublogs is a free blogging platform for educators. Powered by WordPress. |
Google Drive and Docs (and Other Google Apps)
With Google Docs, all of your docs and files are stored online and easily shared. The Google environment is constantly adding and refining their apps. Google Docs is extremely useful for sharing writing and editing tasks. The ability to create shared calendars and spreadsheets are just a few of the many uses worth exploring. Below are two brief tutorials -- one on Google Docs and one on Sharing (Docs). Free http://docs.google.com |
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Padlet
Padlet (formerly Wallwisher) is a free application to create an online bulletin board that you can use to display information for any topic. Easily create an account and build a new board. You can add images, links, videos, and more. You can return to add more later. Installing Padlet Mini in your browser allows you to add the page you are browsing to your Padlet and gives you a shortcut to view your Padlets. Settings allow you to make your wall completely open for public contributions, completely private, or moderated by you (you approve all contributions before they show). This is a device-agnostic tool, available on the web but also available for free as both an Android and iOS app. Use it from any device or move between several devices and still access your work. (from Teacher's First: http://www.teachersfirst.com/single.cfm?id=10007) SeeSaw Seesaw empowers students of any age to independently document what they are learning at school.Students capture learning with photos and videos of physical work, or by adding digital creations. Everything is uploaded and kept organized for teachers. Teachers can invite families to Seesaw so parents get an immediate, personalized window into their child's learning. |
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Wikis and Blogs
Wikis are websites that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by users. Blogs are websites usually run by individuals or small groups that have the ability to allow for conversation between users. There are many different platforms (websites that exist to "host" your Wiki or Blog) that you can use and they share most features with some minor variations, mostly in terms of their interface (what you see when you look at the website). Below are two tutorials. One on Wikis and one on Blogs.
Wikis are websites that allows collaborative editing of its content and structure by users. Blogs are websites usually run by individuals or small groups that have the ability to allow for conversation between users. There are many different platforms (websites that exist to "host" your Wiki or Blog) that you can use and they share most features with some minor variations, mostly in terms of their interface (what you see when you look at the website). Below are two tutorials. One on Wikis and one on Blogs.
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Weebly
This webpage was made using Weebly. Weebly is a web-hosting service that allows users to "drag-and-drop" while using their website builder. You can see what the results are just from looking at this site. This site can allow users to interact through the forums at the bottom of the page. It functions more like a Blog than a Wiki, but allows collaboration in the form of discussion and the ability to add new content. There are many other providers that are similar. From their homepage they have a very good tutorial. Free at basic level.
www.weebly.com/
This webpage was made using Weebly. Weebly is a web-hosting service that allows users to "drag-and-drop" while using their website builder. You can see what the results are just from looking at this site. This site can allow users to interact through the forums at the bottom of the page. It functions more like a Blog than a Wiki, but allows collaboration in the form of discussion and the ability to add new content. There are many other providers that are similar. From their homepage they have a very good tutorial. Free at basic level.
www.weebly.com/