Collaboration

=Tools to Develop Communication and Collaboration Skills =   ==**Wikis and Blogs **  == ====**New to Wikis and Blogs: Read this first **  ====
 *  Wikis, Blogs
 *  Collaboration Tools
 *  Voice / Video Conferencing
 *  Social Networking

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|Teachers First] www.teachersfirst.com/content/edge.cfm

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com (free; no ads for educators) [|Wet Paint] www.wetpaint.com (free; no ads for educators) [|PB Wiki] www.pbwiki.com (free; no ads for educators)

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">[|WordPress] wordpress.org/ Publishing Tool [|EduBlogs] edublogs.org/ Free for teachers and students [|Imbee] www.imbee.com/teacher Blogs for teachers of pre-teens. [|Class Chatter] www.classchatter.com/ Free and safe blogs for classrooms [|Class Blogmeister] classblogmeister.com/ from the Landmark Project [|Haiku] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.haikuls.com/ Learning Management System and blog [|Blogger] www.blogger.com/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Wikispaces <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link">www.wikispaces.com/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Word Press] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">www.wordpress.com <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Blogigo] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">www.blogigo.com

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Google Docs] www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|57 Useful Google Tools Scholars, Students, and Hobbyists] www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/18/57-useful-google-tools-youve-never-heard-of/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Google for Educators] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.google.com/educators/index.html  <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Office Live Workspace] (Microsoft) <span class="wiki_link_ext">officeliveoffers.com/Workspace/Homepage/default.htm  <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> " Access your documents from anywhere - and it’s free!" <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Classroom 2.0] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">www.classroom20.com/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This is a “social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative or transformative technologies in education.” <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|YouFig.com] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.youfig.com/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> They call themselves “Custom Collaboration Communities – Next Generation Enterprise & Social Collaboration.” The beta version is free. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|VoiceThread] voicethread.com <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (top) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> 

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==<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Voice/Videoconferencing   == <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Skype] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.skype.com <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Yahoo! Messenger] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">messenger.yahoo.com/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Windows Live Messenger] (Windows only) <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">get.live.com/messenger/overview <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|iChat] (Mac only) <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">www.apple.com/support/ichat/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|iVisit] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">www.ivisit.com/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> They have a special area for education [|Jabbin] (Windows and Linux; Mac in development) <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">sourceforge.net/projects/jabbin <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Eyeball Chat] (Windows only) <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.eyeballchat.com/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Ustream] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.ustream.tv/ Free, “live interactive broadcasting” <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ooVoo] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.oovoo.com/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|YakPack] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.yackpack.com/education.html

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<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//Facebook and MySpace - Can we use them educationally? can we train students how to use them correctly?//

<span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Facebook] by Lynette Shields <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span class="wiki_link_ext">edtech.usca.edu/courses/et793/sp07/wrt/shieldswrt/Index.html <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This was developed by a candidate in the Educational Technology Program at the University of South Carolina. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|My Space] by Adrienne Roberson <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.ed.sc.edu/edet/roberson/rosswebtech/home.htm <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This was developed by a candidate in the Educational Technology Program at the University of South Carolina. <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Elgg - Social Network Software for Education] <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">www.readwriteweb.com/archives/elgg.php <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Diingo] - Highlight and Share the Web! <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span class="wiki_link_ext">www.diigo.com/ <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> “Diigo is two services in one -- it is a research and collaborative research tool on the one hand, and a knowledge-sharing community and social content site on the other.” <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> [|Ning] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.ning.com <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> [|Twitter] <span class="wiki_link_ext">www.twitter.com <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> (top) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 255);">