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Other Collaborative Sites

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Collaboration and Networking

What is social networking?

Google Docs is a suite of online tools that allow you to collaboratively create and edit textual documents, spreadsheets and presentations. You can also upload Microsoft Office documents into Google Docs when you want to share them with others

Google Gears

You can edit your google documents, presentations and spreadsheets when you don't have Internet connection

Zoho

Open office software similar to Microsoft Office

Skype

Skype allows you to call from computer to computer for free. Paid packages are available that allow you to call LAN lines as well. You can use this for conference calls as well as video calling

Skype in Schools

Yugma

Yugma is a desktop viewing program. The host can start a session and invite others to view what they are doing on their desktop. The host can also give control to another person and allow them to demonstrate what is on their desktop

Twitter

*** Twitter in Plain English

Twitter is a type of social network. It can act similar to a chat or a mini-message board. You create your own network of people to follow.

Tutorials on how to begin using Twitter.

Twitter Education Pack

Twitter 4 Teachers

Brightkite

Users can check in and notify their friends about where they are, in addition to what they are doing

VoiceThread

Using Powerpoint presentations or images you can create an audio slideshow. Audio comments can be left by others.

Check out the following links:

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