iEARN TEACHER'S GUIDE TO ONLINE COLLABORATION

iEARN TEACHER'S GUIDE TO ONLINE COLLABORATION

During 2010 I was invited to attend the annual iEarn global conference.

This is really a great organization and they have great resources.

I am sharing their global citizenship pdf with you. 

This resource is designed to guide teachers through the steps of

planning and conducting an online, collaborative project with classrooms

around the world. 

You will be introduced to global, project-based learning and 

collaboration through the International Education and Resource Network (iEARN).

Very good!!

Click here to download the pdf (2.2 MB)

Silk Slides

Silk Slides

This is really easy to use.

They are a great way to upload presentations online free of charge and share them.

How Teachers can collaborate

How Teachers can collaborate

Click here to see the full infographic

WeVideo

WeVideo

WeVideo is an online video editing program that you can use collaboratively with others.
It is easy to add effects, music and narration to a personal or group project.
WeVideo also takes the hassle out of sharing by providing options for popular social media sites.

This is great!

Padlet

Padlet

Padlet is a powerful virtual pinboard that allows you the luxury of making
your space into whatever it needs to be:
timeline, interactive storyteller, visual book report, assignment planner, and the list goes on. 

Very cool!!

Draftin

Draftin

This is a very simple writing editor that has great collaborative features.
Students can invite their peers to edit their writings and share feedback with each other.

Very nice for english and writing!!

Primarypad

Primarypad

PrimaryPad is a web-based word processor designed for schools that
allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time.

It uses various colours for different people, so you can see who is typing what.

Very nice!!

Titanpad

Titanpad

This is another awesome web tool that allows people to work on the same
document at the same time. It does resemble Google Docs and it also does
not require any software download.

Very nice, you do not even need to signup!!

RealTimeBoard

RealTimeBoard

This is an amazing collaborative whiteboard where multiple users can edit a
multimedia board in real time. The site allows you to signup and sign in using
a Google account and you can access and add your files and media on your
Google Docs/Drive area making this a fabulous companion to schools using
Google Apps for education. You can write by typing or you can write in
'freehand' so you can use your interactive whiteboard to write and archive
the lesson to use or refer to later.

Very cool!!

Google Drive for assignments

Google Drive for assignments

               How to use shared Google Drive folders to distribute assignments and rubrics to students.

BayFiles

BayFiles

Upload your files. There is a  file size limit.
5 GB per file ....

A Web Whiteboard

A Web Whiteboard

This is a very simple web based application that allows you use your computer,
tablet or smartphone to easily draw sketches, collaborate with others and
share them with the world.

Popplet

Popplet

Popplet is more than the online mind mapping application it seems at first glance.
It also offers an effective way of sharing and presenting. 

you can add text, links, pictures and videos.
An important added bonus is the iOS app that makes this tool available on all iDevices.

This is one of the coolest things i have seen in ages!!!

Idroo

Idroo

Idroo is an online educational multiuser whiteboard that can be shared.
Very easy to use!!

Teach, learn and collaborate easily  

There is also a help file here

Slideshare

Slide Share

It is a way of easily presenting information online.  It is also a way for your students to present their information online if they are collaborating with another class.

  With Slideshare you can upload and share (publicly or privately) PowerPoints or PDFs for online viewing.  File formats that are supported by Slideshare are ppt, pps, pot, pptx, ppsx, potx, OpenOffice, and Keynote. Document formats supported are PDF, Microsoft Word, Excel sheets, OpenOffice files and text files. The maxmum allowed file size is 100 MB. 

 

Have a look here for a video to show you how to use it!!

Sticky note

create your own sticky notes.  Very easy to use and there is not even a signup required!!