Thursday, December 9, 2010

Online Collaboration Tools

Tools For Collaboration!
There are several free web based tools out there that will allow you and your students to collaborate on a document in real time. (Really, Real Time)
Check Out These Web Sites
http://ietherpad.com/  (with this site you can create a login as a teacher and password protect your documents.  This site also limits how many users can be typing at one time.. I believe it is 6)
Benefits:
1.     Increases Collaboration (21st Century Skill)
2.    Students do not need an account
3.    Really, Real Time. ( Do not need to refresh the page)
4.    Chat option is available
5.    Exports to PDF, Word, Text, etc
6.    Very easy to use
7.    Free!

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