Collaborative Writing Tools

 

 

Google Docs

 

Google Docs

 

video: Google Docs tutorials

 

video: Using Google Docs to create a presentation

 

22 Ways to Use Google Docs in the Classroom

 

Sara Beauchamp-Hicks: NCTE presentation: Using Google Docs forms for inquiry

 

100 Great Google Docs Tips

 

Precipitate: Tool for searching Google Docs

 

Firefox extension: Submit Word, pdf, Web documents directly to Google Docs

 

Google Docs templates: Templates for different types of writing

 

Google Docs Blog: Templates Bring Docs to Life

 

Expert Village: Training videos on using Google Docs

 

Making comments with Google Docs

 

Sharing and commenting using Google Docs

 

Ideas for Using Google Docs in the Classroom

 

Posting to a blog from Google Docs

 

Kristen Abbey: Review of Google Docs, Currents

 

Educational uses of Google Docs

 

BlogoScoped: Writing a Book in Google Docs

 

Center for Study and Teaching of Writing, Ohio State Universing: podcast: Using Google Docs

 

 

Other collaborative writing tools

 

Mind map of best collaborative writing tools

 

5 Alternatives to Google Docs

 

ZohoWriter

 

Adobe Buzzword

 

EtherPad

 

Peepel

 

OpenGoo

 

Web 2.0 Cool Tools: Collaborative Tools

 

Nota: A collaborative wiki whiteboard for meshing images and text

 

MixedInk: Collaborative writing tool that combines a wiki, a Google Docs-like tool, and voting

 

Microsoft Office Live Workspace: Collaborative writing

 

Microsoft Live@edu: Suite of collaboration tools

 

Drop.io: Online sharing

 

Webspiration: Collaborative brainstorming and mapping

 

Dweeber: Students can share work and chat

 

New Technology Foundation: PePL Collaborative Learning Environment

 

TechLearning: Four Web 2.0 Collaborative Writing Tools

 

Robin Good: MasterNewMedia: 30 Online Collaboration Tools

 

Robin Good: Mind map of online collaboration tools

 

Google Sites: Collaborative websites

 

Using Google Sites

 

Justin Medveb: Using Google Sites for creating collaborative websites

 

YourDraft

 

MixedInk

 

ThinkFree

 

Stixy: online bulletin board format

 

Grupthink: share ideas with others

 

WriteWith

 

Subethaedit: collaborative text editing

 

AjaxWrite

 

Writeboard

 

Subethaedit

 

CoWord: converts Word files into a collaborative version

 

TaDa: create to-do lists for planning collaborative writing tasks

 

Wikipedia: lots of collaborative software tools

 

 

Collaborative online workspaces

 

Teachers Connecting: Site for teachers to collaborate on projects

 

Scribblar

 

Wiggio: Online site for collaborative group work

 

Skoolaborate: combines different tools for collaboration

 

Scoop

 

MindQuarry

 

Thinkature

 

Center for History and New Media: Web Scrapbook

 

 

Collaboration through videoconferencing

 

Wes Fryer: Teach Digital: videoconferencing

 

Scott Merrick’s blog: desktop video conferencing

 

 

Techniques for fostering collaborative writing

 

PBWiki: Collaborative learning strategies and activities

 

Vance Stevens: Engaging in Collaborative Writing through Social Networking

 

Vance Stevens: K-12 Conference: Using tagging to foster collaboration

 

Getting Schools to Embrace Collaboration Tools, THE Journal

 

Online collaborative writing projects

 

 

Collaboration through interactive virtual field trips

 

Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration

 

Noodletrip: virtual tours

 

Library of Congress: virtual materials through video conferencing

 

Cleveland Museum of Art

 

Mariner's Museum

 

NASA

 

Indianapolis Zoo

 

Apple Learning: Lewis and Clark Expedition