This document discusses various collaboration tools that can be used in education. It provides examples of collaborative software like Google Docs, PrimaryPad and TitanPad for real-time document editing. Other tools mentioned include Flockdraw and Cacoo for online whiteboarding, Diigo and Symbaloo for collaborative bookmarking, Edmodo for a social learning network, Voicethread for multimedia sharing, Skype for video/voice chat, wikis for collaborative writing and editing, and Twitter for microblogging. The document encourages using these tools to facilitate collaboration between students and teachers.

1. Leslie Cash & Angela Clark
Technology Resource Teachers
Shelby County Schools

2. Why Collaboration Tools?
http://www.p21.org/index.php

3. What is a Collaboration Tool?
• A collaboration tool is something that helps
people collaborate. The term is often used to
mean collaborative software, but
collaboration tools were being used before
computers existed. A piece of paper, for
example, can be used as a collaboration tool.

4. Collaborative piece
of paper

5. http://typewith.me/

6. Collaborative piece of paper
• http://typewith.me/
– http://primarypad.com/
(for education)
– http://beta.primarypad.com/p/aetc
• http://titanpad.com/
(can create private group space)
– http://titanpad.com/aetc2012

7. Collaborative
whiteboards

8. http://flockdraw.com/
http://flockdraw.com/gallery/view/1337461

9. http://www.dabbleboard.com/draw

10. Graphic Organizers

11. https://bubbl.us/

12. https://cacoo.com/diagrams/

13. Collaborative
Bookmarking

14. http://www.diigo.com/index

15. http://www.symbaloo.com/mix/collaborativeclassrooms?searched=true

16. Collaborative Bookmarking
• www.diigo.com/
• http://delicious.com/
(formerly del.icio.us)
• www.symbaloo.com/
• And many more 

17. Edmodo:
a secure social learning network

18. www.edmodo.com/ c
Edmodo

19. Voicethread

20. https://voicethread.com/?#u359831

21. Skype

23. Finding a Skype connections
• Skype in the Classroom: http://education.skype.com/
• Skype in schools wiki:
http://skypeinschools.pbworks.com/w/page/11008318/Fr
ontPage
• Skype Other Classrooms: http://theedublogger.com/want-
to-connect-with-other-classrooms/
• MACUL Space – Skype in the Classroom:
http://maculspace.ning.com/group/skypeintheclassroom
• CAPspace: http://projects.twice.cc/
• Epals*

24. Epals

25. http://www.epals.com/

26. Wikis

27. http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/Examples+of+educational+wikis

28. http://collaborationnation.wikispaces.com/ http://moranmustangs.org

29. Twitter

30. https://twitter.com/

32. Questions?
Presentation may be found:
http://podcasts.shelbyed.k12.al.us/techtreats/
email us:
lcash@shelbyed.k12.al.us
a2clark@shelbyed.k12.al.us