Collaboration

=Free Tools for Collaboration: Web Development, Wiki or Blog Creation =

Use these Web 2.0 tools to support written language and collaboration.

 * ==Wiki==
 * ==Blogs==
 * ==Conferening, Whiteboarding, Drawing Collaboratively ==
 * ==Web Page Creators==

 New to Blogs and Wiki: Read this first
[|Teachers First] www.teachersfirst.com/content/edge.cfm Be sure to review [|Google for Educators]www.google.com/educators/index.html Check out all the google tools for Collaboration- Google Docs, Google sites, Google Hangouts



 Free Wiki & Docs for Collaboration or Web Pages
Wikispaces www.wikispaces.com (free no ads for educators)  [|PB Works] www.pbworks.com (free no ads for educators)  [|Zoho Wiki] wiki.zoho.com/ [|Google Hangouts] with a Google+ account: plus.google.com/u/0/hangouts [|How to Record]a Google Hangout uses Camtasia: www.tildee.com/5owhfh [|Google Docs] docs.google.com  [|Google Sites] sites.google.com  [|Wet Paint] www.wetpaint.com (includes ads) [|Wiggio] wiggio.com easy way to communicate and work in groups. [|KidsBlog] kidblog.org/home.php safe blogging for children [|SymbalooEdu] www.symbalooedu.com/ Create a personal learning network for teaching [|Edmodo Social] www.edmodo.com Learning network for teachers



<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Free Blogs
[|Glogster EDU] edu.glogster.com/ Collaborate to create online multimedia posters <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|WordPress] wordpress.org/ Publishing Tool <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|EduBlogs] edublogs.org/ Free for teachers and students <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Class Chatter] www.classchatter.com/ Free and safe blogs for classrooms <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Class Blogmeister] classblogmeister.com/ from the Landmark Project <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Haiku] <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">www.haikuls.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Learning Management System and blog <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Blogger] www.blogger.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|TIGed] www.tigweb.org/tiged/ Taking it Global



(free programs to use independently or collaborate)
[|GE Imagination Cubed] www.imaginationcubed.com/ [|Twiddla] www.twiddla.com [|Dabbleboard] dabbleboard.com/ [|Scriblink] www.scriblink.com/ [|Scribblar] www.scribblar.com/ [|DoInk] www.doink.com [|Draw Island] drawisland.com/ online drawing tool [|Pirate Pad] piratepad.net/ quick collaboration tool for text based document, don't have to have an account

Conferencing
[|Vidquik] www.vidquik.com/ Quick and Simple Video conferencing [|Skype] skype.com video and audio conferencing [|OoVoo] www.oovoo.com/home.aspx Video chat with 12 friends for free 

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">**U****se these free resources to create your own web site, html programming not required**
<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">[|Jimdo] <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">www.jimdo.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Create a jimdo free page <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Joomia] <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">www.joomla.org/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Free Open Source content management system <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Roxer] <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">www.roxer.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Click, drag, done web page creation - easy to use. Fairly easy but no place to add in Alt Text. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Sampa] <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">www.sampa.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Create a website and a blog <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> [|Weebly] <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">www.weebly.com/ <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Create and publish your web pages. Easy to create, look great but no place to add in Alt Text.

<span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Meeting & Scheduling
[|Doodle] www.doodle.com [|Meeting Wizard] www.meetingwizard.com [|Google Calendar] www.google.com/calendar/