Collaborative+Tools

Collaborative Tools
=== **1. Name of Program: [|Google Docs]** === === **2. URL of Program: [|www.docs.google.com]** === === **3. URL of online program tutorial: [|Tutorial]** === === **4. Purpose of the Program:** Google Docs includes all Microsoft documents (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint) that can be shared with others for edits. === === **5. Ease of Use: excellent** === === **6. Your reaction to the program:** Google Docs is a great site to collaborate. I have used this to collaborate with teachers and students. It is great to use when students are collaborating on a presentation as well. ===

=== **1. Name of Program: [|TitanPad]** === === **2. URL of Program:** []=== === **3. URL of online program tutorial: [|Tutorial]** === === **4. Purpose of the Program:** TitanPad is an online chatroom and document to share ideas. === === **5. Ease of Use: Good** === === **6. Your reaction to the program:** I like TitanPad because it is a super simple chat room that can be created. You can share the chat through a link. When using TitanPad in the classroom, teachers would have to have guidelines for its use to make sure students were not erasing information without the knowledge of the other group members. ===

=== **1. Name of Program: Wikispaces** === === **2. URL of Program:** http://www.wikispaces.com/=== === **3. URL of online program tutorial: [|Tutorial]** === === **4. Purpose of the Program:** Wikispaces is a simple website create that students and teachers can use to add text, widgets, videos, documents, and much more. === === **5. Ease of Use: excellent** === === **6. Your reaction to the program:** Wikispaces is a great place to share information. I really like how simple it is to edit and change the wiki to have students add or to add you own information. It can organize a lot of different information so that is easily located in one place. ===

=== **1. Name of Program: [|Flashmeeting]** === === **2. URL of Program:** []=== === **3. URL of online program tutorial: [|Tutorial]** === === **4. Purpose of the Program:** Flashmeeting is an online conferencing tool to have chats and video conferencing. === === **5. Ease of Use: Good** === === **6. Your reaction to the program:** This program had a great use of option and would be great for collaborating with teachers and high school students. I would not recommend this tool for younger children because it has so many options they may get confussed. ===

=== **1. Name of Program: [|Letscrate]** === === **2. URL of Program:** []=== === **3. URL of online program tutorial: [|Tutorial]** === === **4. Purpose of the Program:** Letcrate is a online tool to share files. === === **5. Ease of Use: Poor** === === **6. Your reaction to the program:** I didn't like Letcrate because it was not a free tool. In addition, there are tools on the web such as dropbox that are very similar but do not cost money to use. I would not use Letscrate for this fact. ===