Module 3 Lesson 4.pdf

"Can technology truly make group projects more effective?"  Module 3: Lesson 4 Technology Collaborative Tools in the Digital World What are Collaborative Tools? Collaborative tools are the apps, software programs, or platforms that help businesses, teachers, and students to wo...

"Can technology truly make group projects more effective?"  Module 3: Lesson 4 Technology Collaborative Tools in the Digital World What are Collaborative Tools? Collaborative tools are the apps, software programs, or platforms that help businesses, teachers, and students to work together more effectively, and efficiently.  1. Skype is a software applicaton allowing you to do a videoconferencing for free. All you need is to create an account and can be used for a video meeting.  2. Wiki a sofware that allows you to create a page or a selection of pages designed to allow you to post or write, edit or upload a link quickly. This is good when students need to work together to complete a task even if they are not physically together. 3. Blogging in Blogging It is journaling your ideas to which others can react allowing a thread of discussion to take place and which can be used online. It is the abbreviaton of weblog. It would help if you provide direction when using a weblog. a. use weblog with a clear instructional objective. It is an opportunity to explore the skill of communicatng ideas. b. guidance on what and how to post will be needed. Teach the students that the blogging is for educatonal purposes and is dfferent from personal blog. c. easy access to informaton, a major obligaton is to reach the students to use multple source and to cite them appropriately. d. writing about your ideas is a personal act but it is important that you are taught to make blogs personal without revealing too much of personal informaton such as contact informaton and too personal pictures. e. it may help if you can look for very good examples of blogs. There are online and print publicatons that review blogs and you can use the informaton to guide you toward getting good models.  4. Google Group or Google Form is an applicaton that can be used in a collaborative documentation of ideas contributed by members of the team. Having a google account will come very handy and you can easily have access to a variety of applications. "Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself." John Dewey