Collaboration

=Collaboration=

=**Blogs**= =**What, Why, How?**=

Intro: [|How big is the blogosphere?] Overview: [|What is a blog?] Activity: [|Links to school bloggers] Discussion: [|Blogging options for educators] Cool Stuff! -[|Publish your blogs] - book format! - This free software allows you to create books from iPhoto and Blogger - neat portfolio for your class!
 * IMPORTANT:** [|12 US Laws Every Blogger Needs to Know.]

[|Education World Article on Blogging]

[|PBS Teachers on Blogging]

[|Wikipedia Article on Blogging]

[|Ed Tech Guru-Wll Richardson on Blogging] [|One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Blog (]Lakeland Schools) [|A Kind of Math Blog] [|Some Blogs Talk - A Book Review Blog**/**] [|Student-Produced "The Outsiders" Vocabulary Blog] [|Superintendent of Tarrytown Blog] [|Scarsdale Blog for Kids] - as posted by teachers and ASI
 * Specific Examples**

=Wikis= =What, Why, How?=

[|Commoncraft Video - Wikis in Plain English] [|Ed Tech Guru-David Warlick's Wiki] [|Ed Tech Guru - Will Richardson on Wikis] [|Education World Techtolrial on Wikis] [|Wikipedia Article on Wikis] [|Wikipatterns - a site dedicated to help understand patterns of wiki usage] Example of a good classroom charter for using wikis

Flat Classroom Project: http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/ http://flatclassroomproject.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Tools+for+Sharing+Information
 * Specific Examples:**

Tools for Creating and Manging Wikis
 * [|PB Wiki]--Free hosting with ads
 * [|Seed Wiki]--Free hosting with ads
 * [|Wikispaces]
 * [|Writely]
 * [|JotWiki]
 * [|Wiki Search Engine]
 * [|Media Wiki]--Runs Wikipedia

=Google Docs= =What, Why, How?= http://docs.google.com/