Collaboration


 * ===**Collaboration Tools and Techniques for Online Learning**=== Resources, links, facts, guidelines, blogs, examples, and other interesting information.

If you like Centra this software can connect you to students or colleagues. Bridgit can be installed on any pc in 13 different languages and you do not need administrative rights. You can share your desktop, audio, visuals, write on the desktop and more. This can be done face to face connecting computers or at a distance for educational purposes or meetings. Here are three helpful links worth exploring: [|Bridgit Two Minute Tutorial] (scroll down and select last title) [|Bridgit Product Information] [|Sign up for free 30 day trial for Bridgit] Ramona Broomer
 * 1) [|Bridgit Conferencing Software]
 * 2) [|Social Book Marking]
 * 3) [|Online Collaborative Tools]
 * 4) [|Free Online Whiteboard]
 * 5) [|Good and Bad of Email Blog]
 * 6) [|Yugma] ||
 * Bridgit Conferencing Software**

My favorite collaboration tool is [|http://del.icio.us/], most of you probably use it already, but if you don't, please check it out. I have to admit, I was skeptical at first. After frustration convinced me that I needed a central location for all of favorite links, I gave it a try. I now could not work without it. I have established many uses for it, one is of course for my personal use, but I also have established an account for the teachers in my school so that we may share links with each other and store the suggested links that enhance the curriculum. It provides access from anywhere and organization for us all. It also allows me to have a students page that organizes links for the students use. It saves me time, not having to load them on the network or create a webquest. -Pat Randolph
 * Social Bookmarking**

http://lifehacker.com/software/collaboration-tools/ Check out this link to find some interesting online collaboration tools. I took a look at FasterPlan which is still being developed, but seems like it will be a very easy tool to use with a simple interface. I liked ScribLink, again, very simple interface and very easy to use. I also took a look at TaskBin, which consists of To Do Lists, Group To Do Lists, a notepad and RSS Feeds. Here is an example of TaskBin in action: http://www.taskbin.com/todolist/index
 * Online Collaboration Tools**

There are so many Collaboration Tools being developed and most of them are free. Of course the free ones seem to be very simple and very easy to use with a limited amount of interactivity (nothing like Centra!), but if you are looking for a simple way to organize a group project or even plan a party, these free online collaboration tools seem like the way to go! ~Sara Boyce

I signed up to be a tester for this site today. http://www.jotspace.com/default.aspx. For a F2F session I could see us utilizing this in a computer equipped classroom to save money instead of using costly flipcharts. This would be ideal for teams that are geographically dispersed. ~Shain deManincor
 * Free Online Whiteboard**:

[|The Bad in Email] talks about the flaws email programs have and why users seek other alternative collaborative tools.
 * Blogs about the good and the bad of email**

http://blog.centraldesktop.com/comments.php?y=06&m=04&entry=entry060403-214628 is the same blog but about why email is a great collaborative tool.

Both sites are blogs, which is a collaborative tool that talks about the positive and negative aspects about email. I thought these articles/blogs were awesome because it gives you both sides of email. - Alanna Ramin

Following up on Shain's whiteboard idea ..... Here is a neat tool that will let you do synchronous sessions for free. It is called Yugma. It let's you share your desktop and also have a text chat with 10 people for free. If you want to do a whiteboard I suppose you could just use Paint or another drawing tool and app share it with other attendees of the session. It is similar to Elluminate or Centra but much simpler. In addition, you can install a Skype plugin for it. At that point you have desktop sharing, text chat and VOIP for free. I have been meaning to try this at work but haven't gotten to it yet. If anyone wants to try it email me at bsnapp@lccc.edu, I would love to have some fellow "crash-test dummies" for this one. Here is the demo - https://www.yugma.com/demo/yugma-demo.php -- Brian Snapp
 * Yugma**

Brian S.--This Yugma demo is great. I love the fact that you can change presenters at any time and that it works with teleconferencing. The best part is that it's a free application. Excellent example of a synchronous tool that can be used by anyone around the globe. Thanks for sharing this one! ~Sara Boyce