Collaboration & Brainstorming

Collaboration & Brainstorming Tools (Part 3)

May 10, 2009

This is the final post in a 3 part series on web based collaboration and brainstorming tools for educational application. In the first post, we examined some mind mapping (a.k.a. idea mapping) tools, last week we looked at some collaborative document editing applications, and this week we wrap up by checking out a free collaborative workgroup application for teachers and students, and some alternative tools. Edmodo.com is a tool that has been around for a little more than a year now, and provides workgroup functionality specifically for education, and I am going to sign up and give a trial run.

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Collaboration & Brainstorming (Part 2)

May 3, 2009

This week in our investigation of collaboration and brainstorming tools, we’re checking out collaborative document editing tools. Last week we took a brief look at some mind mapping/idea mapping tools and next week we’ll wrap up with a look at some workgroup applications. As I researched no cost or low cost online document collaboration tools, [...]

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Mid Week Update: Real world uses of mind mapping tools in the classroom

April 29, 2009

All this talk about technology in the classroom means nothing if the tools aren’t actually being used, and in a way that really supports the teaching and learning process. I conducted a quick search for comments about uses of collaboration tools in the classroom this morning in the forums on Classroom 2.0 (an excellent social network focused on the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the classroom – I highly recommend it – click here to learn more). Here are a couple (abbreviated) comments I came across:

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Collaboration & Brainstorming Tools (Part 1)

April 26, 2009

In a recent survey of faculty at my institution, this was one of the most frequently cited topics to learn more about, so I am taking a cue from this and will spend a few weekends briefly researching some of the tools available on the internet for collaboration and brainstorming. On reflection, I may have erred somewhat by lumping ‘collaboration’ and ‘brainstorming’ together, since the former includes an expansive array of tools and ideas, whereas the latter could be considered just one, specific collaborative concept. Nevertheless, let’s dive in and start exploring!

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