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Part 2 of 100 Web Tools to enhance collaboration

Part 1 of 100 Web Tools to enhance Collaboration

Free online technologies are changing adult education by offering the ability to use free online tools to support collaboration and completing class work. The list is long in regards to the number of online programs which support adult students in their quest for learning in adult education. The sheer number of these online software programs continues to grow almost daily. A review of several of these programs has narrowed the list down to a few which are beneficial to adult students, because they ease their work load and collaboration efforts with fellow classmates.

Collaboration via free mind mapping & diagram projects

Cacoo is a user friendly online drawing tool that allows you to create a variety of diagrams such as site maps, wire framse, UML and network charts..... and it's FREE

Pushing the envelope with interactive video-conferencing. This site is a clearinghouse manager of online video/video conferencing Professional Development and Content material. Very informative site.

Teamie is a cloud-based social platform that makes learning collaborative & fun, enables educators to engage & teach, and drives performance & behavior.

An online wordprocessing tool that allows collaboration.

Amazing collaboration tool from Adobe

Goodle slides is a awesome credible tool that can be used in the classroom for presentations, PowerPoints, or for fun. You can create, edit and collaborate with others on presentations from your Android, iPhone or tablet.

Easy make of powerpoint presentations

A website used for PowerPoint or slideshows that you can add collaborators to.

Create your own online bulletin board for friends and family to collaborate.

Online whiteboard for drawing and team collaboration

Link for google documents

Easy document maker.

A website used to type papers and add collaborators to help you with corrections and notes.

Link for Google Forms

Easy for gathering a bulk of information at once.

A website you can use to create surveys or quizzes and add collaborators.

Link for Google sheets

Easy spreadsheet maker.

A website you can use to create a spreadsheet and add collaborators.

"Intel® Teach helps K-12 teachers of all subjects learn to engage students with digital learning, including digital content, Web 2.0, social networking, and online tools and resources. Intel Teach professional development empowers teachers to integrate technology effectively into their existing curriculum, focusing on their students' problem solving, critical thinking, and collaboration, which are precisely the skills required in the high tech, networked society in which we live."

Collection of Web 2.0 and Internet based sites for video conferencing/collaboration with other folks.

Teachers are tapping into technology and digital media for learning. Watch How Google Saved a School and discuss the hype and the hopes for improving education through technology. More and more educators are tapping into the power of digital media and technology for teaching and learning. The variety of information resources available online is simply staggering. Explore how teachers and students are using the power of social media to promote students' active engagement, critical thinking and literacy skills. New Forms of Learning. It doesn't need to happen in school. Because it's visual, interactive and social, learning can happen anywhere with digital media as people collaborate and share about a wide range of topics and issues that matter to them. Technology and School Improvement. Technology may transform schools by promoting student engagement and creativity. But critics fear that too much focus on technology takes attention away from what's really needed to improve schools: capable, well-trained teachers; student-centered learning methods; and smaller class sizes. Hope, Hype and Reality. Are today's learners really different from previous generations? Compelling images of students using digital technology are impressive, but the research evidence on the impact of technology on learning is more mixed. And it's sometimes hard to separate the scholarship from the marketing hype, given the deep investment of technology companies in promoting the idea of technology's transformative potential.

from @plugusin on Twitter

Secure VoiceThread network for students and teachers to collaborate and share ideas with classrooms anywhere in the world. Group conversations around images, documents, and videos Messages can be text-based (computer keyboard, phone text), audio (computer mic, telephone call, upload), or video (computer webcam, upload) Can be used to put "instruction" online.

Online whiteboard for virtual colalboration.