Web 2.0 Tools for Collaboration
Web 2.0 Tools for Collaboration
Source: AH Teaching & Learning
RealtimeBoard Links to an external site. Advanced real-time whiteboard |
-Real-time whiteboard meets mind-mapping meets Pinterest -Good for group brainstorming, research, or project collaboration -Incredible amount of features: private boards, chat with collaborators, leave comments or post-its, draw, insert media, insert Google docs, connect objects to create mind maps -Can embed (which makes it public but non-editable), make it into a presentation, or export it (image or PDF) -Chrome extension allows you to clip Web page screenshots directly into your media library -Can also be used to deliver content asynchronously, as it does in the example below -Example/tutorial Links to an external site. (May take a moment to load; click and drag to move around the board, scroll to zoom in and out) |
Padlet Links to an external site. Real-time bulletin board |
-Create a multimedia bulletin board, collaborate in real time -Ideal for collecting group research -By using the streams format (example Links to an external site.), you can make an informal discussion board or class blog -Could also work great as very simple individual blog for students -Allows for private sharing (or password protection) with read-only or write permissions -Works across all devices -Embeddable -Examples Links to an external site. -Supports LaTeX commands |
Coggle Links to an external site. Real-time mind maps |
-Collaborate in real time on simple, text-based mind maps -Must log in using a Google account -Can view all history and changes -Group chat -Embeddable -Export options |
Google Drive/Docs Links to an external site. Real-time file collaboration |
-Easily share and collaborate on documents, presentations, or spreadsheets in real time -Text, voice, or video chat while collaborating -Requires a Google account |