5.+Introducing+&+Enhancing+Digital+Collaboration

=How can teachers reach out to other educators online?=

Educational bloggers
Bruce Beairsto - http://public.sd38.bc.ca/~bbeairsto/ Blog: @http://www.cea-ace.ca/users/bruce-beairsto

Chris Kennedy Blog: @http://cultureofyes.ca/

Dean Shareski: @http://ideasandthoughts.org/

Thin the classroom walls
Communicate with a wider body of educators by blogging
 * Wordpress** - @http://wordpress.com/

Check out the blog here: @http://purposed.org.uk/

Make your own blog post and join the discussion: @http://purposed.org.uk/campaigns/500-words/


 * Twitter** - @http://twitter.com/Join, search the archive for keywords or follow "hashtags" that thread discussions amongst users:
 * 1) kinderchat - @http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23kinderchat
 * 2) edchat - @http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23edchat
 * 3) speced - @http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23speced

Example: [|joe_bower]: Teachers who blame students for being bored is the equivalent to yelling at the hammer after you strike your own thumb. #abed #edchat

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 * Getting started on Twitter:**

Join an online community
Bring people together in an online community. Share resources privately or to the web. @http://www.ning.com/ Example: http://k12online.ning.com/
 * Ning**

Create an online community with an email listserv. Post once to send to the whole group (ELN-BC / Math 2.0, ...) @http://groups.google.com/
 * Google Groups**

@http://www.classroom20.com/ Join free Elluminate sessions with educational speakers from around the world, or watch the archives: @http://live.classroom20.com/calendar.html
 * Classroom 2.0**

Pose a question to a group of distributed colleagues @http://www.quora.com/
 * Quora**

Build a public CV and connect with other professionals @http://www.linkedin.com/
 * Linkedin**

construct common repositories http://www.wikispaces.com/
 * Wikispaces**

Tools for sharing your presentations with other educators:
@http://www.slideshare.net/
 * Slideshare**

@http://prezi.com/
 * Prezi**

Share presentations, spreadsheets, drawings, pictures @https://docs.google.com/
 * Google docs**

Tools for organizing your thinking:
@https://www.evernote.com/
 * Evernote**

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@https://docs.google.com/
 * Google docs**

- share large files with your mentor instead of emailing files - store your files online as a backup or mobile solution (get the iPhone app) @http://www.dropbox.com/
 * Dropbox**

Getting started with Dropbox: http://www.dropbox.com/screencast#screencast

Tools for Research:
@http://scholar.google.ca/
 * Google Scholar**

Tools for data gathering:
@http://www.surveymonkey.com/
 * Surveymonkey**


 * Google forms**