Collaboration

=Three Applications=

**1. [|Group Tweet]**
> Here are examples of the way schools and classrooms are using Group Tweet: > [|http://grouptweet.com/pages/examples#Schools_Classrooms]
 * **Description:** This is a way of having multiple people contribute to one Twitter account. Having up to date content should be a priority, but having a designated person can cause problems. It is like creating a Twitter based message board.
 * **Use:** Schools can use this as a way of keeping parents, students, and faculty up to date on all changes or additions; maybe could include sports cancelations or weather updates. It could also contribute to class discussion outside of school hours. All classes reading the same material could contribute, or it can be limited even further. Educators can use this as an alert system, or to send out reminders. I mean the possibilities are endless! It is just too easy to receive Twitter updates, right? Might as well take advantage.


 * **Description:**This tool is a Web-based bulletin board. The content can be shared easily with anyone you approve.
 * **Use:** This would be great for colleague collaboration. Notes can be left for teachers, administrators, or anyone really. I like the idea of a bulletin board maintained by the library media center where the school community can see what is on the agenda.

3. [|Zoho Docs]

 * **Description:** Allows its users to do group work online. This idea sounds simple, that’s because it is. The online collaboration apps make working with others in real-time or on their own time a possibility.
 * **Use:** This would be great for editing documents (student or professional). There really aren’t many ways of leaving feedback. If all suggested changes were made in a different color, then maybe that type of collaboration would be useful. Also, just having access to documents at all times is handy for educators and their students. There is a live chat feature that could be used for commenting, but I don’t really like that idea. Their wiki feature would be a better option for commenting.
 * Don't forget about Google Docs as a GREAT collaboration tool. Google makes the world of collabortion simple.