Collaborative+Online+Software

=Description=

**Introduction**
A Collaborative software is a software that helps students or employees to perform a common task to achieve goals. One of the earliest definitions of collaborative software is 'intentional group processes plus software to support them".

Everything that helps to solve a predefined task together in a group more easily is an effective collaborative tool. Collaboration means, in this context, working together to fulfill a shared, collective, bounded goal. Conference phone calls may be replaced by asynchronous conferencing, video conferences, IRC or Instant Messaging now. Peer Reviews of documentation are easier to establish through wikis than by iterative versions on paper. Whiteboards are partly imitated by Online whiteboards that allow tele work.


 * History **

Collaborative software was originally designated as // groupware // and this term can be traced as far back as the late 1980s, when Richman and Slovak. Even further back, in 1978 Peter and Trudy Johnson-Lenz coined the term groupware, their initial 1978 definition of groupware was, “intentional group processes plus software to support them.” Later in their article they went on to explain groupware as “computer-mediated culture.

As collaborative software evolves and migrates on to the internet, it contributes to the development of [|Web 2.0] bringing collaborative features that were originally conceived for within the corporate network. These include functionality such as document sharing (including group editing), group calendar, [|instant messaging] and web conferencing.

There are two kinds of Collaborative tools


 * Web-based collaborative tools
 * Software collaborative tools


 * What is out there? **

A Web 2.0 site allow users to interact and collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to Web sites where people are limited to the passive viewing of content. Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites, blogs, wikis, folksonomies, video sharing sites, hosted services, Web applications, and mashups.




 * Web 1.0 **


 * chat/IM
 * emails
 * ICQ
 * mailing lists
 * message boards/ forums
 * video conferencing
 * web publishing
 * online groups: [|yahoo groups]
 * usenets
 * community/political action sites [eg. signing petitions etc.]


 * Web 2.0 **

[|Airset:] online calendar, messages, Coordinate, Collaborate and Communicate. Shared calendar, contacts, lists, files,
 * messaging, albums, playlists, blogs, links. Public and Private groups. Communities
 * [|Box]
 * blogs blogger, word press, etc. Also there is[| lijit] which is a customized search engine for your blogs
 * [|bubbl.us]: a tool that lets you brainstorm online. It lets you create colorful mind maps online, share and work with friends, embed your mind map in your blog or website, email and print your mind map, save your mind map as an image
 * [|comics sketch:] art collaboration
 * [|google groups]
 * wikis: eg. wikipeda, [|wikia] which enables you to start your own wiki, and wikispaces [which is the one I am using here]
 * mapping : eg: [|Community Walk]; [|wikimpia]
 * [|Freebase]: a wiki-like database of world information


 * Purpose?? **
 * Information sharing
 * Optimize resources
 * Innovative Problem sharing
 * Enhance creativity
 * Student engagement

**For Informal Conversations and Presentations **

 * **//Conference Calls //**—tools that connect multiple callers on one phone line, for example, [|**Freeconferencecall.com**]
 * **//Video Conferencing //**—conference calls that also display video of one or all callers, such as [|**WebEx**] and some hardware solutions.
 * **//Online Conferencing //**—conference calls with an online component, such as shared slides, documents, videos and/or screen sharing. [|**GoToMeeting**] and [|**WebEx**], among others, provide this functionality.

**For Information Sharing **

 * **//Email Discussion Lists //**—email groups, facilitated by tools like [|**Yahoo! Groups**] or [|**Electric Embers**], that let participants easily email everyone in the group.
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Existing Social Networking Sites //**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">—online networking sites, like [|**Facebook**] or [|**MySpace**], where users can create profiles and connect with others.
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Collaborative Documents //**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">—users share and edit documents online, either over time or in real-time, in a tool like [|**Google Docs**].
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Message Board //**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">—online forums focused around questions and answers, such as tools like [|**vBulletin**] and [|**phpBB**].

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">For Longer Term Structured Collaborations **
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">If your group is going to be working together over a period of time, it can be worthwhile to set up more-sophisticated collaboration environments. These tools will take more time to set up and to learn to use, but provide more structured functionality to help team members work together effectively.


 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Online Project Management Tools //**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">—users share documents, calendars, tasks and structured conversations, using software like [|**Basecamp**] or [|**Central Desktop**].
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Online Community //**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">—users share profiles, documents, calendars, message boards and more. Online applications like [|**Ning**]or [|**KickApps**] let you build this type of custom community.
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Wiki //**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">—a collaborative Web site, where all who can view can also edit, using a tool like Confluence or [|**MediaWiki**].
 * **//<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Blog Network //**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">—a community of linked blogs where users interact with posts and comments. Any blog tool, like [|**WordPress**] or[|**TypePad**], will support this.


 * What may be **** the concerns?? **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Difficulty in expressing opinions
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Differences in time zones.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Language barriers

**Collaborative Tools**

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> Collaborative Documents: **

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Google docs] : Upload your files, edit anytime from anywhere, choose who can access your documents share and collaborate online.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> [|ShowDocument]: Launch or join a fully synchronized document collaboration session. Upload your document and invite friends.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">[|Crocodoc] : Mark up, fill out, and collaborate on PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint slides, and web pages.

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;"> Blogs, Wikis and Social Networks: **

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">**Wikispaces :** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Personally, my preferred wiki - used to make this space. Create simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together.
 * [|edublogs] :Blogging for students and teachers made easy.
 * [|Wordpress]: <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Express yourself - start a blog
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17.3333339691162px; line-height: 26px;">[|pbworks] : <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Simple, secure collaboration. Easily share files with users.
 * [|kidblog] :<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt;">Allow students to publish posts and participate in discussions within a secure classroom blogging community. Teachers maintain complete control over student blogs. No student email addresses required.

Whiteboards

 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Sketchlot
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif;">Real-time Board
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; text-decoration: none;">[|Aww App]
 * <span style="font-family: Calibri,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 1.5;">Stoodle
 * twiddla

**Presentation tools with Twitter**


 * Twitter for Prezi
 * 100 twitter tools [including the Sapweb2.0 tools]
 * Tweetchat
 * Wiffiti
 * [|TweetBeam]

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 1.3em; line-height: 1.5;">**Collaborative Software Vendors**


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|asana]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Basecamp]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Binfire]
 * [|Bitrix24] (Free)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Bluescape]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Brightpod]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Ceiton workflow system]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Central Desktop]
 * [|Citadel/UX] ( [|Free and open-source software] - [|FOSS] )
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Confluence]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|CollaborateCloud]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|DeskAway]
 * [|eXo Platform] (Open Source)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Freedcamp]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Huddle.net]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Hyperoffice]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|IBM Connections]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Intellinote]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Jive]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|LiquidPlanner]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Mavenlink]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Open Text]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Pivotal Labs]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|SharePoint]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Smartsheet]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Tom's Planner]
 * [|Trello] (Free)
 * [|Yammer] (Free)
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Wrike]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Xait]
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #0b0080; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-decoration: none;">[|Zoho]

Implementation resources
[|Listoftools] [|wiki]

**Some Questions** :
Some questions that students might want to know, <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 1.5;">How do I get started using cooperative and collaborative groups? What are the most effective small groups I can use for different learning objectives? What are some challenges I might face? How do I assess students' progress? How can small-group projects involve parents and the community?

[|Collaborative Learning]
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