Resources
As the team researched and built the Collaborative Technology Tools website we came across great examples of how educational technology was being used in classrooms. We curated the best of these resources below.
Collaborative Learning spaces
Reasons & Research: Why Schools Need Collaborative Learning Spaces
A post-secondary perspective
A post-secondary perspective
For Creating a Collaborative Environment
Collaborative Behaviours from a business perspective (replace the business nouns - company, employees, workers - with school nouns - school, teachers, students - and it applies perfectly.
Kidblog
skype
Text & Video Tutorials
- Completely New to Skype? A Full Video Tutorial for downloading the software and setting it up for general use.
- The Official Skype in the Classroom Guide
- The Complete Educators Guide to Using Skype Effectively in the Classroom
- 50 Awesome Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom includes an extensive resource list, including many links for those wishing to find other teachers to Skype with.
- Skype an Author Network and Authors Who Skype
- Use PowerGramo to record Skype calls for later assessment
- Setting Privacy Options for Use in the Classroom
- How to Answer Concerned Parents including a Parent Letter with permission form.
voicethread
- Sixteen Interesting Ways to use VoiceThread in the Classroom, Technology and Learning Blog
- Tips for Supporting Student Success with VoiceThread, M. Pacansky-Brock Webinar Series
- Using VoiceThread for Digital Conversations, Digitally Speaking Wiki
- VoiceThread and Voki, Cybrary Man's Educational Websites
- Teacher Training Videos, Russell Stannard's video 'how to' video series
- VoiceThread for Teachers, Classroom 2.0 Ning
More collaborative tech tools we love
Google Apps for Education (GAFE)
- Google Apps for Education, Google Site
- Ed Tech Teacher
- Why Google Apps? - Youtube video