Yes Nellie, you is right, Google Docs is new to me, i apologize I forgot to mention it. We both, Nellie and I have made excelent collaborative jobs using Google Docs, she's an expert on this app. you should see her creating great docs in a few minutes. I Definitely recommend Google Docs.
2009/4/30 NELLIE DEUTSCH <[email protected]> > Thank you, Gladys. I would like to add google docs that allows unlimited > number of people to collaborate in real time/or not on presentations, excel > files, pdf files, and so on. If used correctly, it can function as a great > collaborative learning tool. > Warm wishes, > Nellie Deutsch > Doctoral Student > Educational Leadership > Curriculum and Instruction > > You are invited to join educators for a free 5-day online workshop on how > to integrate technology into the classroom and collaborate with educators > around the world: http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25/Register > > > On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:41 PM, Gladys Gahona <[email protected]>wrote: > >> We should first diferentiate each one of the services Google has: >> *Google Sites >> *Blogger >> *Google Groups >> *Knol >> *so on >> >> * Google Sites is a platform for developing a traditional website. I have >> a Google Site and I definitely would'nt recomend it... it is still limited >> in many senses and HTML is extremely basic. >> * Blogger is great, but its more like a cronological list of events, which >> certainly can be categorized. It can be a nice collaborative tool. >> * Google Groups is a mailing list manager & Forum. No more. >> * Knol, the new tool of Google is more like wikis, keeps logs of >> revisions. It has a nice edition tool. I have knoles for some spanish >> content. So far I have embedded images, videos, like blogger does. HTML is a >> bit more complete. >> * Wiki is still to me the king of collaborative platforms. They still lack >> in friendly edition, which can be sorted by building wiki skills. One >> important point in favor of WikiEd is its escalability as an open source >> application. There is an ever growing team of geek/tech folks developing >> improvements for this platform. I trust in the current capacities and >> potentialities >> of wikimedia platform. I trust in our tech support team. >> >> Cheers >> >> 2009/4/30 Ben <[email protected]> >> >>> >>> Basically, people collaborate using a wiki in order to change a single >>> document or page, much like a google document (word processor, >>> spreadsheet, or presentation); that is, people work together to >>> collaborate on a particular piece of CONTENT. Although there is a >>> discussion tab for posting, the heart of a wiki is using collaboration >>> to change CONTENT. A blog and group (like google groups) are more for >>> threaded discussions and are not concerned about editing a particular >>> content page. Blogs tend to be more open to the public whereas groups >>> are more closed (you typically need to be a member to either see posts >>> or add to the posts). Most blogs you can add comments without being a >>> member or having to sign in. There are exceptions and overlaps, but >>> basically blogs are more open to the public and groups are more >>> closed. Wikis are open, some allow people to change content without >>> having an account while others require an account. >>> >>> You can get a deeper explanation by searching the web: What is a >>> wiki? What is a blog? What is google groups? >>> >>> I hope this helps. >>> Benjamin >>> >>> >>> On Apr 30, 5:45 am, Wong Leo <[email protected]> wrote: >>> > I often confuse this , is there any difference between a google site >>> and a >>> > wiki site like WE ? >>> > also another similar questions would be What is Wiki on earth ? >>> > I have been using blog recently in one of my projects , it is a group >>> > projects which consits abt 6 schools , so I give each school the >>> username >>> > and password , so all of them can log in and starting writing on it >>> > >>> > The only difference maybe I cant see who edited it ( The history >>> function of >>> > Wiki ) but it is much easier to use this blog than using a wiki , and >>> Blog >>> > is also very updated in a much more user-friendly way . so a very old >>> > question what is the difference between wiki and blog ? I don't see >>> many >>> > >>> > All these goes back the question for a long time in my mind , when >>> google >>> > promote googlesite( from Jotspot) but they are very differencet , do >>> you >>> > think Google did it without mentioning the word called Wiki , there >>> maybe a >>> > reason for this ? >>> > >>> > anyway , it is a little bit off topic of this group questions , please >>> share >>> > what you think with us >>> > >>> > Leo >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Leo Wong >>> > -------------------------------------- >>> http://helpsuzhou.blogbus.com/HELP >>> > There is something very special and powerful about engaging directly >>> with >>> > the real teacher and real Kids >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Gladys Gahona >> Private Teacher (Math, Physics, Chemistry) Secondary & Tertiary grades. >> http://chela5808.wordpress.com >> http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808 >> http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25 >> Skype:chela5808 >> >> >> > > > > -- Gladys Gahona Private Teacher (Math, Physics, Chemistry) Secondary & Tertiary grades. http://chela5808.wordpress.com http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Chela5808 http://www.wikieducator.org/EL4C25 Skype:chela5808 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. 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