Collaboration Tools for Learning

This session will include six different collaboration Tools you can use to embed into everyday practice.

The focus of these tools will be:-

- Relatively easy to learn (no steep learning curve)
- Free (although some adopt a 'freemium' model - you can pay and get extra features if you want)
- Accessible on mobile devices, so can be used with tablets via apps, etc.
- They add FUN to learning!

Workshop Title and Abstract:

Collaboration Tools for Learning

This workshop provides attendees with an overview of a variety of ‘quick win’ collaboration tools that can be embedded into everyday practice to create a more blended approach to learning. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own mobile devices/laptops to the session in order to participate and explore these tools in more depth. Links to the resources and the presentation will be made available.

TodaysMeet is a backchannel (the backchannel is the conversation that goes on alongside the primary activity, presentation, or discussion) chat platform for classroom teachers and learners where you can store all the useful links relating to a session so no one forgets them.

Students join fast, easy to start rooms with no registration, and can immediately start powerful conversations that augment the traditional classroom.

join the online room at
https://todaysmeet.com/ScottCollaboration and share the links for the workshop.

Can create a transcript of the meeting by clicking on "Room Tools."

Formative assessment using Mentimeter.

Works on student owned devices or web.

Democratises q&A.

https://www.mentimeter.com/app

Login via Gmail account

Haiku Deck

Presentation software that allows you to save your presentations to the cloud so they can easily be shared with colleagues.

Alternative to Powerpoint and follows the presentation mantra of small amounts of text with large amounts of images with the presenter filling the gaps with the narration.

Links with Flickr to ensure all images used in presentations are under a Creative Commons licence. Suggests appropriate images for you based on keywords (click on the cc image in the top left to demo this feature).

Haiku Deck is available as an award-winning app for iPad and iPad mini, and as a web app that works with the latest versions of Chrome, Safari, or Firefox (not yet available on Android).

There are various methods of sharing your ‘Decks’. This can be via social media, email, obtaining an embed code to add to blogs and VLE pages or just by a link.

All Haiku Decks created using the free account are public.

You can export the Haiku Deck to PDF and PPT (but this is a PRO feature).

Twitter:

Microblogging site that can be used to share updates and news items relating to your subject area, using hashtags, etc.

The teacher's guide to Twitter: http://www.edudemic.com/guides/guide-to-twitter/

Mindmap of useful Twitter links: https://www.mindmeister.com/504058832

Padlet:

Wiki, a bit like an online noticeboard, where learners with the web link can share ideas and work collaboratively online.

Demo the padlet for this session using: http://padlet.com/scotthibbo/collaboration

If you use Firefox as your browser you can get an add on at https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/padlet-mini/

What digital tools are you using to create a more blended approach to teaching, learning and assessment?

http://www.educatorstechnology.com/2014/07/teachers-guide-to-using-padlet-i...

Thinglink:

Allows you to annotate images by creating hotspots that link to explanatory text/videos, etc.

Use the e-safety bingo as an example at: https://www.thinglink.com/scene/727921729162182658

Can explore and save (touch) existing content to share thinglink images with teachers delivering the same courses.

Can embed into VLE courses etc using the HTML embed code.

Zaption:

Allows you to create video quizzes.

Demo the video quiz at https://www.zaption.com/lessons/55913e40ba299bb866dce760

Kahoot:

Use as an assessment activity.

Do the "Collaboration Tools for Learning" Kahoot quiz at https://create.kahoot.it/#quiz/0dcc1fd0-da7b-488c-80fc-89bbaf38ed1e

Reflection

We have had an overview of a range of collaboration tools but lets reflect on the pros and cons of each.

Get attendees to vote on their favourite collaboration tool using:

http://www.tricider.com/brainstorming/2eeJC4JXpSd