Google Docs
You have already signed up for Google Docs in order to access Google Reader. Through Google Docs, though, you can also collaborate on:
- shared word processing documents
- slide presentations
- spreadsheets (useful for your budget work at the end of the semester)
- calendars
- shifts composition from a fixed location to any networked location
Google Docs:
- makes visible the process of drafting, revision and collaboration, allows easy sharing of work for feedback from peers
- facilitates collaboration between individuals and groups
- allows the recovery of past versions of work
- makes composition process transparent over time (essential for reflective learning and teaching)
- shifts the storing of of key documents from single-location storage to storage accessible from any networked location
PBWorks
Think about how useful wikipedia is. PBWorks lets you create a collaborative wiki ( like a mini-wikipedia) to store all your research materials, document drafts, etc. for your collaborative project. You can also build web screens, and web sites to accompany your presentaitons, or as teaching tools, via PBWorks.