Collaboration in the clouds

Fernando Romeu EsquerréEscola Oficial d’Idiomes – Tortosa

16th November 2012

What’s it all about?

Need to share information.

Maximization of available time and space.

Efficiency: saving time and money.

Stability: saving information securely

The reasons

The pros and consAdvantages Drawbacks

Free technology available.

No work schedules.

Recorded interaction.

Privacy control.

Difference in IT skills.

Need for standards.

Leadership issues

Digital rubbish

Interaction patterns

Student – Student

Teacher – Student

Teacher - Teacher

messaging

File-sharing

Teacher - TeacherOffice documents:

Texts: minutes, posters.

Spreadsheets: attendance, grades.

Forms: questionnaires.

Available for anybody with an XTEC

address or a Google Account.

App for mobile devices available

Instant saving

Ease of use

Sharing features

Tracking changes

Same file for everybody.

Automatic syncing.

Version recovery.

Control over sharing.

Unlimited workstations with the same account.

Up to 20 free Gb space.

App for mobile devices.

Public folder and link generator.

Any file type.

Downloadable folders from website.

Same-level teachersAdministrative stuff

Registration required.

Sharing as viewer or editor.

Mostly web-based.

Desktop and mobile apps.

Control over syncing.

Integration with Office.

Comments on files.

Notification about actions and changes.

Link generator.

Cross-schoolexam writing

Student oral exam recordings

Storage capacity

No need to register

Security

Regular backups

School-based

Different file types

The origins (“P”)

Tidy resource bank

Private messaging

Forum

Re-usable resources

“Inherited courses”

Teacher Student

Private messaging

Assignments

Quizzes

Student Student Private messaging

Forum: from language doubts to class

dinners

Wikis

Glossaries