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
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