Collaboration Tools

Learning to collaborate with others and connect through technology are essential skills for the 21st Century.

1. Screencast-O-Matic – Is a free online screen recorder program. It’s an easy way to make an instant screen capture with audio of your computer desktop and share with students. "It’s useful if a student is struggling with an assignment and needs a reteach,” “or if you need to collaborate with a colleague on a project or lesson."

2. Google Drive (formerly Google Docs) - Google’s free online document creation and editing app or web tool is popular among business professionals, colleagues, teachers, instructors and students that want to collaborate “real time” online. Google Drive is a great way to share and edit documents online inside and outside of the classroom.

3. Google+ Hangouts - This free app or web tool lets users connect with friends, students, professors, and others who want to “hang out” online. The app’s video chat and group chat allows you to collaborate with one person or several people at once. Great for collaboration for co-teaching, lesson planning, or just a convenient way to host a virtual meeting.