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=Chapter 4 Conclusions =

Chapter 4 discussed many different collaborative tools for education. The tools discussed serve many different purposes but all help students learn through collaboration. Online word and document editors such as CrocoDoc and Google Documents help students create projects and provide peer-reviewing capabilities. Other websites such as Collaborize Classroom and Edmodo provide a way for teachers to host a class webpage with discussions, document libraries, surveys, and student grouping capabilities. Kidblog and WikiSpaces provide students with an audience for their writing and give students the opportunity to comment and reflect on the work of others. Skype in the Classroom and VoiceThread provide a platform for discussions and collaborative projects with people from around the world either synchronously or asynchronously. Finally, Bubbl.us provides students with a way to show their thinking and connect information while being able to share and comment on others’ ideas through the website or by embedding their work into another site.

All of the tools discussed in Chapter 4 are free to teachers and can be modified to suit any learning environment. Teachers can use the suggested methods of individual assessment provided within Chapter 4 or modify assignments or projects to fit their needs. What all of these tools aim to provide is a social way to engage the next generation of technological-savvy learners and prepare them for the collaborative careers and perspective of the emerging global economy.



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<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Skype Logo//. (2011, August 21). Retrieved December 28, 2012, from Lazy Tech Guys: http://www.lazytechguys.com/news/groupme-is-acquired-by-skype/attachment/skype_logo_online/

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Bubbl.us//. (2012, January 20). Retrieved January 27, 2012, from QuarkBase: http://www.quarkbase.com/bubbl.us

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//Section 24.130 The Illinois Professional Teaching Standards Beginning July 1, 2013//. (2012). Retrieved February 22, 2012, from Illinois State Board of Education: http://learn.education.illinois.edu/file.php/1815/Resources_Week_2/Teachingstandards.pdf

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">//WikiSpaces Logo//. (2012, January 28). Retrieved January 28, 2012, from Minnesota Sate University Moorhead: http://appserv.mnstate.edu/instrtech/its/main.php?id=1&menu=1&show=web20&page=tut4

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Brown, S. (2011, November 13). //Google Documents Logo//. Retrieved January 28, 2012, from Real Smart Support Blog: http://help.realsmart.co.uk/sharing-google-docs-with-teaching-groups-best-practice/

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">CollaborizeClassroom. (2012). //Features (Report Images)//. Retrieved March 10, 2012, from http://www.collaborizeclassroom.com/features

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">CorwinPress. (2009, June 12). //Using Wikis in the Classroom.// Retrieved March 18, 2012, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pR5yogCmkA

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">CrocoDoc. (2012). //Sample Document (image)//. Retrieved March 10, 2012, from http://crocodoc.com/demo/efwpa

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Democrasoft. (2012, February 27). //Collaborize Classroom iPhone App//. Retrieved March 10, 2012, from Apple iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/collaborize-classroom/id497540468?mt=8

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Deubelbeiss, D. (2009, November 7). //VoiceThread Logo//. Retrieved January 28, 2012, from EFL Classroom 2.0: http://community.eflclassroom.com/profiles/blogs/using-voicethread-with-your

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Edmodo. (2012, February 16). //Edmodo iPhone App Image.// Retrieved March 17, 2012, from iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edmodo/id378352300?mt=8

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Edmodo1. (2010, March 6). //Edmodo Demo Video.// Retrieved March 17, 2012, from You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzPHQr1ONaA

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">eduTeacher. (2010, May 16). //KidBlog.// Retrieved March 17, 2012, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKhMeHcCG_8

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">GoodMagazine. (2011, December 7). //Future Learning: Richard Lang//. Retrieved March 10, 2012, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gd0MZd88rcg

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Google. (2008, August 5). //Teachers and Principals Talk about Google Docs.// Retrieved March 17, 2012, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYPjJK6LZdM

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Google. (2011, September 22). //Google Docs Tour.// Retrieved March 17, 2012, from Google Documents: http://www.google.com/google-d-s/intl/en/tour1.html

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Google. (2012, March 17). //Revision History.// Retrieved March 17, 2012, from Google: http://support.google.com/docs/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=190843

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Grillo, J. (2010, September 26). //Collaboration is Everything (image).// Retrieved March 10, 2012, from Can You Collaborate and Yet Compete?: http://www.leadershippost.com/2010/09/articles/management/can-you-collaborate-and-yet-compete/

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Hart, J. (2012). //Top Tools: Bubbl.us//. Retrieved February 22, 2012, from Center for Learning & Performance Technologies: http://c4lpt.co.uk/top-tools/top-100-tools/top-tools-bubblus/

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Johnson, L., Smith, R., Levine, A., & Haywood, K. (2010). //2010 Horizon Report K-12 Edition//. Retrieved February 1, 2012, from http://learn.education.illinois.edu/file.php/1815/Resources_Week_1/2010-Horizon-Report-K12-2.pdf

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Pontefract, D. (2012, February 14). //The Recalibration of Play//. Retrieved February 22, 2012, from http://www.danpontefract.com/?p=1909

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Psutlt. (2011, September 8). //VoiceThread - Simply Speaking .// Retrieved March 18, 2012, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yW2nb7FO7p8

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Ray, S. (2011, March 30). //Collaborize Classroom Logo//. Retrieved January 27, 2012, from Democrasoft: http://www.pitchengine.com/democrasoftinc/collaborizeclassroommakesfreelessonplansavailabletoteachersonscholasticcom

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Roush, W. (2011, February 16). //CrocoDoc Logo//. Retrieved January 28, 2012, from Xconomy: http://www.xconomy.com/san-francisco/2011/02/16/crocodoc-rolls-out-embeddable-html5-document-viewer-yc-startup-wants-to-be-the-new-adobe-of-the-web-sans-flash/

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Severance, C. (2010, December 23). //Edmodo Logo//. Retrieved January 28, 2012, from Dr. Chuck's Blog: http://www.dr-chuck.com/csev-blog/2010/12/using-edmodo-to-teach-open-source-software-development-course/

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Skype. (2011, September 21). //Introducing Skype in the Classroom.// Retrieved March 18, 2012, from YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4CVbIInVWo

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">Skype. (2012, March 18). //Skype in the Classroom Project Collection.// Retrieved March 18, 2012, from Skype: http://education.skype.com/collections

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">U.S. Department of Education. (2010). //National Educational Technology Plan 2010//. Retrieved February 13, 2012, from U.S. Department of Education: http://www.ed.gov/sites/default/files/netp2010.pdf

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">VoiceThread. (2012, January 25). //VoiceThread iPhone App.// Retrieved March 18, 2012, from iTunes Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/voicethread/id465159110?ls=1&mt=8

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">WikiSpaces. (2012, March 18). //2012 Data Summary (image).// Retrieved March 18, 2012, from WikiSpaces: http://designing21centurylearning.wikispaces.com/space/stats/user?wikispacesFormToken=8297c8e24dbd23c5222c6aff88c5a50a03547954&date=2012&go=1

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">WikiSpaces. (2012, March 18). //Recent Changes by Member (image).// Retrieved March 18, 2012, from WikiSpaces: http://designing21centurylearning.wikispaces.com/wiki/changes?wikispacesFormToken=52d552bb6353c9e2b61ee996c1375ba947b32f04&showPage=1&showMsg=1&showComment=1&showFile=1&showTag=1&showUser=1&quser=SheriStarks&userdatefrom=02%2F17%2F2012&userdateto=03%2F18%

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%;">WikiSpaces. (2012, March 18). //Usage Statistics Data (image).// Retrieved March 18, 2012, from WikiSpaces: http://designing21centurylearning.wikispaces.com/space/stats/overview