http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/podcast/ets-talk-collaborative-writing/ Inspiring Teaching and Learning with Technology at Penn State University Tue, 23 Jun 2009 12:46:21 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/podcast/ets-talk-collaborative-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-376 Scott Sat, 06 Jan 2007 20:45:17 +0000 http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/?p=32#comment-376 This was a really nice episode. I wanted to tell you about something that I used Google Docs for that I sort of backed into. I had my class working in groups on writing something that would be shared out to the whole class. They were working on laptops scattered around the Chambers building. I asked them to work in Google Docs (we have been using it for other things this semester) and to include me as a collaborator. This allowed me to sit in the original classroom and "look over the shoulder" of all the different groups with a click of the mouse. I could see how groups were developing, give them little bits of feedback by typing directly into their document, and call the class back together the same way. It was really quite powerful. I am sure there are lots of interesting ways to use these tools that will come up. This was a really nice episode. I wanted to tell you about something that I used Google Docs for that I sort of backed into. I had my class working in groups on writing something that would be shared out to the whole class. They were working on laptops scattered around the Chambers building. I asked them to work in Google Docs (we have been using it for other things this semester) and to include me as a collaborator. This allowed me to sit in the original classroom and “look over the shoulder” of all the different groups with a click of the mouse. I could see how groups were developing, give them little bits of feedback by typing directly into their document, and call the class back together the same way. It was really quite powerful. I am sure there are lots of interesting ways to use these tools that will come up.

]]> http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/podcast/ets-talk-collaborative-writing/comment-page-1/#comment-372 Allan Fri, 05 Jan 2007 21:41:55 +0000 http://ets.tlt.psu.edu/?p=32#comment-372 This may lead to a new engagement initiative on collaborative writing, using some of the tools that we discussed like Google Docs, wiki software, etc... The class works on projects in groups or as a whole to put resources together that can be used by future students in the same course. This may lead to a new engagement initiative on collaborative writing, using some of the tools that we discussed like Google Docs, wiki software, etc… The class works on projects in groups or as a whole to put resources together that can be used by future students in the same course.

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