Middle School Collaboration Activities

Collaboration seems to be something many of you find difficult.  Chalk it up to the fact that the course is online so you don't really know your teammates,  busy schedules, procrastination, or apathy, many of your teams found working together difficult.  Yet it is one of the skills employers value most and one that you will be expected to teach.

So I found this article pretty interesting.  It describes tools, products and processes for middle school collaborative activities.  The tools:

Cacoo is a free online diagraming tool which allows real-time collaboration.  Weebly is a free site which allows users to create websites and blogs using widgets.  Photo Story 3 is a free software download from Microsoft which enables users to create slideshows using your own digital pictures. Fotoflexer is a free online image editor which allows you to perform basic editing options as well as some advanced features.

These are some great examples of tools and techniques for integrating technology.  Note that Photo Story 3 is one of the tools Windows users may choose over the next few weeks in telling the story of you.

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