Weekly5-10-10


 * Week of 5/10/10 - Collaborative Pads**

__Activity__: Collaborate by writing on four collaborative pads. Then, make your own TitanPad for your school and link to it from your new library wiki.

1. Watch the following video to learn more about collaborative pads:

media type="custom" key="6077405" width="80" height="80" Blip TV: @http://blip.tv/file/3598489 You Tube: @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AXGkAUWahBQ

2. Go to the following links and reply on each of the pads with your own comments: a. Sync.in: @http://sync.in/bzU2bhGkA0 b. TitanPad: @http://titanpad.com/mVbmH3dBYh c. iEtherPad: @http://www.ietherpad.com/GoAJSrvovB d. PiratePad: []

3. Now, create your own public pad using TitanPad a. Go to @http://titanpad.com/ b. Click on the link to create a public pad. c. Type on the new pad some topic or information related to your school that requires collaboration. (You can also use these pads for personal use to create shopping lists, etc, but for this activity, we will do a school-related pad.) Ideas include book purchasing requests, favorite authors, suggestions for an "end-of-the-year" event, etc. d. Copy the URL of the new pad and paste the link into your new library wiki. e. If desired, get your own private space on TitanPad by clicking on the appropriate link at @http://titanpad.com/

__Uses with students__: Collaborative pads are a great Web 2.0 technology to support collaboration. Some uses with students are to brainstorm solutions, outline a project plan, build notes at one location, plan presentation details, peer and teacher assessment, and to track bibliographic resources.

__Standards__: AASL: 1.1.8, 1.1.9, 1.2.3, 2.1.2, 2.2.4, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.2.4, 3.1.2, 3.1.4, 3.2.3, 3.3.5, 4.1.6, 4.1.7 ISTE: 1b, 2a, 2b, 2d, 3d, 4c, 6b