7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Editing - Week 7 #2

I know, I know - another "7 things" article! I can't help it! This is such a simple, easy to read, informative series!I LOVE these articles!

This week it is all about collaborative editing. Collaboration isn't a new concept or a new idea- working online from several different locations, in real-time - that is new! Well, not brand-new, but it is still something that not a lot of people have experience with. The first time a colleague send me a link to a GoogleDoc, I was more than confused. I opened the file, typed in my piece and printed a copy so that we had it. I thought it was a one edit and done and I didn't want to lose all of the work that we had done. Silly me!!! Now I can edit online with the best of them! I share GoogleDocs, Wikispaces, RSS Feeds, etc., etc.!

Collaborative editing is a new way to have groups of students interact with others while working towards a common goal. Being that I teach Kindergarten, I have to think of creative ways to incorporate collaborative editing, but it can and WILL be done in my classroom!!!

Off to plan some lessons!!!

Educase Learning Initiative. "7 Things You Should Know About Collaborative Editing." Published Dec. 2005. Accessed 04 Aug 2014. http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7009.pdf