#EduGoalsMOOC - Collaborative teaching

The project designed for this last week was not conceived together with a colleague only because of time constraints. I'm currently working for three collaborative projects, one of which actively involves schools from all over the world, and time is one of my limits.

Therefore, I drafted a small project which I would really like to implement in the future. Anyone interested, please contact me! 

Although I designed it on my own, that doesn't mean that I don't understand the value that collaborating with international peers can have, not only if you think about the impact it has on my professional growth, but above all for providing my students with the chance to get to know peers from different backgrounds, with different priorities but sometimes similar tastes and hopes.

From this week's resources I want to mention the QuadBlogging initiative, which I find really interesting. Blogging with other classes could help my students improve their reading and writing skills.

Quadblogging 



List of tools suggested for global collaboration:

• Doodle (Web/iOS/Android)- Create polls with suggested meeting times and dates and invite participants to select their preferences. Participants don’t need the app or an account to select their preferences. Syncs with your calendar.
• Time and Date (Web/iOS/Android)- Several tools to schedule meetings, such as a World Clock with the current time in each country, online calendars for countries worldwide, a meeting planner, a countdown clock, and more. 
• World Time Buddy (Web/iOS/Android)- Visual world clock, easy time zone converter and meeting scheduler. The following are free collaborative web tools teachers and students can use to carry out collaborative tasks asynchronously, whenever it is convenient for them. Students do not have to meet in real-time.
• Padlet (Web/iOS/Android)– Students can add sticky notes with links, video, pdfs, or audio. Choose backgrounds or upload your own, password protect, and get an automatic QR code for your wall. Only the teacher has to register for a free account.
• LinoIt (Web/iOS/Android)– Students can choose between different colored sticky notes and add video, pdfs, and links. Only the teacher has to register for a free account.
• Google Drive and Apps (Web/iOS/Android)– Students can collaborate on documents, presentations, spreadsheets and more.
• OneNote Class Notebook (Web/iOS/Android)- Free with an Office 365 account. Teachers and students get access to a personal workspace for every student, a content library for handouts, and a collaboration space for lessons and creative activities.
• PBWorks (Web)- Teachers and students can set-up a collaborative website with one or more editors. Teachers can set-up student accounts without emails. Store, discuss, search and share wiki pages, files, and documents.
• Twiddla (Web)- An online collaborative whiteboard that has shapes, drawing tools, allows links, and much more. People can use audio to communicate while collaborating. No registration is required.
• PixiClip (Web)- An online collaborative whiteboard tool. In addition to drawing tools and adding text, students and teachers can chat with others through audio and video.
• Stoodle (Web/iPad)- An online collaborative whiteboard tool, which includes audio tools for easier collaboration. Features include drawing, coloring, adding text, and uploading files. No registration required.