Technology+Infusion+-+Collaborative+Editing

= [|TitanPad] =

Collaboration in an online, real-time environment provides instant feedback and learning to the participants. [|TitanPad] is just one of many online environments where there can be teacher/student(s) and student(s)/student(s) interaction either during or outside school. Collaborative Editing is a term used to describe this process where individual contributions lead to a larger group work. Perhaps the term, **Simultaneous Editing,** should be used since Titan Pad allows this to happen in a real-time manner.

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**Fremd Teacher Examples of Titan Pad Use**

**Nicole LaBeau** **Teacher/One Student, outside of class,** [] **Classroom Collaboration example,** []

**Dave Morelli** Used as a quick review activity. Students generated a T/F review for a quiz. I was able to copy the document into word and then give students a copy as a review sheet. []

= Other Online Collaboration Sites = [|ShowDocument] Whiteboard feature, drawing, 3D document upload, others [|Google Docs], (requires an account) [|Zoho Docs], (requires an account)

= = = Notes =
 * You can import a document from a text file, HTML text, Word, or RTF (Rich Text Format).
 * You will not be able to preserve formatting from a document you import.
 * You can export a titan pad as HTML, Word, Plain Text, or PDF.
 * A few editing tools are available, Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethrough. //**__Remember, this is a plain text__**// **//__editor!__//**
 * Dave states that saving a titan pad will cause the individual colors to go away.
 * Up to 15 different users can use a single titanpad at one time.
 * TitanPad.com provides a collaborative environment where students can work on a document, hold a discussion, or chat real-time.
 * The time slider feature lets you see who contributed what information at what part of the discussion.
 * Nicole LaBeau states you can conduct a whole class, small group and individual discussion all at the same time.
 * Karl states you could set this up ahead of time with ACT type English questions where students have to make corrections to the sentences as they would in the ACT test.
 * Use titan pad when computers are available to see if everyone is 'getting it' as class proceeds or before class ends. This is, in essence, what is known as a 'back channel' to a whole-class discussion. Basically, students could have a discussion about the class discussion. Again, this provides a nice way for kids to ask questions in a real-time environment vs. feeling uncomfortable having to raise their hands in class to ask a question. This corresponds to the Readiness portion of the Green group. This will help teachers not teach the same way to all 32 kids.
 * Gold Group will focus on choice boards today. Maybe use titan pad to throw out ideas for how to approach the different choices on the board. Also, for Think dots and cubing - Have a different question or activity on each side of cube. Use titan pad as a visual learning style approach of a particular side of the cube.

Session leaders may have additional thoughts as to how Titan Pad could be used with DI.