Lesson 9: Wikis and Online Productivity Tools

Welcome to the wonderful world of wikis! For this lesson we’ll be turning our attention to a great web-based tool for multiple-participant projects. Plus we get to see another Common Craft video!

We’ll also investigate free web-based online productivity applications (word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, presentations, project management, and web conferencing).

For this lesson:

16. Learn about wikis and discover some innovative ways that libraries are using them.
17. Create a wiki or add an entry to a Vermont’s 23 Things sandbox wiki.
18. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.

Week 10: Online Productivity Apps and Web 2.0 Awards

Welcome to Week 10!

So, to take your mind off the winter wonderland outside, why not sit down with some hot chocolate and have a look at a few new Things? This week the adventure is about free web-based online productivity applications (word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, presentations, project management, and web conferencing) and the most recent Web 2.0 Awards list.

19. Take a look at some online productivity (word processing, spreadsheet) tools.
20. Explore any site from the Web 2.0 awards list, play with it and write a blog post about your findings.

Week 10 – Online Productivity Apps and Web 2.0 Awards

Way back in my first e-mail about Vermont’s 23 Things, I referred to it as a winter learning opportunity. My vision certainly didn’t include entering Week 10 with the snow still flying.

So, to take our mind off of the still increasing snow banks, let’s sit down with some hot chocolate and look at free web-based online productivity applications (word processing, spreadsheets, calendars, presentations, project management, and web conferencing) and the most recent Web 2.0 Awards list.