Collaboration on Google Docs

I have discovered the power of Google Docs for sharing.  Forgive me for my enthusiasm, I'm not so quick as some of you.

What a brilliant tool.  I've created several documents already to share with colleagues, and we've all had fun adding comments and using the chat facility.

Above all though, I think this will be really productive.  An easy way for us to share a combined piece of work, adding to it as we have thoughts or ideas.  Fab stuff.

Twitter chat

Well tonight I followed (well, tried to follow!) a Twitter chat on EdChat.

Just about kept up, but it's definitely a skill which could be improved.  Some interesting thoughts on Shared Decision Making, and I'll try and follow others when I can.  A sort of virtual meeting I suppose with people from all over the world.

ESW, Job Skills and the Job Centre

Visit today from the Job Centre, looking at our ESW / Job skills classes.  Seemed very positive, so perhaps some good links will be made here.

Busy busy busy

A fun filled day today, CSS, Google Docs & Google Bookmarks to name but a few.  No luck with the Grand National though

Google Bookmarks

I'm seriously getting carried away, now I've gone and added my first bookmark to Google Bookmarks.  There's simply no stopping me!

Google Reader

As I'm halfway through reading Will Richardson's Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts - a book about Web 2.0 tools for the classroom - I've decided to follow his advice and set up Google Reader.  This is a space where I can set up RSS feeds for all the things I'm interested in.  The principle seems very straightforward.  Will says that you should check it daily for feeds of interest, to build a skill set in skim reading and finding what you're looking for.

So I've made a start, currently only following two feeds, one from Paul's E-learning blog and one to Emerging educational technology - a feed I found through using Google Reader's subscription search.

I've even gone so far as to add a star to a post I'd like to follow up later.  Next, I need to create some folders so that I can organise the feeds more intuitively.  I'll let you know how I get on!

Remember the milk

As someone who needs to do lists in order to remember everything I'm not supposed to forget, Remember the Milk looks like it could be worth a further look....