Productivity

=LIS 5260 - Productivity=



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Cacoo is collaborative diagram creator. You could use this to create network diagrams, flowcharts, maps, and page layouts. This could be used by students, teachers, techies, web designers, and writers. The nice part about the collaborative feature is that you can do this from wherever you have access to the Internet. Another powerful element is the fact that the free version allows you access to most of the features. You're only limited to 25 sheets and one image type though, PNG. With the paid versions you can create unlimited sheets and more file formats are available.



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Bubbl.us is a collaborative brain storming application that is available online. Apparently the term brainstorming has been replaced by the phrase mind map, which was news to me. But the point is that I could see Bubbl.us being used in the classroom to brainstorm ideas for projects, spur creative writing or possibly even a way to show what has been learned about a topic. It offers a collaborative feature that allows other people to join the session, either through their own accounts or my email invitation. The finished project can be saved as an image or embedded on a wiki/webpage.



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Where was Zotero when I was an undergrad??? I was just amazed at the power in this application. It takes the research process, and makes the use of digital data so much easier to manage. Just like it lists on their website, Zotero allows you to Collect, Organize, Cite, Sync and Collaborate throughout the research process. You can archive webpages, collect images, documents, insert notes directly on pages, share your data with others, sync your data with other computers. I'm trying to think of a research project so I can use Zotero.