Online Collaboration
Online document sharing is something I have heard about, but never used. Basically, instead of emailing links of attachments, such as Word or Excel documents, they are locate in one central location online. Meaning it doesn't have to be housed on just one computer, but can be accessed by anyone the sharer chooses (there are privacy settings available) from any location with an Internet connection. Anyone with access to this account would be able to upload their own information and files, as well as edit anything for collaborating. It reminds me of iTunes Cloud, where you can access your iTunes music (theoretically) from any location. Without the collaborating, of course. I did, however, attend an education conference in 2009 and met some teachers from Klein ISD. One shared with me how all their students had laptops and took notes for classes, even in junior high, on Google Docs. Although I was intrigued, it seemed like a far off idea for my district, since we didn't even have student computers then...
Now is a different story. I was a able to create a
Google Docs account with a few files for this class. As a librarian, this would be invaluable. A Google Docs or other type of collaborative sharing application online could be used in a variety of ways: book suggestions for future purposes, ideas about policies and library usage, questions about the research process or other library concerns, or other suggestions for the library by students. These are just a small idea of where this could lead...
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