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1. The technological process
CREATING A PERSONAL COLLABORATIVE ICT ENVIRONMENT
Technology can help us work in groups and develop
large parts of our project. The first thing we need
is a personal collaborative ICT environment, which
will allow us to work throughout the academic year,
searching for, creating and sharing information and
documents for the group, the rest of the class and the
teacher.
We can use the Internet, Google apps and services,
software and Microsoft programs, or open source
software (FreeOffice, Linux) that work on the computers
at school and at home.
We will need the following elements:
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A personal email account
: it should be something
like
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Cloud software and storage
:
with our Gmail
account, we can use Google Drive; these are virtual
storage and computer applications that allows us to
work in groups.
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A word processor and spreadsheet, presentations
and photo editing programs
:
again, Google Drive
offers us apps. There are also open source programs
(FreeOffice) or Windows Office.
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Later, we will use social media like
social networks
,
blogs
and
webs
.
If at any stage you’re not sure how to do something,
search the Internet. There are lots of videos explaining
how to set up and use accounts.
Apply
35.
Set up a Gmail account like name.surname1.
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Use Google Drive to:
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Create and delete folders for your project.
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Store and manage files: upload, download
and delete files from your computer.
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Create two types of documents: text and
presentations.
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Share the documents with other members
of your group.
ADVANCE EDITION
