Video Tutorial Using Jing

It is our video tutorial about the collaborative tool, Google Docs.

Direct Link: http://vimeo.com/31713109, http://www.screencast.com/t/jP3zU35nX



We all agree that Google Docs really helps people to collaborate each other in groups since the group members can edit the same document simultaneously. And members also can share resources by uploading files to the Docs. With the permission settings (in Docs, it is called sharing setting), teachers can easily share online resources with different classes or students. Students can also allow their groupmates to access their documents to give comments or replies. It shows there is interaction between people.

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Mashing IT Up Activity

In the activity, we can make use of Google Map, Google Translate, J2E and Youtube to create a webpage to describe an island called Wong Yi Chau.

Through the activity, we can make our own interactive map easily without any professional skills. We can also share our experiences with the world coz we have Google Translate to do the interpretation. This is a nice trial for us to understand and relate recent technologies of Web/Cloud Computing. Harvesting digital resources on the Internet can be useful for interaction.

Fig 1. Using J2E to make webpages

Fig 2. Final product

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