UNIT 3: COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENTS

Antonio Martín

BLOG

Web log or Weblog, is an online journal where an individual, group, or corporation presents a record of activities, thoughts, or beliefs.

TYPES OF BLOG• Personal• Collaborative• Microblogging• Corporate• By genreFree tools for creating blogs:

CREATE A BLOG • Dashboard• Overview• Add an image• Add a video• Customize• Privacy and

permissions

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTYIntellectual property (IP) refers to creations of the mind: inventions, literary and artistic works, and symbols, names, images, and designs used in commerce.

COPYLEFT VS COPYRIGHT • Copyrights exist in order to protect

authors of documentation or software from unauthorized copying or selling of their work. A copyright infers that only with the author's permission may such activities take place.• A Copyleft, on the other hand, provides a

method for software or documentation to be modified, and distributed back to the community, provided it remains Libre.

CREATIVE COMMONS

ONLINE CONCEPT MAPS • A concept map is a diagram that depicts suggested relationships

between concepts. It is a graphical tool that designers, engineers, technical writers, and others use to organize and structure knowledge.• CmapTools is concept mapping software that allows users to easily create

graphical nodes representing concepts, and to connect nodes using lines and linking words to form a network of interrelated propositions that represent knowledge of a topic.

WEB 2.0 TOOLSWeb 2.0 is about revolutionary new ways of creating, collaborating, editing and sharing user-generated content online.

GOOGLE DOCS,  SHEETS AND SLIDES 

They are a word processor, a spreadsheet and a presentation program respectively, all part of a free, web-based software office suite offered by Google within its Google Drive service.

The suite allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating with other users in real-time.

GOOGLE MAPS• This is a desktop web mapping service developed by Google. • It offers satellite imagery, street maps, 360° panoramic views

of streets (Street View), real-time traffic conditions (Google Traffic), and route planning for traveling by foot, car, bicycle (in beta), or public transportation.