On-line tools for collaboration and writing

Cristina Costa & Ela Beaumont

Are you interested in getting more from the internet for your studies, but not sure how? These two sessions will help you interact, communicate and network, share documents, ideas and references over the web.

Come and learn about free tools to help you:

• Collaborate with other researchers and experts in your area, even when you are not in the University
  • Skype (webtelephony for real time communication)
  • Wikis (for collaborative writing)
  • Google Docs (for collaborative writing, develop of joint slide presentations, etc)
  • Collaborative Bookmarking (for sharing of resources)
  • Online Bibliographic tool (Zotero)

• Practice writing in your discipline in an informal and supportive environment
  • Blogs

• Learn how to present your work on-line
  • Share your Presentations (for dissemination of your work)