Here are some great tools for collaborative projects and other learning activities.

Project Management
• SharePoint: A project and team management tool. http://sharepoint.microsoft.com/en-us/Pages/default.aspx

• Elluminate Live: A platform that includes video confere3ncing, chat, file transfer, notes, polling, screen capture, and whiteboard. http://www.elluminate.com/Services/Training/Elluminate_Live!/?id=418

• Blackboard Collaborate: A collaboration platform for virtual classrooms, offices, and meeting spaces. https://www.blackboard.com/platforms/collaborate/overview.aspx ($)

• Padlet (aka Wallwisher). An online group message board where you can post messages, videos, images, etc. http://padlet.com/

• Twiddla: Team whiteboarding: Browse websites in a shared, real-time whiteboard, while marking them up, sharing files, and chatting along. http://www.twiddla.com/ ($)

• Wiffiti: Interactive message board (via twitter, texting, or wiffiti.com). http://wiffiti.locamoda.com/ ($)

• Stormboard: Add ideas, photos, and videos to a shared online whiteboard. https://www.stormboard.com/

• Diigo: bookmark websites: https://www.diigo.com/




Social Networking:
• Ning: A customized platform for social networking. http://ca.ning.com ($)

• LinkedIn: A professional networking tool. http://ca.linkedin.com/

• Facebook: A social utility that connects people with friends and others who work , study and live around them. www.facebook.com/

• Elgg: A social networking engine for businesses, schools, universities and associations to create their own fully-featured social networks and applications. http://elgg.org




Wikis
• Wikispaces: http://www.wikispaces.com

• Mediawiki: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

• Wikia: http://www.wikia.com/Special:CreateNewWiki

• Wiki Spot: http://wikispot.org/create_a_wiki




Blogs / Websites:
• Wordpress: http://wordpress.com

• Tumblr: http://www.tumblr.com/

• Blogger: http://www.blogger.com

• Weebly: http://www.weebly.com

• Square Space: http://www.squarespace.com/#/ ($)




Research & Notes
• Open Study: A social learning network where students ask questions, give help, and connect with other students studying the same things. http://openstudy.com/

• Diigo: Collecting and organizing web notes. https://www.diigo.com/index ($)

• Google Keep: Note-taking system. http://googledrive.blogspot.ca

• Evernote: Jot down text, photos, web pages, etc.

• Delicious: A bookmarking application. https://delicious.com/

• Jog the Web: Allows anyone to create a synchronous guide to a series of web sites. http://www.jogtheweb.com/

• Corkboard It: Online collaborative message board. http://www.corkboard.it/

• Lino: Online sticky note / corkboard. http://en.linoit.com/

• NoteApp: Online message board. https://noteapp.com/

• Bibme: an online bibliography maker. Includes search engine and personal reference list. http://www.bibme.org/




Study Tools:
• Quizlet: Includes flashcards, speller, tests, matching, and other review games. Find topics or create your own material. http://quizlet.com/

• Flashcards: All of these sites allow users to create unlimited flashcards

o Flashcard Exchange: http://www.flashcardexchange.com/

o The Flashcard Machine http://www.flashcardmachine.com/

o Course Hero: http://www.coursehero.com/

o Study Blue: http://www.studyblue.com/

o Study Stack: http://www.studystack.com/




Ebooks:
• Read Print: Read and discuss books. http://www.readprint.com/

• My Ebook: Read or create your own ebooks. http://www.myebook.com/