1. Getting Together Online Bec Cole Outer Eastern Community Opportunities Project Disability Services

2. The Fear Factor Common fears about using technology include “I don’t know how...” “I might break it...” “Can’t we just use email....?” “I don’t have enough time”

3. Overcoming the Fear EVERYBODY can learn by doing You can’t break the internet.... Email has a few problems.... – Privacy – Accidental Exclusion – Once it leaves you can’t change it or get it back Online tools save time – Fewer meetings/ phone calls/ interruptions

4. Why Get Online? Sharing information well can lead to good partnerships Good partnerships lead to increased opportunities for the people we support Information sharing can help keep you and the people we support “in the loop”

5. A Continuum of Partnership Coordinate: Partners work separately to achieve separate aims; which are shared openly. Cooperate: Partners work separately to achieve a common aim. Collaborate: Partners work together to achieve a collaborative aim. High Reward Low Risk

6. What is it for? In considering an online tool it is important to understand WHY you are using it And WHAT you want to share Different online tools do different jobs Matching the right tool to the job will help people to use the tool (Tools don’t work unless people use them!)

7. Tools for Coordinating Partnerships Sharing Information Shared Calendar – Google Calendar/ 30 Boxes Mailing List – Tgether/ CC Betty/ Yahoo Groups RSS Feed – Google Reader/ RSS Feed within Outlook

8. Tools for Cooperative Partnerships Sharing Resources Shared Documents – Google Docs/ Writeboard Social Networking/ Bookmarking – Facebook/ Linked In – delicious/ Digg

9. Tools for Collaborative Partnerships Sharing Risk and Reward Wikis – PBWorks/ Wikispaces Online Project Management – Office Live/ Sosius

10. What is a Wiki? A Wiki is like an online database The difference is that many people contribute to making and maintaining the content… Basically a Wiki is a shared space to collect and organize information

11. How to Wiki Let’s take a look at a Wiki in action oecia.pbworks.com