wazmac || Web Publishing

School Web Publishing

Traditional Web		Read-Write Web			Online Office
	Create a fully featured school web site on the Internet, or... Create an Intranet site to publish student e-portfolios and teacher resources.			Create & publish internet sites, blogs, photos, etc, with no more than a browser installed on your computer.			Create & store documents, spreadsheets & presentations online, with only a browser installed on your computer.

This page provides links to resources for creating and storing documents "in the cloud", using online software applications accessed through a web browser.
Background
Online office suites provides a low cost (free!) option for creating the usual range of office documents (word processing, spreadsheets, etc) and storing those documents online or "in the cloud". You don't need to install any software on your computer, other than a compatible web browser. You do need to have a reliable broadband internet connection. The online office concept is ideal for collaborative projects and travellers.
Web-based Office Applications		Online Office - Ideas & Examples
280Slides Outstanding web-based presentation application - looks very similar to Apple's Keynote. ajaxWrite \| ajaxSke tch \| ajaxXLS Web-based applications for word processing, flowchat & drawing, and spreadsheets. Saves to local HD. (Requires Firefox). Free. Gliffy Flowcharts Online flowcharting and diagramming - Draw and share flowcharts, floor plans, network diagrams, etc. Free. Google Docs & Spreadsheets Fully featured documents & spreadsheets that can be edited and saved online. (Requires Firefox for Mac). Free. gOffice Full web-based office suite. 10,000 documents per account. Monthly subscription. Num Sum Full featured, shareable, web-based spreadsheet. ThinkFree Office Fully featured Office suite that can be edited and saved online. Great for collaborative projects. Free. Zoho Writer \| Zoho Sheet \| Zoho Show Web-based apps for writing, spreadsheet and presentations.		Google Docs and Spreadsheet Tour A tour of the options available, along with some real-life examples. Google Docs in the Classroom 20 interesting ways to use Google Docs to support collaborative projects in your classroom. Some good ideas here even if you are not using Google Docs! Global Warming Project More than 80 schools from 20 different countries took part in an online project in which students brainstormed possible solutions to global warming using Google's Docs and Spreadsheets application. The exercise is the latest example of how Google is promoting its free online software as a tool for collaboration and project-based learning in classrooms, as the internet giant aims to usher in a new era of web-based computing.
		Developer Sites
		SproutCore Open-source software for creating your own on-line applications.