Online+Publishing+Tools-+Collaboration+with+Skype+&+Google+Docs

= ONLINE PUBLISHING TOOLS: COLLABORATION with SKYPE & GOOGLE DOCS  = =__// SKYPE //__= > > > Video: Around the World with Skype by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
 * [|Video: Around the World with Skype by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano]
 * 1) [|Skype in Education]
 * 2) [|Using Skype at School (The Dummies Series)]
 * 3) [|Skype in School Wiki]
 * 4) [|50 Ways to Use Skype in the Classroom]
 * 5) [|Student Inter-school Debating with Skype by Lois Smethurst]
 * 6) [|What Skype in a Class Looks Like- The HarrisBurdick Project]
 * 7) [|Giving Students Skype Jobs by Langwitches]
 * 8) [|Skype an Author Wiki]
 * 9) [|Finding Classes to Skype]
 * 10) [|List of Classrooms Ready to Skype]
 * 11) [|Want Ads by Classes Wanting to Skype for Specific Project]
 * 12) [|Skype Other Classrooms- List by Sue Waters]
 * 13) [|EPals Global Community]
 * 14) [|Recording Skype Sessions]
 * 15) [|15 Apps for Recording Skype]
 * 16) [|Using PowerGramo]
 * 17) [|Useful Links]
 * 18) [|Improving Skype Calls by Sue Wyatt]
 * 19) [|How to Produce Video Interviews for Your Blog With Skype]
 * 20) [|Using VuRoom to Hold A Skype Conference]

=__//** GOOGLE DOCS **//__= Subscribe to The Google docs channel http://www.youtube.com/docs media type="youtube" key="epYTQ4lHdnQ?fs=1" height="385" width="640" align="center"
 * Presentations
 * Drawings
 * Spreadsheets
 * Video

=__ ** Collaborative Publishing Tools ** __=

=//1)__Mixbook__//= =[|//www.mixbook.com//]=
 * [[image:edorigami:mixbook.jpg caption="mixbook - collaborative tool - sophicated picture books"]] ||
 * mixbook - collaborative tool - sophicated picture books ||

//**
Process===** The process is very simple//==== //**1. Sign up** to the site (get your kids to sign up to)// //**2. validate the membership** by clicking on the link sent to you// //**3. Create a book** - set the level of access you want, add a description and details// //**4. invite people** to mix your book// //**5. upload images** and **add context**//
 * [[image:edorigami:mixbook_2.jpg width="354" height="204" caption="set access rights for contribution and viewing"]] ||
 * set access rights for contribution and viewing ||
 * //6. Done!//**

=//2)__**lulu**__//= = =
 * [[image:http://static.lulu.com/images//persuasion/lulu-logo.gif?20070917173958 caption="Lulu - web based book publishing"]] ||
 * Lulu - web based book publishing ||

//link://
//[|www.lulu.com]// //**1. Write your book** (this statement probably does not do justice to this element of the process)// //**2. Upload** your manuscript, photos or digital files// //**3. Format** your book using their formatting tools - this is binding size the whole lot! ||//
 * //===Process===//**
 * U.S. Printing Specifications ||
 * **Binding Types** || [[image:http://www.lulu.com/images/binding_perfect.jpg width="101" height="58" caption="external image binding_perfect.jpg"]]
 * Perfect Bound** || [[image:http://www.lulu.com/images/binding_coil.jpg width="101" height="58" caption="external image binding_coil.jpg"]]
 * PlastiCoil** || [[image:http://www.lulu.com/images/binding_saddle.jpg width="101" height="58" caption="external image binding_saddle.jpg"]] ||

//**4. Set a price**// //here is an example of the pricing process (from their [|website]) for a book// //The book price is calculated:// //$ 4.00 Printing cost (2¢/page x 200 pages)// //+ 4.53 Fixed cost for cover, binding, materials// //———// //$ 8.53 Production costs//

//+ 4.00 Creator revenue// //+ 1.00 Lulu commission (20% of total profit)////=// //=$ 13.53 Price//
 * 5. Sell** your book//
 * [[image:edorigami:lulu.jpg caption="Publishing the easy way"]] ||
 * Publishing the easy way ||