Wiggio

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Description
[|Wiggio] is a free [|collaboration] tool for educators, students , businesses and even for friends and families that [|facilitates]online group work or social interaction. [|Wiggio]is simple to use. Anyone can open a Wiggio account and start inviting people to his/her group. A Wiggio user can create different accounts for different groups and send invitations to potential group members to join the group. People can join groups only by invitation. Wiggio can be connected to mobile phones as well enabling the group members to work from anywhere and at anytime. Today many students, educators, social groups, sports groups, small businesses, religious groups and many other organizations are using Wiggio. The main features of Wiggio are: a. Shared calendar b. Communicate to group through e-mail, text, sticky note and voice message c. Host web meeting, conference call and chat d. Poll/ Survey e. Keep track of group tasks f. Shared documents g. Can undertake collaborative work or h. Work in the same document by different members of the group at the same time i. Save documents

History
[|Dana Lampert] and [|Lance Polivy] are the originators of Wiggio. As they say, necessity is the mother of invention, Wiggio was created to resolve issues common among students: group members of class projects not showing up on time and mailbox clutter. As seniors at Cornell University the two individuals wanted a tool that would facilitate group work without the need for members to meet physically. Dana Lampert teamed up with [|web 2.0]-program developer Roy Doyle, and Derek Doyle formed Wiggio in 2008 focusing on collage students. Wiggio was introduced to the Cornell campus in Spring 2008 and attracted about 1500 users. As of September 15, 2008 they have launched a public beta version and were able to get as many as 5000 users. In February 2009 Wiggio introduced a new version with different features like message streaming for group members, group list server, shared calendar, mass text, voice messaging, file sharing, and polling. Wiggio uses[| Zoho] and [|Scribd] applications for sharing, viewing and editing documents. It also associates with [|Rondee] for teleconferencing. Other than those applications, rest of the features were put together by their own company. As per the company, Wiggio now has 125,000 users and the the number of users is growing everyday.

Impact on Teaching and Learning
Wiggio is a free web 2.0 tool that helps students and/or teachers to share documents, work together as a group, conduct polls, send e-mail and voice messages. On one hand, students can take a poll to gather opinions of their group members, while on the other hand, teachers can use polls to survey the students which can help to improve course curriculums and their teaching methods. With the Wiggio collaborative feature students can work from anywhere and anytime. Students can create different groups for different projects within one Wiggio account that will allow them to organize their work. As much as 80 percent of the users of Wiggio are from education background.

Folder and files
Any file type can be uploaded into the Wiggio group folder. Group members can edit documents and spreadsheets within Wiggio and can save in the same folder, while older versions remain there for review. Group members can view photos, videos and listen to audio files housed within folders. Wiggio uses Zoho and Scribd applications for sharing, viewing and editing documents. Meeting Wiggio offers three different types of meeting places like in person (connecting to the mobile or cell phone), conference and chat room. Users of Wiggio can create their small conference call groups to work together as well. Wiggio is collaborating with Rondee for teleconferencing. Calendar Wiggio’s easy-to-use calendar can help clients to organize their group work and finish work on time. With automatic e-mail settings, Wiggio group members can share updated calendars with other members. The Wiggio calendar can be easily exported to [|Google], [|Outlook], [|Yahoo] or [|iCal] calendar. Message

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A Wiggio user can send and receive messages through text messaging, e-mail, sticky note and voice note. Different members will have their own e-mail addresses they can use to communicate with other members.===== Poll/ Survey The poll function allows group members to ask the whole group questions and receive responses quickly that can allow them to improve their work and respond to request if necessary. Link With the link feature, each group member can share relevant links with other group members.

Examples or Demonstrations
This is a video tutorial for Wiggio media type="youtube" key="k63qSH5cwsk" height="340" width="560"

This is a screen capture of Wiggio homepage

Author
This presentation is created by Sudha Rajouria, Masters’ degree student in Educational Technology Department at University of Hawaii at Manoa for ETEC 602.