Team Communication Methode

[AJCaliciuri]

Team 1305 fully utilizes Google Apps for all their communication needs. Using a Google Group, each member can send an e-mail to all others on the "E-Group". It also allows us to moderate messages from new or younger team members who don't yet know our "E-Group Etiquette". This setup also includes Google Calendar for organizing meeting times. Through the Google Group, reminders for team meetings can be sent automatically to all members. We also use Google Docs for document collaboration. Trip forms, essays and other important documents can be shared with the entire team at once by sharing it with the Google Groups account. We use Google Sites as a team "Webshare" where, like a wiki, all team members can create and edit documents and guides as well as upload files for the team to utilize. Our programmers use Google Code to collaborate on programming. Finally, we use YouTube as our video sharing tool of choice. We use Google Apps mainly because our students are spread across seven different schools within our school board. We are currently using the free license, but since our team operates out of a school board, we are working to get the Google Apps education license. Communication is one of our many great challenges, but we always overcome it.