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=Web 2.0=

Wikis
[|Wikispaces] Used to make a wiki where many people can collaborate on a project. [|Video] A video about using a wiki in plain English

Blogs
[|Wordpress] A great free place to host a blog [|Blogmeister] A free site to make a private blog that the public cannot read. (founded by David Warlick) [|Twitter] A micro-blogging site. I read what the technology giants are doing. An excellent resource written by Bernie Dodge about Twitter is found [|here]. He posted this on Twitter and I got his permission to use it. [|100 Blogs that will make you smarter.] I found this blog post this morning when a twitter friend recommended it.

Podcasting and Itunes
[|Audacity] Can be used to make an mp3 out of any audio file [|Tennessee Electronic Learning Center]The State Department of Education and its podcasts are available on itunes for free [|Voicethread] This can be used for your sudents to record their voice and save it on the Internet.

RSS Feeds
[|Bloglines] Bloglines is an RSS reader that allows you to read many different blogs depending on what you are interested in. [|Google Reader] Another good RSS reader. Either one allows you to read the headlines in whatever you are interested in. Blogs that you might want to read: [|Free Technology for Teachers] where everyday the writer tells you a free techie site to help in your teaching. [|New York Times Education Articles] A good general overview of education [|A Plethora of Technology] You never know what technology integration idea that might show up here. [|Cool Cat Teacher] One of the best technology integration teachers. Vicki is from Georgia. [|2 cents worth] David Warlick is one of the originial bloggers. He is a frequent speaker and chronicles his ideas here.

Online tests and surveys
[|Survey Monkey] A great way to survey parents or students. Ten questions and one hundred surveys are free. [|Poll Daddy] Polls are made and placed on your website. [|That quiz] If you teach math or science and need to make a quiz, here is a free site.

Social Networking
[|Diigo] A site that allows you to join groups that you are interested in and then everyday that someone leaves a bookmark in that group, you get an email showing you the newest bookmarks. [|Ning] A ning is a group that has something in common. I am a member of several nings. Some are social and some are work related. They all allow you to post and send emails and learn about others in your field. [|Linked In] A more professional network [|Facebook for Parents] This is a great place to tell your parents to go and learn about Facebook. I have a facebook page and I tell everyone that it is to keep watch on my children.

Games to help with your day
[|Zamzar] Allows you to convert YouTube vides to avi files that can be shown with Windows Media Player [|Flash Cards] Cobo Cards allows you or students or even groups of students to make flash cards to share [|Virtual Math Manipulatives] This site is sorted by grade level [|Match the hair] A game where the student has to use the powers of deduction to figure out which person the hair belongs to. I played this for hours. [|Build the pyramid] I remember playing Oregon Trail and this is similar but you are choosing items based on your knowledge of Egyptian pyramids. [|i know that] Games for students of all ages. [|Kitchen chemistry] Online games to teach science concepts. The students have regular heads on cartoon bodies. [|Clock Talk] A great way to teach children how to tell time.

Things that will help your day
[|EcoFont] This font has tiny holes in it and takes less ink. It is invisable up to about 48 point. [|EverNote] This allows me to copy things off the Internet into a file that I can bring up later. I copy recipes, important articles that I want to remember bits and pieces of. You do not have to print them. EverNote will save them forever. [|BitBomb] BitBomb will text you when you have something important to do. You tell it what time and the message and it is sent to you. [|Trailfire] This is a great way to send your students on a trip through the web. This is my [| trail]about bogus Internet sites. [|CamStudio] This can be used to make a video of what you are doing on your computer. I used this to teach students how to run the circulation desk at the library. I only had to do it once but they could watch it over and over again.