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collaborative storytelling - probably best for language acquistion or elementary students This is a beta version, meaning right now its free, but for how long?

From FAQs page:

How much does Storybird cost?

Making, sharing, and reading Storybirds online is free and will always be free. Printing and premium services-when we introduce them later this year-will have a fee associated with them.

"Show Document is a Net Meeting platform for instantaneous and spontaneous online meetings where people can work together on the same document at the same time. All the Net Meeting collaborative services can be used to work together at the same time. The web meeting platform offers the following interactive services:
* Share Documents
*Shared Editor
*Share Google Maps
*File Sharing
*Share Viewing a Web Page
*Share to Mobile
*Interactive Whiteboard
*Share YouTube

Wallwisher is an online notice board maker. Discussing a new idea? Taking notes? Giving feedback? Voicing opinion? Wishing a happy birthday? Now do all that easily with Wallwisher wall and some stickies.

Great way to share your presentation links.

use it on your Smartboard, brainstorm with it, collaborate with - it's an electronic bulletin board

what it is and a link to sign-up for it

Promoting Education

These great ideas are all about teaching students in dynamic ways.

We've heard many ingenious ways that teachers have used Google Docs in the classroom. Here are just a few:

* Promote group collaboration and creativity by having your students record their group projects together in a single doc.
* Keep track of grades, attendance, or any other data you can think of using an easily accessible, always available spreadsheet.
* Facilitate writing as a process by encouraging students to write in a document shared with you. You can check up on their work at any time, provide insight and help using the comments feature, and understand better each students strengths.
* Create quizzes and tests using spreadsheets forms, your students' timestamped answers will arrive neatly ordered in a spreadsheet.
* Encourage collaborative presentation skills by asking your students to work together on a shared presentation, then present it to the class.
* Collaborate on a document with fellow teachers to help you all track the status and success of students you share.
* Maintain, update and share lesson plans over time in a single document.
* Track and organize cumulative project data in a single spreadsheet, accessible to any collaborator at any time.

The best way to explain this is to use examples of actual school wikis in use here in New York City:

Skype is a free and easy way for teachers to open up their classroom and their students to a world way beyond their campus. With Skype, students can learn from other students, connect with other cultures, and expand their knowledge in amazing ways. Teachers and parents can also benefit from Skype in the classroom. Read below to learn how you can take advantage of the power of Skype in your classroom.

Draw and animate online easily, collaborate with friends and other artists by reusing props.

from drop.io - this site sets up an online collaboration page

Curriki, the online education community, is building the first website to offer free, open-source instructional materials for K-12. We have thousands of free worksheets, lesson plans, exams, project ideas and activities for English language arts, math, science, social studies, technology integration and other subjects. All of our educational material is contributed by teachers and partners and is free and open source.

meeting24.tv is a web conference system for up to 24 users for 24/7. (We have a pro account option menu.) Only a meeting host user needs to create a user account. Other members can join the meeting by web browser without registration or login. It's so easy. (If you use your browser in English, all texts convert in English automatically and you can use it at international conference.)

Online Mind Mapping: MindMeister - free web-based collaborative mind mapping tool for brainstorming and project-managment