Group items tagged

"CoSketch is a multi-user online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and share your ideas as images. Simple sharing * Anything you paint will show up for all other users in the room in real time. * One click to save a sketch as an image for embedding on forums, blogs, etc. Zero hassle * Runs in all common browsers without plugins or installation. * Free and without registration. Now with Google Maps support! * Use google maps as the background for your sketches to show directions or share trips."

"Create a sticky note, choose your color, and drag it. Postica remembers the location of your sticky on every computer. Create Create a sticky note, choose your color, and drag it. Postica remembers the location of your sticky on every computer. Tired of emailing yourself one file? Quickly upload a photo or document to your sticky note. Attach Tired of emailing yourself one file? Quickly upload a photo or document to your sticky note. Have something to share with others? Send your sticky note to friends and family even if they don't have an account. Share Have something to share with others? Send your sticky note to friends and family even if they don't have an account. Twitter Tweet tweet...now you can send sticky notes using twitter! Find out more about this service. You can now create and view your sticky notes with a Google Gadget on iGoogle. iGoogle You can now create and view your sticky notes with a Google Gadget on iGoogle. Add this gadget now."

"The Google Teacher Academy is a FREE professional development experience designed to help primary and secondary educators from around the globe get the most from innovative technologies. Each Academy is an intensive, one-day event where participants get hands-on experience with Google's free products and other technologies, learn about innovative instructional strategies, receive resources to share with colleagues, and immerse themselves in an innovative corporate environment. Upon completion, Academy participants become Google Certified Teachers who share what they learn with other primary and secondary educators in their local region."

"Web 2.0 productivity tools A roundup of apps & resources to make your day go easier Target audience: educators, students, nonprofits, social benefit organizations, NGOs, journalists, general public Following are Web 2.0 tools we've come across that have increased our productivity. Part of the early adopters creed is to share discoveries with others. Hat tip to Office 2.0 for initially compiling this roundup (which is not meant to be a comprehensive directory)."

"Sites Audio * AudioPal * Myna * Recordr Charts/Graphs * Cacoo * Lovely Charts * Rich Chart Live * Scribble Maps Digital Art * Art Pad * Doink * Flockdraw * Odosketch * Paint Brush * PsykoPaint * Sketchcast * Sumo Paint Digital Storytelling * Art of Storytelling * BookRix * Mixbook * My StoryMaker * Myths & Legends * Primary Access * ToonDoo Spaces File Conversion * Comet Docs * DocsPal File Sharing * Author Stream * Box * WeTransfer Misc. * Capzles * Culture Crossing * Embedit.in * Kidblog * Screen Jelly * Shmoop * Strutta * Tagul * TypeWith.me * Visuwords * Wordnik Presentations/Multimedia * Digital Vaults * Glogster * Magic Studio * PhotoPeach * Shwup Search Engines * Europeana * Eyeplorer * Google Swirl * Oamos * Quintura * Twine"

I hope this post will be a handy reference guide, especially for those teachers new to social media technologies and how to integrate them into the classroom. This resource is by no means exhaustive, but it's a good starting point for finding the information and people that will help you make the transition into a '21st century learning environment'. I intend for this to be a wikipost (I will update resources as they are shared with me by others), so feel free to bookmark the page and check in periodically for new material.

"YUDU is an ePublishing library and marketplace that lets you read, publish, buy, sell and share digital content."

"What is Joe's Goals? Joe's Goals is a simple yet powerful tool to make tracking your goals the easiest part of accomplishing them. Use the simple single page interface to setup daily goals and track them with just a click. Watch your daily score to gage your success and use negative goals (or vices) to confront and overcome bad habits that finally need to get the boot. Share your success with your friends and family or post your personal score badge to your blog or MySpace page. Add as many Goals as you want and update them all from a single interface. "

"An online library of free videos for learners everywhere - our goal is to gather a set of resources to help you learn just about anything, meet people who make a difference in their communities, and even discover new parts of the world. Next Vista for Learning wants to post your educational videos online, too. Everyone has an insight to share and yours may be just what some student or teacher somewhere needs!"

"With the coming of the 21st century, technology has added a new twist to our traditional storytelling. Beyond the scope of pen and pencil, we can now easily tell and share our stories digitally with mobile phones, flip cameras, recording our voice or using free web tools. There is no doubt that today's students are more motivated and interested in using digital storytelling just like any other multimedia. It offers us, educators, a new and a very 21st century way to captivate students' attention, facilitate learning, reach shy students and increase collaboration and community in a classroom. It's a great way to give voice to ourselves and our students in an out of the classroom walls."

"Behold! Thanks to extensive ingredient price data gathered while compiling How Much is Inside a Sandwich? I am now intimately familiar with the financial resources required to build a sandwich. To share this knowledge with the world, I present to you the Cockeyed.com Sandwich Cost Calculator! "