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These are the websites Darcy Goshorn, a former CFF Coach, tagged "program". He's very active on Diigo and typically shares great stuff.

"PSA campaign educates teenage girls about potential dangers of sharing and posting personal information online. "

Otixo lets you connect your online "Cloud" services to manage and share your files. To add a new provider, select a service on the right where you have an active account.

The emerging role of social media and learning in organizations and society. "UnTraining" - Jane Hart's "Center for Learning and Performance Technologies" site; compilation of resources, reflective and sharing blog posts, links to own consulting services and publications.

From outside of formal education circles, another learner/consultant synthesizing knowledge of the emerging uses of social media for learning

Interesting video with some fascinating data about Social Media. Shared today on Twitter (social media) by @amjohnston. (NOTE: The original tweet was in French, but the Translate feature in Tweetdeck allowed me to translate it.)

Ednovo breaks down the barriers of access to education with a free web application, Gooru, that leverages technology, amplifies the effect of stellar teaching, and inspires students to learn. Gooru provides teachers with the ability to "search and teach" and students with the ability to "search and study" to find curriculum-appropriate web resources for any lesson. Teachers and students then share their lessons and notes with each other to enable learning in a truly social way.

Add video and audio to your PowerPoint slides and share with a link.

However, the TOS agreement gives the rights to your content!

anonymous one-time only blog posts without logging in or setting up a blog, with commenting and social sharing options optional. Gives you a unique web address to edit.

Questionable use since it is anonymous. But interesting.

Great for creating digital stories or flipped classroom content.  Easily integrate YouTube video, wikipedia information, instagram photos, and google docs.  Share and collaborate with others.  Buncee Bits mobile app is also available.  How will you buncee?

QuizOperator is a free tool that let's you easely create and share quizzes. You just have to choose the quiz name and fill in the quiz options. Other people can join your quiz by going to a link or by searching for it. The score is tracked by the app and the winner will be calculated automatically. Perfect to use during your lesson, presentation, speech or at a party.

"As colorful as old covers of "True Stories" magazine, this presentation shares moving, personal stories that would not have been previously possible, enabled by open licensed materials and personal networks."

"90-day FREE Trial Welcome Socrative users! We have pre-made Shared Quizzes on all of our public radio stories, making it easy for you to bring the power of public radio into the classroom anbd assess students' listening comprehension!"

"Mezzoman was created to help people meet their friends, family, clients, and/or business associates in the middle. Mezzoman uses a revolutionary new "multi-point" system that allows a user to enter up to three addresses at one time to calculate a place to meet. Finding and sharing places to meet has never been easier! Next time you and your friends want to find a great place to meet, let Mezzoman help you "meet in the middle!""

Soundation is a free service that allows anyone to create and remix sound tracks online. If you have used Apple's Garage Band or Aviary's Myna, Soundation will look familiar to you. Soundation provides five tracks on which you can place music clips and sound effects to mix together. To create your original work you can select from Soundation's gallery of 400 free sounds, upload your own sounds, or record new sounds using the instruments and keyboard built into Soundation. When you've created a product you like, you can download it or share it in Soundation's gallery.

Thanks to @kbconnor for sharing this one. A twitter yellow pages. Want to find an organization with a twitter account? This may be it.

"Top 10 Sites for Creating Digital Music 1. Myna - Far and away my favorite online music editor. This is very similar to Garageband and a nice alternative for those who do not have the Apple application. 2. Soundation - Very easy to use, with a drag/drop interface for creating excellent-sounding music. 3. Jam Studio - Fun site that lets users select a "key" to play in and a theme to match. 4. Loop Labs - Nice time- line editor; learning curve is a bit higher than most sites. 5. Your Spins - Great site for mixing prerecorded music and sharing with others. 6. Indaba - Unique site where users can create collaborative music pieces to make one final product. 7. Creating Music - Very user friendly website shows kids how to create digital music. 8. Contrapunctus Variations - Wonderful site for creating orchestral music by selecting an instrument and clicking on a time line. 9. iNudge - Fun site for kids, who can make music by drawing shapes. 10. Glitchscape - Create sound by drawing vector shaped rectangles. "

Fom the Tech and Learning blog

Joyce Valenza's place for sharing the latest Web 2.0 tools with input from participants at regional, national, and international conferences.

"A.nnotate is an online annotation, collaboration and indexing system for documents and images, supporting PDF and MS Office formats. Instead of emailing different versions of a document back and forth you can now all comment on a single read-only copy online. Unlike online word processors, the document is displayed in high quality with fonts and layout just like the printed version. It is easy to use and runs in all common web browsers, with no software or plugins to install. "

"Learn tips and tricks to explore the world, find interesting places and share content with others. Follow this hands-on learning game at your own pace until you complete each level and become a true explorer!"

Shared today in the Classroom 2.0 group, this points to a free e-book download, or you can purchase the print version. It's written FOR educators.