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Group Members: (Group 4) Belcher, Kaufman, Knowles, Duffy Category: Online communication and collaboration Grade level: All levels Topic/discipline: All Tutorial information: Overview link available for members of groups that create accounts with gaggle Possible uses: Communication and collagoration between students, parents, and teachers (blogging, message boards, mobile texting, digital lockers, homework drop boxes, integrated calendar) Basics: Gaggle provides applications that allow students and teachers to communicate and collaborate online. Positives: Multiple applications/services: blogging, message boards, mobile texting, digital lockers, homework drop boxes, integrated calendar Negatives: $$ - gaggle is not a free online tool

Group Members: (Group 4) Belcher, Kaufman, Knowles, Duffy Category: Sharing and rating content on the web. Grade level: Upper elementary, middle school, high school Topic/discipline: All Tutorial information: A "take a tour" link is provided on the homepage that walks you through the five main aspects of digg and then asks you to join. An FAQ link is also provided at the homepage. Possible uses: Teachers and studetents can find web-based information and have an online discussion about the information/content. Students may also communicate with other students from other schools. Basics: Individuals post information or links to information on the web. Other users are able to comment on the information and rate the value of the information through comments. Positives: Very visual, easy to post information, ability to communicate with other students and teacher, exposure to vast amount of information. Negatives: Some information shared at digg.com will be blocked by schools' filters. Students may be distracted by other less relevant posted information.

Group 3: Sarah Vaughn & Sara Reich Category: Podacsting, podcast sharing community, database of podcasts from many genres Topic/discipline: Any Tutorial Information: http://www.podomatic.com/faq Possible uses: Journaling, critiques, summations, presentations, podcast community Basic explanation: Record live audio w/ picture backdrops, share and store online, watch/listen to episodes that interest you Positives: Ability to search by genre/type, more appropriate for school than YouTube, user friendly, ability to create/view profiles, ability to shares ideas Negatives: May be blocked by some schools, may have some inappropriate content.

Authors: Group 2 (Hafermann, Getchius, Wenzel, McKane) Category: Social network for book lovers Grade level use: All levels Topic/discipline: Language Arts, Literature and Composition Tutorial Information: "Help and Questions" link located at the bottom of the page once you log into your account. Help page has a drop down box that provides several different features for the user. In addition, you can ask the "shelfari community" questions. Possible uses: Journaling, book reviews, independent reading, reader's workshop, literature circles, social networking Basic explanation: Shelfari has the same concept of facebook, where as you are social networking with friends, however, you are able to keep track of books you have read, books you want to read and books you are currently reading. Another feature is that you are able to send e-mails, or look at your friends' bookshelf to see what they are currently reading or written reviews on. Positives: User friendly, provides a visual of all book covers, appeals to the younger crowd. Negatives: Users are able to post on other user's shelves, which could present a problem if the messages are inappropriate.

Group Members: (Group 4 Belcher, Kaufman, Knowles, Duffy) Category: Social networking site for book lovers Grade level: All levels Topic/discipline: Language Arts focus with cross-curricular potential Tutorial information: There are tabs on the homepage for Shelfari discussion groups which include FAQ's and a forum for asking questions. Possible uses: Teachers and students can create virtual bookshelves, join groups and invite friends. Book suggestions can be made, discussions, and networking. Basics: Users are able to create virtual bookshelves by searching for books or get ideas on what to read next through automatic suggestions or by joining a group. Positives: Ease of navigation, free, blog, media widget for both Facebook and MySpace Negatives: interaction with strangers, potential for misuse

Authors: Group 1 (Bulfer, Sennett, Gourley, Carl) Category: language learning, social networking Grade level use: All levels Topic/discipline: foreign language Tutorial Information: Help section with numerous FAQs for each area of the site Possible uses: practice conversation in language students are learning or in students' native languages Basic explanation: My Happy Planet's purpose is to bring cultures together. Users can choose to chat with a native speaker or a 'study buddy'. They can communicate through text, voice, video, or messages. Positives: The site has privacy controls. It also contains a blog. Negatives: It would be difficult to monitor all students' conversations for appropriateness.

Authors: Kaufman, Belcher, Knowles, Duffy (Group 4) Tool Name: Blogger Tool URL: http://www.blogger.com Category: Blogging Tags: Blogging, Blogger, All Levels, English, Science, Math, Social Science, Technology, Journalism, Writing, Music, All topics Grade level use: All Levels Topic/discipline: English, Science, Math, Social Science, Technology, Journalism, Writing, Music, All topics Tutorial Information: Help Links located at bottom of page for all users Possible uses: Blogging Basic explanation: Users can create and customize a blog to detail information they wish to add to it, can also read and comment on others blogs. Positives: Easy use, customizable, large community, can connect it to other sites (login using google user name instead) Negatives: May be blocked by some districts, have to set up blog how you want it (can be time consuming)

- Authors: Regilio, Saal, Costello, Stroch - Group #5 -Tool Name: Teacher Tube -Tool URL: www.teachertube.com -Category: video -Tags: YouTube, video, audio -Grade level use: K-12 -Topic/discipline: Definitely any subject could use this -Tutorial Information: Help Site at the bottom. It has a lot of questions with help, but the questions aren't paired up with the answers. The questions are at the top of the tutorial, and the answers are at the bottom. -Possible Uses: Teachers can use this as supplemental to teaching. Students can access and use for in class projects. Online community for sharing videos or watching student videos. -Positives: Videos you can get to because YouTube is blocked. You have audio, video, photos, and just about everything You Tube has to offer. Free -Negatives: Tons and tons of information and it could be overwhelming to some.

-Authors: Regilio, Saal, Costello, Stroch - Group #5 -Tool Name: Edmodo - Tool URL: www.edmodo.com -Category: social networking -Tags: Skype, blogs -Grade level use: Middle School and beyond -Topic / discipline: Most all classes could use this for -Tutorial Information: There is help link at the bottom with great tutorials. They are text and visual directions. There is also a blog available to read. -Possible uses: Free hosting, classroom communication. Basically, a classroom blog. -Positives: Services are free, website easy to use, posts look like facebook. -Negatives: Site is very plain and teacher must take the time to sign in and make one. Who is to say that a student couldn't set one up as a teacher and abuse the privilege.