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One of a host of Etherpad inspired collaborative notepads, but with a few little extra features, like being able to make a link to a read only page. http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Resources for Creating Classroom Website

mooc.org is an edX destination. We're working to help educational institutions, businesses and teachers easily build and host courses for the world to take. "

With the help of Google plus hangouts on air, the users can have up to 10 hosts in a live hangout. Also the hangouts can be recorded to upload it on YouTub...

Great overview of whos who in the web2.0 and Internet world

The Harris Burdick Collaborative Writing Project began because the teachers and educational professionals involved have become part of a network through their blogs, Twitter, Skype and other web applications. Brian Crosby in Nevada and Lisa Parisi in New York initially connected through their fifth grade students' blogs, which are hosted on ClassBlogmeister.

video hosting site dedicated to education

A possible alternative to Ning, not a social network but at least a forum.

Learn how to webcast!

I need to try this

The Webcast Academy  is a hands on, collaborative training center for people interested in learning how to produce and host live, interactive webcasts. We are currently between sessions, but if you're interested in participating in the future, you can register,  introduce yourself here , & Take the first steps   We are currently in the middle of a site upgrade, so things may not work or look quite right for a little while.

Start a discussion forum for your website or group and get everyone talking. Sleek, hosted, easy to set-up and real time. 1000s already have. Learn More

album consists of free album software, free hosting and a creative community. With Jalbum it's easy to create your own photo album site. Just the way you want it.

Wacko! The Knowledge Project discussed here in this forum also...

The HASTAC Scholars fellowship program recognizes graduate and undergraduate students who are engaged in innovative work across the areas of technology, the arts, the humanities, and the social sciences. The HASTAC Scholars host regular discussion forums here featuring their own ground-breaking research and interests alongside those of leaders and innovators in the digital humanities, such as social networking pioneer Howard Rheingold, open source scholar Christopher Kelty, and Director of the Office of Digital Humanities for the National Endowment for the Humanities, Brett Bobley.

A free archive of photos from LIFE magazine, dating back to the 1860's.

Blogs are naturally "publish at will" platforms. While blogs certainly CAN be configured to have new posts "moderated" by someone serving in the role of a gatekeeper, by default most blogs allow users to publish INSTANTLY. If you're interested in setting up a blog for moderated posting by students, I'd recommend using Class Blogmeister for this purpose. Wordpress blogs can be configured for contributor posts to be moderated as well, but this requires a bit of configuration. (This is the setup we're using here on ISTEconnects, btw.) On the Wordpress dashboard, under SETTINGS - GENERAL SETTINGS, we've checked the MEMBERSHIP box ANYONE CAN REGISTER and set the "New User Default Role" to be CONTRIBUTOR. With these configuration settings, new posts must be reviewed by a user designated as an "editor" or "administrator" before they become "live" on the site. For more on this, see the Wordpress.org CODEX article "Roles and Capabilities." To setup a free classroom or personal Wordpress blog you don't have to host yourself, I recommend using EduBlogs or Wordpress.com. Blogs setup with Blogger can similarly be setup as "team" blogs with moderated contributions from members which can include students and/or teachers. See the Blogger help article "How do I create a team blog?" for more details. My post from July 2008, "How can our school set up a team blog for teachers?" also gives more information about this for Wordpress users.

Host a live class online

I am soooo glsd to see this. I have always liked elluminate as a ebinar platform but as it was expensive and the free version allaows you 3 people, I did not use it. Now I can REALLY go and play!!! I think I will try it out in my blogging course.

I am soooo glad to see this. I have always liked elluminate as a webinar platform but as it was expensive and as the free version allowed you 3 people, I did not use it. Now I can REALLY go and play!!! I think I will try it out in my blogging course.

"Screencast-O-Matic is the original free and easy way to make a video recording of your screen (aka screencast) and upload it for free hosting all from your browser with no install!"

"Speaking and writing in the target language are two fundamental goals of the World Languages Department. To that end, our 5th grade Spanish students maintain a class blog (hosted by MICDS and powered by WordPress MU) where they can showcase their language skills. For their first exercise, each student posted a letter that included an audio recording created using Audacity. These posts will, over time, become a portfolio of the students' progression in Spanish."

"Get your students blogging. Create a virtual classroom and BlogPortal. Instant use, hosted, free."