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Dedicated Server Hosting Solutions support a wide range of dedicated workloads which requires a high performance like remote desktop, dedicated email servers, virtualization, high volume real time database applications and telephony. Rackbank offer dedicated server with the configurations which perfectly suits your business requirement.

What is Wolfram Alpha? It is a supercomputing brain. It provides calculates and provides comprehensive answers to most any science or math question. Unlike other search sources, you and your students can ask questions in plain language or various forms of abbreviated notation. Contrary to popular belief, Wolfram Alpha is not a search engine. Unlike popular search engines, which simply retrieve documents based on keyword searches, Wolfram computes answers based on known models of human knowledge. It provides answers which are complete with data and algorithms, representing real-world knowledge.

'EtherPad is the first web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time.'

Twitter memes. Global tags for Twitter. Twemes.com follows Twitter.com tweets (messages) that have embedded tags that start with a # character. These are sometimes called hashtags but we like to use the term twemes. Through the use of twemes, we can all view what people are talking about across the whole Twitter universe. In some sense, this can be thought of as an adhoc chatroom. We also pull in recent public photos from Flickr and public bookmarks from Del.icio.us. Twemes.com is particularly useful for keeping up on the real-time activities associated with a live event such as a conference.

Podstock is a brand new conference designed to bring podcast creators and those who see the real value of podcasting as creators and consumers together.

"Watch YouTube videos with friends in real-time!"

The challenge of teaching language well is one that is central to the K-12 experience. Web 2.0 provides some tools to help meet that challenge.

This site is designed especially with the young learner in mind with its age-appropriate content and emphasis on visual and auditory learning. Glossopedia is the kind of site that you can leave open for students to explore and find a fast fact of the day, find their favorite image, or video Glossopedia Categories Geography and Places Nature and the Environment Technology Animals Earth and Space People and Cultures Human Body Chemistry Natural Forces This site is simple and visually pleasing. The font size is great for young learners. Words are hyperlinked to an audio pronunciation that is a real person, speaking really slowly at first then more quickly, and finally the written meaning of the word. Images and photos have a print button prominently displayed.

Alternative to EtherPad "Primary Pad is a web-based word processor designed for schools that allows pupils and teachers to work together in real-time."

Taking a quick look see I noticed that after 6 months you are going to be charged for a Pro Account or your account is deleted.

A variety of uses for social media, linked to real examples by educators in the classroom.

"Twitterfall is a Twitter client specialising in real-time tweet searches. New tweets fall into the page. Twitterfall has a huge feature list and there are many actions that can't be done on other clients."

continuous meeting rooms for real-time & anytime visual collaboration

Virtual sticky notes Squareleaf is a simple and intuitive virtual whiteboard, complete with all the sticky notes you'll ever need. Unlike the real thing, our notes don't fall off all of the time. Work how you want Squareleaf doesn't force you to keep boring old tabular lists. Arrange your notes how you see fit, quickly and easily. Coming soon A Pro version with even more cool features and stuff. Not too many though, just enough and no more.

Scriffon is a simple service for writing and publishing online. Scriffon isn't a blogging platform, it's a writing platform. That means that you cannot edit the layout or navigation on the page on which your writing is published. Each writing that you publish is given it's own url. You can go back and edit your writing even after it has been published. If like, you can use multiple pen names under your Scriffon account name too.  Applications for Education Scriffon could be a good way for students to anonymously post their writings online and get feedback from others. For teachers or students who are reluctant to put their names on the web, using a pen name is a good way to publish without putting your real name online.

A few years from now when the 'Holo Deck" is real and brought to you via the Cloud by our buddies in Redmond, will we remember it all started with Kinect & Skype?    if games drive virtual presence toward a 3d experience... I'll take the ride and try to figure out how to use it in teaching and learning. 

"Web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real-time. When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents, useful for meeting notes, drafting sessions, education, team programming, and more."