CTAP Siskiyou Web 2.0

The two I'm especially interested in are BigMarker and JoinMe. JoinMe is a good way to share screens and to actually work on someone else's computer. BigMarker gives the ability to do voice/video conferencing. Richard Byrne suggests using it to provide online tutoring, brainstorming sessions, and other online presentations. You can have a public or private meeting room, can share screens, and it comes with a white board you & others can draw on. I saw something that indicated you could upload docs & share those, as well. Lots to consider trying.

Students can create their own sounds & music and avoid copyright issues.

Witness - history as told by the people who were there. Five days a week people who lived through moments of history will bring you a personal perspective on world events. Pretty cool resource.

Looks promising as a no-cost, low-cost solution for teachers. The $10/year version allows for a student/teacher web portal. 

SimpleShare is a Mac and Windows based app for sharing files, screenshots and screencasts across the box.net cloud storage system. We've shown you a simple hack for direct right-click in Windows uploading before, but this new free app makes the process even simpler. Best of all it's available for both Windows and Mac, and it's a joy to use.

Enter the Group is a new free service offering collaborative project management for groups. Enter the Group features a calendar, messaging, and file sharing for your group members. If you want to keep your project just between friends, you can create a private group. If you want the whole world to see your project, you can make a public group. Users can also login using FB login/passwords.  I'm interested in checking out the possibility of virtual classrooms and using it to manage PBL projects. This might be a good tool for SISUHSD's emphasis on PBL. 

Great editor and easy to use. Try editing the sample pictures. I also like using Pixlr as an online editor. 

Great list of hashtags for Twitter for education - best way to make connections with others who are interested in particular topics & growing your PLN.

All three services offer a fantastic way to allow your students to send their digital work directly to your Dropbox folder for collection. If you're looking for something incredibly quick and simple, DropItTo.me would be the way to go. If you'd like to specify the folder that your files are sent to, then FileStork.net would be your choice. If you would like an embeddable, completely customizable form for your students to upload their work, then JotForm is for you.

Good stuff on my favorite sea explorer

"Yolink Update with Enhanced Search Engine-Special Guests: Brian Cheek, Ken Shelton, Lucy Gray 08/07/2010 Links for presentation: http://gl.am/e1kT4 *Plus page has additional links & resouces *I participated in this webinar and it is a good one hour training to get familiar with Yolink & Sweetsearch. I recommend this training. There is a previous training in the Classroom 2.0 archives you can also access.

Amazing total storage solution - $5/month

New templates for several new game formats. Definitely want to use some of these.

Great reasons for blogging in the classroom. Vicki is an experienced Web 2.0 teacher and has many great ideas. Subscribe to her blog.

One teacher shows how they use Voicethread. The examples are great and shows how he has thought through how to make it a collaborative tool.He also has done a couple on poetry, hate, and genocide. Interesting stuff! http://ed.voicethread.com/share/1106060/  http://ed.voicethread.com/share/88781/  http://ed.voicethread.com/share/62276/

I tried out this free screen capturing software (with audio) and I can see this is something I may want to use for quick tutorials. Exports video in .mp4, .avi, .flv, formats and assists in uploading to YouTube or to your computer. The pro version gives you the ability to edit, etc. and is only $12 a year. Try this app out!

The Technology Integration Matrix (TIM) illustrates how teachers can use technology to enhance learning for K-12 students

Video created by Wendy Drexler (see her blog - http://goo.gl/FeudM) What could a 21st century student look like? This excellent video helps build our paradigm of 21st century learning. We've got some work to do!

Check out this search engine, which provides short videos on a multitude of topics. Great for younger students or struggling readers.

Videomaker shares some great videos on different aspects of video creation. This video has nice tips for shooting videos. Look for these videos on Schooltube.