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With all the screencasting going on in the blogosphere lately, what with tutorials running rampant across all different video sharing websites…I thought I'd share a few screencasting tools for those of you looking for a free alternative to some of those h

Skype created a little piece of software that makes communicating with people around the world easy and fun. With Skype you can say hello or share a laugh with anyone, anywhere. And if both of you are on Skype, it's free.

This program is not suited well in servign as a web2.0 tool for children. This site can, however, be used as a tool of communication between caregivers and teachers. Though it does not have a direct influence on children, it can also be used to connect with other professionals to gain insight and advice.

This is a great tool for collaborating when creating documents or projects. It combines email, text, voice messages, calendar, and storing and editing files in one safe place. It is easy and simple to use. Many of the features are designed to be self-explanatory. It is also safe and private. Nobody can join a group unless invited or given permission.

Free collaboration/networking tool

This is a collaborative document tool that has three different links so that you can customize your document depending on whether you are part of a workgroup, enterprise, or community. Teachers could use the workgroup version to collaborate on assignments or other things going on in the school. You could also use the community tool to collaborate with parents.

Amazing curriculum tool for teachers of all content and grade levels with technology integration. Addressed in the book for the STI 2012.

Site for teachers to integrate technology in to the classroom.

Until now, there have only been a few broad-brush reports that lump 'technology' into single or narrow categories that don't provide the specifics needed to inform early education directors' decision-making. Some existing studies about young children and technology are focused on technology or television use at home. Other surveys focused on educational technology in K-12 classrooms. This study isolates classroom use of interactive technology tools.

Tool that can be used to search blogs for current content

Tool that provides a visual depiction of news stories.

"Video-Sharing Websites: Tools for Developing Pattern Languages in Children" -link to PDF from this page.

This paper, Investigating Analytic Tools for e-Book Design in Early Literacy Learning (available as PDF download) speaks to the importance of good design elements, for e-books to realize their potential to benefit children. Appreciated the list of design principles in Appendix A/considerations for evaluating design elements.

From the menu, if you click on eBooks and select Quality Rating, you can access the Akron Ready Steps e-Book Quality Rating Tool- 2010-2011, with opportunities to rate various items in areas such as Ease of Use, Multimedia, Interaction. Very interesting!

Photos Story 3 is a way to combine photos, voice recordings, music, and writing . Children can bring their favorite stories to life or create their own. By creating photo stories in the class or at home, these stories can be shared to many.

that is a really great idea. That is amazing. Thanks for sharing

I actually downloaded this software recently. It was extremely easy to use and fun to play with. I created a couple of slideshows involving my siblings, and shared with my family via the email and they enjoyed it. I like how easy it is to share and how creative you can get with it. I feel that children could use this with some assistance, but they will be thrilled with the end result. Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

"A Wetpaint website is built on the power of collaborative thinking. Here, you can create websites that mix all the best features of wikis, blogs, forums and social networks into a rich, user-generated community based around the whatever-it-is that rocks your socks. A social website that's so easy to use, anyone can participate."\n About Us. (2009). retrieved February 28, 2009 , from WetPaint Web Site: http://www.wetpaint.com/page/about \n\n Technology has become such a great assessment and device to drive and promote learning in the classroom. I believe that it would behoove teachers to take advantages of these new tools and incorporate them in the classroom. Technology has open so many new ways to allow teachers and students to collaborate while learning, and WetPaint is the way to go. By using WetPaint, Teachers can create blogs for their classrooms; which may include, syllabus, information, assignment, etc. The students of the classroom can join the bog and post new information, ask questions, work on projects, etc. WetPaint can be used in classrooms of different ages. The teacher can disable ads and other information that children may not need to see. Parents can also read the blogs. This allows a chance for parents to know what their children are learning and promote these ideas at home. WetPaint is can become child-directed, if the teacher is will to make it that way. If teachers allow children a chance to learn about and experience this in the classroom, WetPaint can become a very child-directed technology. The possibilities are endless with using WetPaint.

List and examples of many different types of technology that young children could use to create, communicate, and share and organize their learning. All examples have links to the actual tools used to create them.