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Only useful if someone contacts you to edit a document, or if you upload a document and contact them. More person to person, then person to internet community.

Writeboard is a collaborative document creation tool that can be used between a number of people. This tool quick for anyone to start up. On the homepage you can create your document to be edited by naming the document, then provide your email address. Once the wrtieboard is created you can begin typing! Once the document is complete you can invite people to view and edit your document as well as leave comments. Once the document has been edited by another person, you will be able to compare your document with the newest edited document. One of the challenges I faced when using this tool is the format of the document when typing. In order to indent or make a word bold or italic, a special code needed to be entered. For example, to make the word "Introduction" bold, you would have to type *Introduction*. This actually slowed my typing down, but I feel if this is a tool that you use often, these are codes you could catch on to. The strength of this tool is the option to invite anyone to edit. I feel that this would be useful for teachers to communicate back and forth to share activities and edit them. Or it could be useful as an assignment for students to share a paper and to edit the others. This would help their editing skills. I also like the option to compare and contrast your original document with one that has been recently edited. I think this would be helpful in seeing what improvments were made and choose whether or not you'd like to accept them. I think that this tool would be better for high-school students, or any teacher. The tool would be difficult for anyone younger to use.

Free for teachers. Helps children engage in their writing. Interactive workbooks that allow children to be empowered by creating their own book.

Found not only the link choices shared to be interesting (thanks Priscilla) but also the web tool used to create it.

Describes and links to the new, free One Best Things series of books, created by ADEs, available on the iTunes store http://search.itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZContentLink.woa/wa/link?path=onebestthing

A great way for a child to be engaged and excited about writing. Students' books can be shared on classroom blogs, websites or the hyperlink can be emailed to parents.

It is for mac or PC. It is free. it seems to be more versatile than other digital photo software.

This is a fun and useful website to create cards, scrapbooks, etc. and share them.

Picasa is a great way to organize photos into timelines and albums either on your computer or online. Picasa can be used to edit photos and add text. Movies, collages, slideshows can be made. Photos and items made from picasa can be used by parents, teachers, and children. Teachers can document the progress and activities throughout the school year. Children can use Picasa for showing off their projects or documenting their own personal progress.

This is free easy photo sharing and also works for Macs. Parents and children could conceivably use it at home to make illustrated books with captions since there is a caption writing feature.

Great site where anyone of all ages can upload pictures and create things like photo stories Picasa is free photo editing software from Google that makes your pictures look great. Sharing your best photos with friends and family is as easy as pressing a button!

Edublog is an online technology tool that was created by educators, intended for educational professionals. This tool is commonly used by teachers of all grades (preschool, k-12, college). Edublog is a free blogging tool that allows you to communicate in several different ways; this type of blogging has several features that are appealing to educators and students.

Free site to create wikis

The ePals Global Learning Community is a network of interconnected classrooms around the world. It provides a safe environment for students and teachers for building and exchanging knowledge, using protected e-mail, blogs, translation tools, evidence-based curricula and authentic, collaborative learning experiences. ePals offers a range of services and features that are free for students in grades K through 12. One service is ePals SchoolMail. This is a multilingual electronic communications solution that offers schools and districts a protected, customized and collaborative environment. Another service is ePals SchoolBlog, an educational tool for creating unified Web-based platforms that administrators, teachers, parents and students use to achieve academic goals (hotchalk.com)

The ePals Global Learning community is a very useful networking, and collaborative tool. I found it very easy to use. It is easy to sign up and free to use. I have had no problems using this website.

This is a great site used to share pictures, videos, comments and favorite sites. Users can create their own album and homepage and send that link for their friends to view! You can also make personalized gifts from the pictures that you have posted up--a perfect holiday gift!

A tool that can be used to create a blog or a community where others can comment and question what you are writing about or what others are saying. Can be used to keep parents updated on the classroom or allow parents to comment on what is going on. .

This site can be used in many ways which include: a private journal, a blog, discussion forum and social network.

Snapfish has a really neat way where teachers and parents can communicate with each other by posting thier pictures to a secure room. It is a really great way for parents to share pictures of their vacations, outings, or fun adventures they experience with the class. There is also a way that parents can take their child's artwork and turn it into calendars, purses, etc.

Snapfish is an online place to print, share, and create with your digital photos. Post and share your photos with a group, class, team, or club. All photos and students' work can be posted and published in one convenient room. This is a great way for teachers, parents, and students to get to know one another by sharing their photos, in a safe and secure room. There are also great tips and ideas for taking pictures, projects, and gifts.