trackstar offers teachers a way to control the internet for students. http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/;jsessionid=D1671293B1A30DDCF0425D894C2729D9 With trackstar the teacher generates a list of sites that the students will use to answer a given series of questions. The questions should lead to discovery on the websites annotated in the trackstar. I chose trackstar because it is very easy to use and has been in use for quite a while. This means that many trackstars have already been created for use by other teachers. A quick search through the database could deliver exactly what you need for your next activity.

These resources and training materials will be very helpful for individuals beginning to use interwrite workspace. I especially like the beginning videos found at http://www.einstruction.com/support_downloads/training/workspace.html# These are the most applicable videos to my school system and the 21st century classrooms that we currently have. I chose to use the interwrite technology because this is what we use in my school system.

Prezi is a very interesting presentation application that allows the developer to present in a nonlinear fashion. This would be a very useful tool for teaching some concepts that require the application of feedback loops or to show the big picture of a given concept. I chose this presentation application to present because of the different application and also the ease of video introduction. Video is very difficult to use in PowerPoint and since Prezi allows for easy youtube introduction then I thought this would be the great application for multimedia development. http://prezi.com/index/ There is a very good basic tutorial that shows how to get started with prezi at the following site. http://prezi.com/learn/getting-started/

This is an online dropbox application that allows all file types to be uploaded securely to online storage without having to give your email address to everyone. I chose this application because it limits the exposure of your email account to potential spammers. The ability to upload all file types means that inhouse software application files can be put here also. I am thinking about items like interwrite files that most dropbox applications will not recognize.

Googles timeline tool is great for putting information into a timeline related to your personal search terms. This is a great jumping off point for graphic organizers related to time. You can develop a generic timeline that shows development of new technologies or news events related to your topic.

Bubble.us is the best web brainstorming application. It is somewhat limited in that it can not do a lot of different types of graphic organizers but it is absolutely free, and easily sharable to others. The menu button allows the information to be exported as an image, html, or xml that can be shared on a blog or printed. Many other brainstorming applications do not allow for exporting into different formats.

Survey monkey is an online survey site that will allow for trainers and participants to determine where the current state of knowledge is on a given topic. Participants could be given the survey the week before the training which would allow the presenter to modify instruction and content if needed. I chose survey monkey over other online survey providers because of its always free basic package. Most other sites offered a limited free trial. http://www.surveymonkey.com/

"google wonder wheel explained" http://www.googlewonderwheel.com/ The tool is provided by google with all searches. You simply need to click on the wonderwheel tab on the left after completing a google search and your results will be turned in to a graphic organizer allowing for related term searches. This site is the best for students with limited background knowledge that need help finding research terms to be effective. The fact that this is provided free from the most respected search engine in the world wide web makes it head and shoulders above others.

This is a link to the working wiki for Thomas Eric Harris.

this is a pretty accurate citation maker from Purdue University

site about google wonder wheel and timeline

This is a great site for you to create your own brainstorm. You need to create an account if you want to save these. They can be as big as you want. They do not print well because they tend to get large.\nThis would be a great tool for you to use to keep track of all of the things that you would like to have in your community design!!