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"Aviary, Inc makes seven lightweight, powerful design applications that can be accessed through the browser. By integrating directly with Google Apps, Aviary is extending the productivity of the Google Docs suite by adding collaborative multimedia capabilities including image editing, audio editing, color management and more. "

NBC News Archives on Demand K-12 Edition Bring the World into Your Classroom! NBC News Archives on Demand (K-12) is a collection of NBC News videos, primary source documents, images, and resources specifically designed for use in the K-12 classroom. * Thousands of searchable and downloadable videos (1930s to Today) * Video content aligned to State Standards * Current Events updated regularly * Sciences, Social Studies, Language Arts, Health and Business * Personalized playlists for teachers and students * Revolutionary flippable media player

Engage your audience with the world's premier online video editor seamlessly integrated on your website, or edit and create your own videos for FREE on JayCut's community.

"Google's announcement last week of its beta YouTube video editor inspired me to take another look at how easy it can be to create a video ENTIRELY online, using a web browser instead of client-side software like iMovie or Windows Live MovieMaker. I last gave this a stab in July 2008 using the now defunct website "JumpCut." The result of my hour of work this evening is the following 3 minute, 18 second video entitled, "Meet the Tesla Electric Car." I published this both to YouTube as well as to JayCut, which is the free website I used to create the movie. I'm pleased to say in the past two years, online video editing has come a LONG way!"

Zoho is improving its online word processor, Writer, with a revised user interface and a few new useful features. The interface change is a have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too experiment. The new "MenuTab" UI gives you drop-down choices from the top level of the menu, but you can also press on a top-level menu choice to display an icon bar with identical options. The icon bar is nothing like Micrsoft Office 2007's tab bar, which supports many more options and has more complicated different ways to use it.

Creating these "Personal Learning Networks" (PLN), as they are called, is a skill set for the 21st Century, a literacy grounded in reading and writing and editing and rooted in the best of constructivist learning theory. In essence, when we create our own

Web 2.0 Tools From Web 2.0 That Works: Marzano & Web 2.0 Jump to: navigation, search Master List of Web 2.0 Tools "Y" Under each category indicates that this tool can be used with this strategy. "Free +" Indicates that the tool is free at the basic level, but that more advanced versions are available at a cost. Category Key: SD = Identifying Similarities and Differences CL = Cooperative Learning SNT = Summarizing and Note-Taking ER = Reinforcing Effort and Providing Recognition HP = Homework and Practice NR = Nonlinguistic Representation OF = Setting Objectives and Providing Feedback HYP = Generating and Testing Hypotheses QCO = Questions, Cues, and Advance Organizers Tool Link Desc Cost SD CL SNT ER HP NR OF HYP QCO Notes Ajax13 [[1]] Online Graphic Editor Free Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Requires Firefox 1.5 (or higher) Browser Backpack [[2]] Online Personal Organizer Free + Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Basecamp [[3]] Online Project Collaboration Free + Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Y Blogger [[4]] Blog Hosting Website Free Y Y Y Y Y Y bubbl.us [[5]] Online Brainstorming Free Y Y Y Y del.icio.us [[6]] Online Social Bookmarks Free Y Y Y Y Diigo [[7]] Online Social Annotation Free Y Y Y Y Y Y EditGrid [[8]] Online Spreadsheets Free + Y Y Y Y Y Integrates with Facebook and iPhone EduBlogs [[9]] Blog Hosting Website Free Y Y Y Y Y Y Exploratree [[10]] Online Graphic Organizer Free Y Y Y Y Y Y Interactive, pre-made graphic organizers that can be edited online Flickr [[11]] Photo Hosting Website Free + Y Y Y Y Part of Zoho Suite of Online Apps Gliffy [[12]] Online Diagramming Software Free + Y Y Y Google Documents [[13]] Online Word Processor Free Y Y Y Y Y Y Also contains Spreadsheets & Presentations Google Earth [[14]] Dynamic Global Geographic App Free Y Y Downloads to computer Google Maps [[15]] Online Ma

Podcasting / Vodcasting * Podcasting in Education - great resource from a 5th grade teacher in Canada with definition, technical helps, ideas, curriculum links, and how-tos * Podcasting and Vodcasting: Flash Gordon meets iPod ... slideshare slideshow with general information, how to, and sites * Education Podca (EPNst Network) - site which houses podcasts as well as provides some tutorials * Audacity - free sound editing software * Audacity Wiki - Tutorials * Podcasting in the Classroom * Podcasts: a New Twist on Net Radio * Podcasting in Education Wiki * Podcasting Tools * Podcasting - Ann Bell * How to Podcast - nice tutorial with screenshots and graphics * Video Podcasting * Podcasting Software * How to register your podcast in iTunes * Smithsonian Podcasts * Teacher Tube * TitlepageTV * School Tube

With Thinkature, you can create a collaborative workspace and invite coworkers, friends, and colleagues to join you in just seconds. Once inside your workspace, you can communicate by chatting, drawing, creating cards, and adding content from around the Internet. It's all synchronous, too - no need to hit reload or get an editing lock.

Learning 2.0: A Colorado Conversation, is a conference/unconference/meetup for teachers, administrators, students, school board members, parents, community, and anyone else who is interested in education. There is NO COST for attendees to join the conversation (though Thompson R2-J faculty can pay to receive TIC credit for attending). For more of an idea of what to expect, check out the pages for the first and second editions of Learning 2.0 at Arapahoe High School in 2008 and at Heritage High School in 2009.

Welcome to the Wikipedia Article Wizard! This wizard will help you through the process of submitting a new article to Wikipedia. There are 6 sections to step through, then you'll be taken to the editing page. As each section is completed, the next will become available. If you have questions at any point, you can go to the New Contributors' Help Page.

TubeChop allows you to easily chop a funny or interesting section from any YouTube video and share it.

Great article about how some teachers are really using Web 2.0 tools to enhance learning and education