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Juxio--multimedia communication (facebook, twitter, email) Lots of potential here for communication--could, for example, send home for updates on class work (digital mulitmedia news letter).

Collection of websites based on their usage (e.g., communication). Recommended by Peter McDermott, President of the NYS Reading Association (2012-2013).

Twiducate--ah, finally a use for Twitter. See potential her for middle school and high school. Could also communicate with parents.

Grockit is an online social learning community--good for test preparation for SAT, ACT, GRE etc. Of course, they are trying to get you to purchase theiri online test preparation program. Might be helpful to persons working with secondary learners.

graphical knowldege engine; might be useful in classroom to compare books, etc. More recently I tried inserting term (community) and was impressed with the automatically generated web/semantic map.

The information page for SYNC has been launched.\nhttp://www.AudiobookSync.com\n\nWhile Audiobook Community's SYNC group NOW holds conversations about children's and YA audio, it WILL hold free YA Literature audiobook downloads starting 7/1/10.\n\nIf you are a Librarian, Educator, Blogger, or any other kind of grand communicator please visit this page to grab tools to tell your readers about SYNC's July 1 launch.\n\nThere are downloadable posters, bookmarks, images, copy, and web pages here:\nhttp://www.audiofilemagazine.com/sync/info.html\n\nAnd a zillion thanks for spreading the word!\n

VoiceThread is a collaborative tool that allows collaboration online. Responses may take the form of video, audio, doodle (drawing) or typing) and also phone (scheduled call which will record). Many ways to accommodate learners. Highly recommend. Free, but I upgraded to Pro version.

Sarah Parker with our video of the Village of Hope and my fifth grade class communicating with each other last year. You will also find songs Sarah sings while playing her uke.

Connect with teachers and students world wide--safe website. (Donald Leu is on their advisory board)

Online tools for communicating with students and families. Recommended by Edudemic, which is a trustworthy resource.

Debbie Dermady sent me this link (Thinkfinity) with lots of ideas for National Poetry Month.

ShowMe is a place where you can search iPad presentations by topic and you can add your own. This seems like it has much potential.

Classroom suite by google--lots of potential.

various cloud options--still like Dropbox best.

Cathy Mere's blog--well worth reading, this is a great post about taking time to observe and get to know your students in other ways besides formal assessment.

Participation (in class) with new mouse mischief--will work if students have access to computer during PPt. Curious to see this in action.

New Media Literacies website--recommend this group to anyone interested in web 2.0 and more.

Everything resource for twitter for educators.