Keep in touch with colleagues and friends in less than 140 characters. Good for keeping track of current trends, publicizing events and polling (in and out of the classroom).
Skype is a free communications and collaboration tool to be downloaded and installed on your computer. You can use it to have text and voice message conversations with others who have Skype for free.
iGoogle lets you create a personalized homepage that contains a Google search box at the top, and your choice of any number of gadgets below. Gadgets come in lots of different forms and provide access to activities and information from all across the web, without ever having to leave your iGoogle page. Here are some things you can do with gadgets:
View your latest Gmail messages
Read headlines from Google News and other top news sources
Check out local events and news
Store bookmarks for quick access to your favorite sites from any computer
Design your own gadget.
Flickr is a place where you can store your photos, tag them and share them with others either through a link to the site or by embedding them in your blog or web page.
TeacherTube, is a site where you can host, tag and share instructional videos. If you like a video you see you can link to it on the TeacherTube site or embed it into a web page or blog. It is also a valuable resource of instructional videos.
With Movie Maker 2.1, you can create, edit, and share movies. Build your movie with a few simple drag-and-drops. Delete bad shots and include only the best scenes. Then share your movie via the Web, e-mail, or CD.
Edublogs is "the largest education community on the Internet" where you can sign up for a free WordPress-powered blog. The site provides lots of useful information, e.g. how to use your blog with your students and how start a conversation using your blog. An ideal site for educators who want to blog with support.
Slideshare is a site where you can host your presentations and share them with others. Presentations can be linked to at the site itself or else embedded in a web page. You can also synchronise an MP3 audio file (podcast) with the slideset to create a slidecast - a more powerful way of distributing presentations/tutorials.
SMART Notebook software is used with the SMART Interactive Whiteboard for creating, delivering and managing interactive lessons within a single application.
Prezi lets you create zooming presentations. You can create a map of your ideas, images, videos, then show overview, zoom to details, and return to your original presentation. Files can be downloaded to your computer and also created using Prezi Desktop.
Some Interesting Uses:
- Digital Poster Sessions