Web+2+Tools

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Have you often heard mentioned some of the names on the list below but never really understood what they stood for? This is your chance to indulge your curiosity. While there are too many to list all, below are some of the more commonly used or useful Web 2.0 applications. How could any of these impact on your role at school?


===zzzzzZZ zz ⌘ Select a Web2.0 Tool which you are not familiar with, from the list below. ===

zzzzzz zzz ⌘ You will become the 'expert' on this tool or context.
===zzzzzzzzzz⌘ You will be asked to //creatively// communicate your discoveries and POreBe Pre ===

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**__ Notes: __**


 * For more information on any items,visit the world's most up-to-date encyclopedia [|"Wikipedia"]and run a keyword search.
 * Want to learn how to do almost everything? [|Check out eHow] More than 6 million people visit eHow each month to find and share step-by-step instructions on how to do things. [|Find out more....> >]
 * Right click on each of these links and select Open in a New Tab. [|YouTube] and [|TeacherTube] are a rich source with information often expertly presented in a visual format. You can then jump between tabs when you need further information.
 * Web2.0 sites usually require you to join, which is free.// Supplying an email address, username and password is part of the process and all part of belonging to an online community. //You may like to start a gmail account for this specific purpose. They are always handy.
 * Each underlined name below is a hyperlink to a parent site. Click them for access.

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ZZZZZZ [|YouTube Video By The Creator of LibraryThing] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ [|Another YouTube Explanation] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ [|Take The Tour] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZ **//Discovery Resources://** <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //-// [|About LibraryThing] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //- [|Library Thing tour]// <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //- [|MoBuzzTV Review]// <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //- [|LibraryThing blog]// <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //- [|Library Thing tour]// <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //-// [|MoBuzzTV Review] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //-// [|LibraryThing blog] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //-// [|Thingology blog] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //-// [|How libraries are using LibraryThing] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZ **//Some Libraries using LibraryThing://** <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //- [|Shenandoah Public Library]// <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //- [|Creston Public Library]// <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //- [|Southwestern Community College LRC]// <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ //- [|Washington State Library]//



**⌘ [|Lulu]**
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ - Publish – Sell – Connect. This site allows you to create your own publications. <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"> - Have you ever wanted to publish a hardcover book, complete with dust jacket, a paper back, cook book, photo album, training manual…. ? <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"> - Sell your books world wide or to a select few. Your choice. <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"> - You set your own price, they print and ship each item as it's ordered, and you collect 80% of the creator revenue on every sale.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|BookR]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ- Create an illustrated book from flickr photos.

⌘ [|Mindomo]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ - Free online mindmapping tool. Like most Web 2.0 tools you need to register first. Share your Mindomo maps online providing students a direct <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ link to your map or by embedding your map into an existing webpage.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Bubbl.Us]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ - Brainstorm online. Share and work with friends. Embed your mind map in your blog or website. Email and print your mind map. Save your mind <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ map as an image

**<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Mindmeister.com]**
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ - Easy to use and share with your learning partners or friends.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Skrbl]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ - Free online brainstorming tool which allows up to 5 people to contribute to from different computers at a time. <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ This can occcur within a classroom or across the world. You will need to join first if you want to initiate the brainstorm. Others will be able to <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ contribute without joining. You just need to point them in the right direction. Contributions can be grouped using colour and moved into subgroup <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ categories. You can add pictures. <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ e.g. [] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ Use this icon to switch to drawing mode. Current drawing ability is limited to freehand drawing using your mouse (or other pointing device). <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ Choose a color for your line, click and drag to draw free form lines.

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ Click Here For More [|"How Tos with Skrbl"]

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|MindMap42]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ - Keep track of all your ideas, whether alone, with colleagues and friends or working together with the whole world. 42 stands for "for two"

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<span style="display: block; color: rgb(224,16,16); text-align: center;">__**Other MindMap Resources:**__
[|Map Your Mind] - Some basic steps on creating mindmaps

[|Wikipedia Info on Mindmaps] - This article is useful on its own and also has references to further reading.

[|Examples of Buzan Mindmaps] - From Tony Buzan's website

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<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ - [|Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day: **Boolify**]

⌘<span class="wiki_link_ext"> [|World WIde Telescope:] This is a downloadable tool whihc I am suure you'll find amazing.
===⌘<span class="wiki_link_ext"> [|Google Maps]<span class="wiki_link_ext"> Your online atlas. Check out the [|Street View:] Tour a neighbourhood. Check out who lives where and in what. Find out how to use it and begin an exploration===

⌘<span class="wiki_link_ext"> [|Google Labs:]Goodness!! What can;t google do. Google labs showcases a few of our favorite ideas that aren't quite ready for prime time
===⌘ [|Answers:] free access to [|millions of topics] from the world's leading publishers. Get started by watching one of the fun, quick [|demos]! ===

⌘ [|Technorati:]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ - Search for blogs and keep up with those whose thinking you admire.

<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,0); text-align: center;">**Image Hosting & Photo Sharing**
An Explanation of: [|Online Photo Sharing in Plain English]

**⌘ [|Gimp]**
<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz **//Using Flickr and Other Image Tools://** <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  [|Springfield Vocabulary] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  [|Springfield Clipart] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  [|SpringfieldGallery] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  [|Darren's Math Flickr Project] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  [|Spell with Flickr] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  [|Mappr] <span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,255); text-align: center;">

Warning: Of course, //like any free site you’ll also find a lot stuff not worth watching// too!! But if you are careful, that doesn’t mean you shouldn’t explore and see for yourself what the site has too offer. :) You'll find everything from [|1970s TV commercials] and [|60s music videos] to [|library dominos] and a [|video made by library school students]for National Library Week. There's also the cult classic[| Conan the Librarian]. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz //See also:// <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  [|A Tribute To Librarians] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz   [|Librarians Job Description] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  [|March of the Librarians] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz  [|Jack O'Connell Goes Back to School]

⌘ [|SchoolTube]
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<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,0); text-align: center;">**Back Room Collaboration**
A way to communicate without disturbing anyone other than those involved. Useful for classroom use, at confenreces, during a keynote. Of cpourse the ethics in using any of these tools needs to be fully understood.

**⌘ [|Etherpad]**
- Limited to 8 people in a chat at a time



**⌘ [|Twitter]**
<span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ - [|- Explanation of Twitter in Plain English] <span class="wiki_link_ext"> <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ -  [|- Wikipedia Info on Twitter] <span class="wiki_link_ext"> <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ -  [|- Libraries Using Twitter] <span class="wiki_link_ext"> <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ -  [|- Twitter For Librarians]

**⌘ [|Chatzy]**
<span class="wiki_link_ext"> <span class="wiki_link_ext" style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ -   [|- What Is Chatzy?]

**⌘ [|ToonDoo]**
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Well worth a look although I don't have students use this as some of the content around the site can be unsuitable.

⌘[|Strip Creator:]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Create and Save your own comic strips.

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ For an explanation of how it works check out [|Many Eyes] then make one of your own *->

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ This [|video] will help explain this.

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ This [|video] will help explain this

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext"> <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"> [|An Explanation]

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<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,0); text-align: center;">SlideShows
Store Your PowerPoint Presenations online. Share with others from this site. use the Embed links to dispaly your presentation on you rown websote or someone else's.

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ Allows you to upload your powerpoint presentations to share with others online. It also provides an embedded link so you can integrate your <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ presentations into your blogs and wikis. This site has superceeded Slideshare.net for me. The follow this link at the end of slide share could <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ compromising the content access for younger children.

<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,0); text-align: center;">[[image:globe3.jpg width="27" height="27" align="left"]]
==<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,0); text-align: center;">Decision Making / Polls & Voting: <span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> ==

<span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ - Want to decide on something? Use Zoho Polls to narrow down your choices and get opinion from others. Its 100% free.

**⌘** [|Sribd:]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZXXX Share Your MS Word Documents & PDFs on-line just as Teacher Tube allows you to do for video.

⌘ [|Glogster]:
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZXXX - Create an interactive multimedia poster which can be shared online and embedded into websites. <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZXXX - Visit Jess's E-Portfolio to see how you can create an opening page using Glogster

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ - This free online tool can create huge (up to 10m wide) custom posters out of any uploaded image. <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ Once poster is created it’ll provide you with several A4 sized [|PDF docs], which can be printed out and assembled into a giant poster.

**<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ ** **[|Motivator]** -
Create your own customized motivational posters.


 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ ** **[|LetterPop]** - Check out the [|“How To”] video

Create a free account for yourself and explore. Create a document or two and delve into Zoho’s features. Check Out how [|easy it is]
 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ ** **[|Zoho Writer]** -


 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ ** **[|Google Docs]** Check out the [|Video] to find out how it works

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Zoho Sheets]<span class="wiki_link_ext"> - Create spreadsheets online, share and collaborate <span class="wiki_link_ext">
<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,0); text-align: center;">

**<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Zoho Planner]** - Plan, Organise, Share
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Social Bookmarking

 * [|Social Bookmarking in Plain English]

** ⌘ [|Diggo]**
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 * <span class="wiki_link_ext">Note: This is the same as the previously named [|Del.icio.us]<span class="wiki_link_ext"> (Now there is no need to add in the dots)
 * [|Getting Started With Delicious]


 * [|How To Document]<span class="wiki_link_ext">
 * [|Using Furl Groups]


 * ⌘ [|Filamentality] ** (not really an interactive "Web2.0" tool but does allow ease in publishing the Web)

<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,0); text-align: center;">
 * [|Our Brilliant Brains]
 * [|Pirates Ahoy!]

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Facebook]

 * [|What is Facebook?]
 * [|A List of Various "How Tos" to do with Facebook]

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Edublogs]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ - [|Bramcote Hills LRC] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ - [|City of London Academy] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ - [|Cumnock Academy Library Resource Centre] <span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|Bibliosphere News] by Judy O'Connell, Marita Thomson and others <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|Hey Jude] by Judy O’Connell [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|Joyce Valenza's Never Ending Search Blog] by Joyce Valenza <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|Librarian Philospher] by Barry Bishop, Director of Libraries, Spring Branch ISD, Houston, TX <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ  [|Library By Any Other Name] by Vaughn Branom <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|NewTrierLibrary] by Judy Gressel and the New Trier Librarians <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|Not So Distant Future] by Carolyn Foote Westlake HS <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ  [|PowerLibrarian] by Janice Conger, Collegeville, PA <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ  [|SCASL Blogs!] (South Carolina Association of School Librarians) by Valerie Byrd-Fort, Cathy Nelson, and Martha Taylor <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|SchoolLibraryLand]-Justin Ashworth, elementary school library media specialist <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|TechnoTuesday] by Cathy Nelson <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|The Top Shelf Blog] by Mary Woodard <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZ [|iLibrarian] by Ellyssa Kroski, Reference Librarian for Columbia University and Information Consultant in NYC.
 * See Also: // Blogs Made By UK School Librarians: //
 * //Others:// <span class="wiki_link_ext"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(255,255,255);">

<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0);">[[image:storynory.jpg width="462" height="80" align="right"]]
[|Click for a LIst of NZ Made Podcasts by Students in NZ Schools]

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ <span class="wiki_link_ext"> [|Read The Words]:
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ - Upload word processing files, webpages, pdf, or almost anything and choose the reader to suit. Will also read in English, Spanish or French

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ <span class="wiki_link_ext"> [|Daft Doggy Voice Recording]:
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ Simple audio recorder. No uploading required which can be embedded into any webpage.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ <span class="wiki_link_ext"> [|Spoken Text:]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ Free online Text to Speech tool. You can record PDF, Word, plain text, PowerPoint files, ,RSS news feeds, emails and web pages, and convert them to speech automatically. You can also easily share your recordings on your web site or blog using SpokenText Badges or individual recording players. And best of all it's **COMPLETELY FREE!**

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ <span class="wiki_link_ext"> [|Text to Speech Translator:]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ Global Projects are no longer a problem when it comes to being understood.

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ <span class="wiki_link_ext"> [|Vocaroo:]
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ Record A Voice Message. Send an email of the recording

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|VoiceThread]

 * <span style="color: rgb(15,11,11);"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Click on this link and scroll down to find out how to obtain your free Educator Pro<span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);"> account
 * Voice Thread is a web-based communications network for K-12 students and educators. Make sure you go for a Pro Account, a free tool for educators, allowing you to have multiple publications for all your students. <span style="color: rgb(15,11,11);">There is a wiki dedicated to its use in education. Check it out! There are even examples and categories for differing age levels there. Simple, powerful and safe, Ed.VoiceThread is a place for creating and collaborating on digital stories and documentaries, practicing and documenting language skills, giving feedback, exploring geography and culture, solving math problems, or simply finding and honing student voices.


 * Check out the [|How To Video]
 * [|Another tutorial format]

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZ **//See Also//** <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - [|Educational Podcast Directory] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - [|Yahoo: What is a podcast] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - [|Publish a podcast] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - [|Odeo’s Studio] – online recording studio. <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - [|Beginners guide to Podcasts & Creating Podcasts] <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ - [|How to podcast tutorial]

<span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: vandana,arial,helvetica;">
<span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: vandana,arial,helvetica;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">Blabbers can be incorporated into wiki and blogs with a useful purpose. Unfortunately there is one word that I don't particular want to encourage with primary aged students, in the last part of the wizard. While it would prevent me using this as a student creating tool, I do think it has some merit as a tea <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">cher's tool.

===<span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: vandana,arial,helvetica;"> <span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ <span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: vandana,arial,helvetica;">[|Yahoo Avatars:] ===

<span style="font-size: 12px; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: vandana,arial,helvetica;">
<span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: vandana,arial,helvetica;"><span style="color: rgb(0,0,0);">- Sign Up, Log In and Create! Get Animated - Change Your Style - Face the World.

<span style="font-size: 12px; font-family: vandana,arial,helvetica;"> <span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Voki]
- Create Your Own Speaking Avatar. Uses a lot of memory

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Meez]
- Children can use this site to create the person they want to be - or not.

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<span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,0); text-align: center;">Wiki:
A Community of Practice. (Note: We Will Look At This More In The Next Session) <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ From WikiPedia: "A **wiki** is a page or collection of webpages designed to enable more than one person to contribute or modify content. <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ  Wikis are often used to create [|collaborative] [|websites] and to power community websites. The collaborative encyclopedia [|Wikipedia] is <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ  one of the best-known wikis.

<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZ Library Examples - > Note: This wiki has advertisements displayed. Wikispaces offers an ad free option for any educational site.
 * Robeson Library Employee Resource Wiki
 * Monarch Academy Library
 * [|TeacherLibrarian Wiki]


 * Here is a video explanation of [|WetPaint wikis]

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ [|Weebly]

 * Check out the Live Wires Wiki - made using Weebly

<span class="wiki_link_ext">⌘ <span class="wiki_link"> Wikispaces
<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">zzzz See Also: <span style="display: block; color: rgb(255,0,0); background-color: rgb(255,255,0); text-align: center;">
 * [|Library Instruction Wiki]
 * [|Which Wiki Is Right For You?]

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⌘ [|Ning:]
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⌘ [|iGoogle:]
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⌘ [|NetVibes:]
- Trying to manage a myriad of your own websites while continuing to link to your favourite ones can sometimes be a problem. Netvibes allows you to gather all your favourites under the one umbrella and makes their management so much easier.

A [|vidcast tutorial explaining how to use Netvibe] and how it can be useful for education.

David Warlick presents a comprehensive vidcast about using [|Netvibes in education].

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 * [|Voyagers] - A Junior Class in Wellington

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media type="custom" key="3444486" Why go in search of content when it can come to you? Really Simple Syndication (RSS for Short) does just this.

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⌘ [|Bloglines]
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⌘ [|Technorati]
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=== Go to the [|Library Arcade: Carnegie Mellon Library's Project]Have fun playing library games! [|Within Range] & [|I'll Get It!] ===

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<span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ John Pearce, a primary school teacher in Australia, shares his presentation for the k12online conference. <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);">ZZZZZZ Turn on your speakers and John shares some of the promises and problems of working with Web 2.0 tools in primary school <span style="color: rgb(255,255,255);"><span class="wiki_link_ext">ZZZZZZ []