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Permalink Reply by Clifford Steinberg on March 27, 2008 at 11:55am

I just posted a video that I came across from Yahoo. It seems that they are getting ready to release a collaborative community approach to getting teacher together from across the world to share lessons and resources. It looks very interesting!

Here is a link to the site: http://teachers.yahoo.com/

Permalink Reply by Clifford Steinberg on March 27, 2008 at 12:09pm

Lets start with Voicethread

A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media (images, documents and videos) and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways - using voice (with a microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video (with a webcam) - and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows group conversations to be collected and shared in one place, from anywhere in the world.

Voicethread is an amazing application that holds great promise for the classroom.

Permalink Reply by Patricia Murthy on August 26, 2008 at 8:40pm

Hello Clifford- Thank you for all the resources and sites- I am gaining so much. I am very interested in voicethread- it has a bit of a different spin and chockful of possibilities! I just joined and can't wait to see how kids take to it. I added a short 'stop animation' one of my former students recently created for the fun of it. interested to see if someone leaves a message on(about) it.

Permalink Reply by Ryan Fisk on March 11, 2011 at 10:50am

Older discussion, but thought I'd contribute...

 

+1 for VoiceThread - Excellent tool!

 

I maintain a list of programs and web 2.0 services on my conference web site, on which I train participants who attend my workshops:  http://nysahperd.org/conf/conf10/rfisk/Software.html .  Also there, you will find a variety of interactive video tutorials (created with Camtasia/Jing), templates, screenshots, and other tech tools and tricks for educators.

Permalink Reply by Ryan Fisk on April 13, 2011 at 12:02pm

Here are some more educational web 2.0 resources, most of which are free:

 

Social bookmarking, annotation and collaboration all in one place, for iPad, Android, and iPhone too- http://www.diigo.com/

Think sticky notes and Twitter all in one. Great to use as a lesson starter. Post a question and check out what the students write - http://www.wallwisher.com/

Interesting site and concept offering a means to give, get and ask for anonymous feedback - http://betterme.com/

Facebook-esque course management program - http://edmodo.com

Free online course course authoring platform - http://www.udutu.com

Make your own online magazine - http://www.openzine.com/aspx/

The de-facto site for SmatBoard lessons and activities - http://www.education.smarttech.com/ste/en-US/Ed+Resource/Lesson+act...

Collaborative diagramming, wire framing, mind mapping - http://cacoo.com/

Easy to use flash based Jeopardy game design for SmartBoard/tablets - http://www.superteachertools.com/jeopardy/editgame.php

Quick sketching - http://sketch.odopod.com/

Explore our worlds statistics and watch them unfold - http://www.gapminder.org/