Tuesday, March 4, 2008
Welcome to Connecting with Web 2.0
Web 2.0 lets us connect with our students and each other in new and transformative ways! I hope you will find our session and these resources helpful. Below, you will find links to many-- but by no means all!--of the Web 2.0 tools and gadgets available. On the left, you can check out the latest breaking news related to Web 2.0. Clicking on the "comments" link below this post will allow you to leave a detailed comment or question.
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What Is Web 2.0 Anyway?
Before Web 2.0, the Internet was basically a couple of one-way streets: surfers visited websites and received information, or created their own websites and dispensed information. In both cases, information basically reached a dead-end.
Web 2.0 has changed all that. With the proliferation of blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, video hosting, cluster maps, and so much more, the Web has become truly interactive and multilayered.
Here's a ZOHO Show to briefly demonstrate what I mean:
Web 2.0 has changed all that. With the proliferation of blogs, wikis, social bookmarking, video hosting, cluster maps, and so much more, the Web has become truly interactive and multilayered.
Here's a ZOHO Show to briefly demonstrate what I mean:
Own the Web
Easy Web Sites
Cool Tools, Widgets and Gadgets
Screen Capture, Screencasting and Presentations
Firefox Rocks!
I'm always encouraging folks to use Firefox instead of Internet Explorer for a myriad of reasons. Here's a little show and tell that makes use of the power of screencasting:
Collaborating with Wikis and Google Docs
Blogs
Video
- RCA Small Wonder: The easiest video camera ever!
- Flip Video mini video recorder
- TeacherTube: Share Your Instructional Videos Online
- SchoolTube: Online video networking for teachers and students
- Shrink your video file size by compressing it with WM Video Converter
- Zamzar: Easy, Free Online File Conversion
- YouTube Downloader
- Free FLV Player for YouTube and Other Flash Videos
- Turn your photos into music videos with Animoto
Animoto is FREE for unlimited 30-second short videos. For $30 a year, create unlimited full-length videos--and get $5 OFF if you use this offer code: OCLVSTEF.
My Kitty Music Video
In a Category of Their Own
RCA Small Wonder
Flip Video Ultra
GO Optical Air Mouse
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