Web2.0

= = = = = //**Web 2.0 Resources**// =

//Movies://

 * [|YouTube]
 * [|TeacherTube]
 * [|NextVista]

//Communicate://

 * [|Twitter]
 * [|Tweetdeck] (Manage your Tweets. There are many other programs that work in conjunction with Twitter.)
 * Skype
 * [|Plurk] - similar to Twitter

//Create/[|Design]://

 * VoiceThread
 * Wordle
 * Animoto

//Blogs://

 * Wordpress
 * [|Blogger]
 * Our Practice Blog: [|Cool Tools for Educational Technology]

//**Wikis:**// //**(This site is a wiki :-)**//

 * Wikispaces
 * PBworks

//Social Networks://

 * [|Facebook]
 * Ning

//**Google:**//

 * [|Create an Account]
 * [|Google Alerts]
 * iGoogle
 * Google Docs
 * More Google Apps to Explore

//Pictures://

 * Flickr
 * Tag Galaxy

**//Just for Fun://**

 * Create an avatar: Build Your Wild Self
 * Create art: The Art Zone

//**Connect with Marianne:**//

 * **Youtube:** Knowclue Kidd
 * **Twitter:** Knowclue
 * **Flickr:** Knowclue Kidd
 * **Facebook:** Knowclue Kidd
 * **AIM:** KnowclueKidd
 * **Skype:** KnowclueKidd

Connect with Sarah:

 * srolle@elisabethmorrow.org
 * **Twitter:** Artdabbler13
 * **Skype:** SarahRolle

//**Educator 2.0 Picks:**//
Joyce Valenza's Web 2.0 picks Joyce Valenza's Home Page

Samples of Use
Classroom 2.0 Ning

Sarah's Workshop Oct. 2009
Tutorials for iPhoto What's New in iPhoto '09 http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/whats-new.html

Apple's Guided Tour http://www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/guided-tour/

Atomic Learning - great short video tutorial, click the + sign to see the videos under each heading Note: the printing section includes creating calendars and greeting cards. Also, if you would like to look for help with another application, type is some keywords on the left where it says "Find An Answer to a Tech Question". For example I typed in "tables in word" http://atomiclearning.com/k12/en/iphoto09

Manipulating Photos

Big Huge Labs - a variety of ways to transform photos: http://bighugelabs.com/

Dumpr - "Dumpr is where you create marvellous photos to share with your friends" https://www.dumpr.net/

Slideshows Animoto - really easy http://animoto.com/

Photo Peach - beta - allows for text over photos (I haven't used it.) http://photopeach.com/

rockyou - looks really neat, but I haven't used it http://www.rockyou.com/index.php

Books Mixbook - has nice themes, but can't be printed http://www.mixbook.com/

Mixed Output Scrapblog - allows you to create lot of things including books http://www.scrapblog.com/ Note: You can pay for print outs or for high quality files, but you can also print you own. While in edit mode, click on File and Eport as JPEG.

Find other resources at these sites:

http://visual-lit.wikispaces.com/Toolbox

http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools - has story examples