Web+2.0+tools+directory+and+applications

Educational PLN help teachers to locate resources for your classroom, to get lesson plan ideas, learn about new technology and how to integrate it. || The Educator's PLN ||
 * Web 2.0 Tools Directory and Applications **
 * **Category ** || **Value ** || **Examples and Guides ** ||
 * Social Networking || Keeping up with personal, more social contacts like friends, family, and former students ||  [|Facebook], [|Myspace] ||
 * Microblogging || Populated with educators from around the world who share best practices and resources in short bursts ||  [|Twitter], [|My guide to Twitter] , [|Plurk] , [|Utterli] ||
 * Professional Learning Networks || Communities where professionals can find collaborative solutions and learn from content-area specialists.
 * Wikis || Community-monitored sites that can function as websites or for group organization and projects || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> Wikispaces, [|pbwiki] , [|wetpaint] ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Blogs || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Great sources of information such as classroom best practices as well as personal opinions; Blogs monitor the heartbeat of new trends in education and the commenting back and forth leads to many great ideas and relationships || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> [|WordPress], [|Blogger] , [|Typepad] , [|Alltop] – [|Technorati] – ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">Photo Sharing || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Photo management and sharing application || <span style="color: blue; display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">[|Flickr.com] ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">Presentation tools || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">Professional looking and collaborative presentations, access anytime || <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[|Prezi] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> - <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[|Zoho Show] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> - <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[|Slide Rocket] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> - <span style="color: blue; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">[|Voice Thread] <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> - [|Animoto]  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">Digital Storytelling || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">To create digital portfolios and visual storytelling projects || ==[|storyjumper.com] - [|storybird.com]- [|tikatok.com] - [|kerpoof.com]== ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">Broadcasting || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">To make an audio or video recording and post it at a web address. || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> [|Radiowaves] - [|EdTechTalk] - [|Kidcast] ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">Mapping Services || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">To offers maps and satellite images for complex or pinpointed regional searches. || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">﻿ Google Earth  ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">RSS Reader || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">RSS means “Real Simple Syndication” – an RSS reader is a tool that allows you to keep up with many of your favorite blogs, all in once place || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> [|Netvibes], ( [|My Netvibes] ), [|PageFlakes] , [|Google Reader] ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Nings || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Communities of people interested in similar topics, with forums and messaging || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> [|Classroom 2.0], [|Future of Education] , [|Ning] ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Social Bookmarking || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Share bookmarks with others, see what others are bookmarking; you can join groups and get email updates on new bookmarks || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> [|Diigo], [|Diigo Groups] , [|Delicious] ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Webinars || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Live, on-line presentations or conferences, with real-time chat, hosted by experts on specific topics; Great way to learn about new things and to meet new people || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;"> [|Classroom 2.0 Live!], [|EdTechTalk Live] , [|Elluminate] – [|Dim Dim] ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">Backchanneling of conferences || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">When there are neat (and expensive) conferences that you can’t attend, follow conversations and links about the highlights || <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; text-align: center;">__ Twitter search __ – use acronyms like ‘NECC’ or ‘SXSWi’ ||