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| Social Networks | |||
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| Social Bookmarking | |
| Del.icio.us -- is a social bookmarking website -- the primary use of del.icio.us is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too. On del.icio.us, you can use tags to organize and remember your bookmarks, which is a much more flexible system than folders. | |
| Diigo Highlight and annotate bookmarked webpages to share with others. | |
| Flickr Insert a description of the link here. Getting Started with Flickr -- PDF guide to setting up and account and uploading pictures. Here is an example of a math class using Flickr (Look half way down the page to the Photo of the Week contest idea.) . Here is fun use called Spell with Flickr | |
| StumbleUponIt Select categories of interest and "stumble through" some of the webs' most intersting sites. | |
| Digg -- a user driven social content website. Everything on Digg is submitted by our community (that would be you). After you submit content, other people read your submission and Digg what they like best. If your story rocks and receives enough Diggs, it is promoted to the front page for the millions of visitors to see. | |
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| Wikis | |
| Wikipedia The "mother" of the wiki movement. | |
| The Evolution of the Heavy Metal Umlaut - This screencast demonstrates the evolution of one Wikipedia entry | |
| Wikitravel - Get or contribute free inside information on destinations around the world. | |
| WikiBooks -- An effort by the makers of Wikipedia and others to create a free on line set of textbooks for all. | |
| Information Literacy Wiki from CHHS Library - A wiki that is a collaboration between the high school library and teachers at Cleveland Heights High School. Or contribute to the Summer Reading Wiki | |
| A Video Explanation of Wikipedia from its Founder: Jimi Whales | |
| A Sample Chemistry Wiki | |
| A Sample "Scribe" Wiki Used in Math Class | |
| The Flat Classroom Project -In this two-week project, students will be grouped with one student from the Westwood High School in Camillan Georgia to another student in International School Dhaka in Bangladesh India. to explain, explore, and discuss topics from the Thomas Friedman book The World is Flat. This wiki serves as the central hub for project management and topics concerning this project -- Click on the topics link at the left sidebar and explore the table of contents within each topic. | |
| A Sample wiki from Fayetteville High School used for English and Social Studies. Be sure to check the links in the left sidebar especially the current projects link | |
| Sources of Free Wiki Webspace | |
| PBWiki - An easy to use webpage that multiple people can edit | |
| Wikispaces - Create webpages that groups, families, friends can edit together | |
| Moodle -- The wikis on the CHUH moodle server are the most secure form of wiki communication | |
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| Other Considerations | |
| Creative Commons Licensing --Here is an example from Flickr | |
| All About RSS -- a tutorial about the art of the RSS feed from Will Richardson. | |
| Social Networks | |
| Classroom20 from Ning.com -- A kind of myspace for classroom teachers. | |
| TappedIn -- A virtual world for educators including email, office space, webinars and more. | |
| SecondLife -- this one is a stretch and requires a download and powerful video card, but is ceratinly something to be aware of. | |
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| Web2.0 Resources | |
Go2Web2.0.net -- The complete web 2.0 directory. Can be searched by individual application eg blogging, podcasting etc. On the main page, hover over to get a short description of the site. |
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| Tagging | |
| Knowledge Sharing with Tags -- a powerpoint presentation introducing the process and value of "tagging" -- watch at least until the "getting started" segment. | |
| Fastr --Play the Flickr tagging game | |
| Simply Del.icio.us -- Online social bookmarking or tagging for teaching. PDF overview and guide. | |
| A sample Del.icio.us tag cloud -- where the larger the word the more popular the entry | |
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