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PUBLIC MARKS from knann with tags msvt & web2.0

June 2008

Wordle - Beautiful Word Clouds

by 20 others
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes. The images you create with Wordle are yours to use however you like. You can print them out, or save them to the Wordle gallery to share with your friends.

October 2007

ResizR - Easy online image resize

by 9 others
Resize images on the web or from your computer.

CookShow

by 2 others
Video sharing site for recipes.

November 2006

My Brochure Maker

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Welcome to My Brochure Maker, where you can easily create and print a professional quality brochure using microsoft template word online in minutes. It only takes a few simple steps to create a high-quality color brochure using microsoft template word at your own desk.

Project Cam - Cable in the Classroom (CIC)

What is Project Cam? Developed by Cable in the Classroom, Project Cam is an online environment with video, chat and file sharing capabilities. It allows educators, students, and experts to make live connections to other learners and experts via webcams and high-speed internet. Features it's free to use for educational purposes.Login to a unique, private page, share live video and audio feeds between two participating locations, communicate with the live text-based chat capability, store and share all kinds of files

Gcast. Make your voice heard.

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We'll store all your audio and automatically generate your podcast channel. We offer many ways to add to your podcast channel: Record messages by phone (never touch a computer!) Upload MP3 files from your computer Add "podsafe" songs from GarageBand.com Mix all the above with our online playlist manager Whether you're podcasting a 30-sec phone message or a 30-min radio show, you can publish it with Gcast for FREE. We'll store your media and automatically generate the "RSS feed" that enables listeners to "tune in" to your podcast channel.

Record by phone with Gabcast.com

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Gabcast.com is a podcasting and audioblogging platform that offers an easy way to create and distribute audio content. Most people will use a touch-tone telephone to make their recordings but we also provide worldwide access to the service through VoIP. Once you have made a recording and have published it, a newsfeed is immediately and automatically updated to alert subscribers to your channel.

The Write Weblog

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Another example where the qualities of writing are explicitly discussed and the sole purpose of the student blogs is to improve this skill.

k12 Online Conference » Blog Archive » Week in the Classroom”Second Nature-Extending dialogue in the blogosphere”

This site corresponds to the BLOG WRITE link It’s second nature for us and our students to engage others in dialogue f2f. Commenting has great potential for extending learning and deepening understanding through meaningful dialogue in the blogosphere. Through an examination of powerful and significant comments, and exploration of suggestions for nurturing and guiding comments, meaningful online dialogue can become second nature to us and our students too.

Mr. K's Podcast Emporium

Student audio and video podcasts about events around the school. There is an emphasis on sports....

October 2006

My Year 8 English Experience » Books

Response to literature (and more) blog by an 8th grade student....