PUBLIC MARKS from knann with tags pd & web2.0

An interesting article by David Warlick on the potential of Web 2.0 tools in schools.

Web collaboration, concept mapping, brainstorming tool that is very easy to use!

Our aim is to give users the power of create, share, aggregate, and publish personalised content through a disruptive bottom-up approach to web media publishing. Webjam takes advantage of available applications and standard content formats to offer a set of intuitive site creation tools to our users and clients. Beta version

Another list of sites to know about

A collaborative wiki created by Vicki Davis for the K12 Online Conference. Check the sidebar for the Introduction under the Prerequisites heading. Look at some of the questions the participants tackled: tagging for teachers, videos for math, data storage for students are just a few worth looking at.

A sample Suprglu page from a primary school teacher in Australia

Another web aggregator.

Rss aggregator, web start page, widgets, etc. Now has ability to share your personalized tabs.

Master List of tools for Web 2.0 within the Marzano framework

Educational example of Pageflakes

Overview of podcasting for schools

Online office applications

Educational blogging, wickis, podcasting and more

Free Podcast Hosting, Video Blog Hosting (maximum 100 MBs). Easy to use tool for uploading and showcasing your video productions

You can even share your photos without creating an account. Simply follow instructions on our homepage, and we will email you a private link to your Album. Forward the link to your friends, and they can view your album just by clicking the link. No complicated registration process. Fast, easy, complete.

Sylvia Web BrainStormer allows you to set up and run on-line brainstorming sessions with your colleagues, customers, friends or anyone anywhere who has an internet connection. Web Brainstorming is easy. Just set up your creative challenge, set your evaluation criteria, invite people and start brainstorming. When you are finished, you can vote on the best ideas. Requires registration to participate. All brainstorms are public.

Online audio and/or video email or post to blog service.

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

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.

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.

Students & Teachers Stay Connected Motivate students, Give quality feedback with ease Communicate clearly with students, parents, and administrators

This one incredible tool. Allows you to create interactive points in either a .mp3 or flash file. These points can contain more information, comments, links, even other media files.....Lots of implications for the classroom.

Frantically managing and organizing homework is a waste of time. Instead of spending time trying to figure out what homework to do, let Gradefix do that for you. Simply add your homework tasks and Gradefix will work them into your schedule. The best students prepare for the insane school weeks far ahead of time. The Gradefix algorithm will automatically calculate how to balance your load and get everything done.

We currently index 1,600 TV shows - 90,000 episodes - and we are matching everything up with content sources like iTunes, AOL and Amazon Unbox - with more to come. Our beta feature set allows you to do exactly what it says on the tin and do it in style. With integrated message boards, groups, personalised badges and an extensive API, we have lots more great stuff coming soon too.

What is Tabblo? Your photos. Your words. Put them together with Tabblo and tell your story. Start with professionally designed templates and powerful editing tools to compose online photo albums, or tabblos. Your tabblos can be shared with friends and family, printed as posters or prints, or published to blogs or websites.