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PUBLIC MARKS from knann with tag web2.0

November 2006

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.

YackPack - For Education

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

Innertoob

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.

Gradefix

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.

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

Tioti: Tape It Off The Internet

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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.

Tabblo

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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.

My Video Email is Free - Video Express Email

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What will they think of next? What are the implications for the classroom?

Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 1

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Three part series. Lots of great things to explore...

ScanR

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Scan, copy and fax with your camera phone or digital camera... What are the applications for classroom use?

Web 2.0 Tools

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DIY Media Weblog: Todd Richmond on open educational resources

What happens when you look at the future of teaching and learning through the lens of DIY media and participatory culture? At the most recent DIY Media seminar at the Annenberg Center on October 19, Todd Richmond's presentation on open educational resources and Bob Stein's preview of a toolset that will enable people to add multimedia annotation to online texts, offered two glimpses of a possible future upheaval in education. (The slides from Richmond's and Stein's presentation are available as a Quicktime movie.)

My Year 8 English Experience » Books

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

Mighty Writers Grade 3

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Classroom blog with example of each student having their own blog! The 2005-2006 blog is here: http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=5655

Mrs Watt's Fourth Grade

Classroom blog with a variety of engaging prompts and project showcase.

Splice

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Find some sounds you like. Record sounds, compose songs, listen to music, make remixes... all through this browser window.

October 2005

Blummy

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blummy is a tool for quick access to your favorite web services via your bookmark toolbar.It consists of small widgets, called blummlets, which make use of Javascript to provide rich functionality (such as bookmarklets).”