Firefox is continuing to grow in user numbers, with over 8 million users downloading the 3rd version of the browser on its June 18th release day, a world record for a software download. The worldwide market share of Firefox topped 19% by the end of June (story). One of the biggest appeals of Firefox for [...]
I have had to do several projects involving putting together examples of Web 2.0 use in our district in the past couple of weeks. I thought I would share a small sampling of them here. They might inspire others to give some of the tools a try.
Blogs
Talented Texans–elementary students sharing writing. Student interaction is constructive [...]
The school year will be drawing to a close on Thursday. As we meet as an Instructional Technology team tomorrow, I feel it is important to evaluate where we have been, where we are now, and where we hope to go in the future. The year began with high expectations for teacher learning, student learning, [...]
I used the Google Documents survey tool to create a brief survey over the use of Internet tools by educators in our district. Seventy teachers responded. The survey turned out as expected, generally, with a few surprises. Some of the results:
Time spent online away from work:
31% <2 hours
37% 2-5 hours
16% 5-10 hours
16% [...]
For any educators out there who like the idea of Web 2.0 and recognize its importance, but are too intimidated or otherwise reluctant to dive right in, I offer the following list of 5 things to try first. I think these tools will give you an idea of how simple it is to create online [...]
One of my personal favorite online photo editing tools, Picnik, is now giving away its premium features, such as advanced editing tools and special image effects (which it teased users with in a free preview period last year). They have added some advertising, but it is very unobtrusive. This site, which is incorporated into Flickr, [...]
Yahoo! just released their new video streaming service, called Yahoo! Live. While I’m no expert on the subject of videostreaming, the idea is very attractive to me, and I’ve played around with Ustream a bit, mostly as a viewer. From that inexperienced background, I am impressed with the interface of Live, at the very least. [...]
Here are the links from today’s session–enjoy! Oh, and be sure to let me know if your favorite sites are excluded. Oh, and no commentary from anyone nit-picking about whether or not a few sites are truly Web 2.0–they are all useful and free, so they all bear mentioning.
Student/Teacher Blogs:
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The Library of Congress has added a collection of its photos to picture-hosting site Flickr. The collection currently includes over 3,000 images, categorized as “1930s-1940s in Color” and “News in the 1910s“. Visitors are encouraged to tag images or leave comments that will help categorize the pictures. According to ReadWriteWeb, the permanence of the collection [...]
Warning: my four-year old boy thinks this kind of stuff is hilarious (potty humor). Enjoy!
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