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 * To all - Please feel free to add/change/delete content from this page....Davetta**

__Podcasts__ Links to podcasts from teacher websites Used by teachers for study reviews after kids email questions Where are pod casts stored, and for how long? (Server storage concerns)

__iTalk__ Records in sterio directly to your iPod Audie files are very large (100-200 Mb) People with Apples have recording capability built into the Operating System. Challenge is how to translate the audio into a usable format.

__Desktop Video Conferencing__ (with Skype or SightSpeed) Teachers do not necessarily see academic applications - great for home use Some schools block site Call in or log on to a conference call of up to 100

__H.323 Video Conferencing__ Also called ISDN

__GoToMeeting.com__ Tool for web conferencing and distance collaboration Best way to use this would be to have a telephone conference call to the orgaizer of GoToMeeting with their phone on speaker. Skype users can use toll-free phone. Then we would need to also go online to GoToMeeting.com. Free trial for 30 days $50 per month for one account - one meeting organizer. Corporate account at CREC for $7,000 for 10 licenses for a year. Crec plans to offer web-inars for this. WebX is a completing s/w.

__Wikis__ Collaborative - with no identified class instructor Put all PD info on Wiki and force teachers to go there instead of having to email people. Notify me feature is good because it automatically sends emails when pages change People used discussion board more often than the page edits feature Potential difficulty getting new pages to save or other issues Good for PD use

__eSchool Builder__ CREC has a license; $200 per course per year OR $1000 for a portal and then $1 per individual with a user name Scott has a demo site which he can give us access to Course Management s/w On-line course created by Instructor Instructor driven; posting content is restricted to the instructor Good for classroom use Discussion threads Could have a wiki page incorporated Can allow read/write access for users BlackBoard (polished interface designed for higher ed; interactive digital whiteboard; $500 for one course for one year + start-up costs), Vista (was WebCT - used at ECSU or CCSU), and Moodle (Berlin uses) are other s/w for this same function Could be used for PD activities - buy one course for a year

__GabCast.com__ 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.

__Audacity__ MP3 files

__RSS Feeds__ Automatic alerts to changes to web pages WikiSpace has this built in, and we can get emails to tell us when changes have been made/new content has been added

__ZoHo Writer__ Web-based word processing with file storage May have difficulty retrieving documents On-line documents which can be shared for collaboration

__On-Line Favorites Bookmarking Sites__ Some schools block delicious iKeepBookmarks.com is a good site for educational bookmarking furl.net allows for categories and ratings FrontPage (web page development s/w) allows us to run reports for dead links on a particular folder - do these bookmarking sites do the same?

__PageFlakes.com__ has a bookmarking feature

__Google Labs__ Try out new technology - like their on-line word processing or spreadsheets. Google will kick you out/free you out intermittently

__Blocked Sites__ Lots of ongoing frustration with sites being blocked within districts Issues of who within the school organization makes the decisions to block or unblock Also have encountered problems with loading s/w on computers without having the admin privs

__Web 2.0__ Read-write web/collaboration

__School Web Sites__ Web host FinalSite used in Simsbury; also includes curriculum and Smart Board Lessons Individual tech people have their own sites with links for teachers.

__EdTechLeaders.org__ Teaches K-12 people have on-line courses and web-inars

__MS Internet Explorer 7.0__ For some, other programs are not compatible with it, so people can not use it

SlideShare: http://www.slideshare.net/ Free online sharing of PPt slideshows. Can display notes for each slide as well, and embed into blog sites. See the presntation posted by James on this site as an example