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Web 2.0 Tools

Web 2.0 Tools

Web 2.0 – refers to a supposed second-generation of Internet-based services - such as social networking sites, blogs, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies - that let people collaborate and share information online. (From Net Pedagogy Portal)

 

Start-up Page  
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pageflakes is a  personalized start page with news readers,

rss feeds and various other features.

Bookmark Page
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Del.icio.us is a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and discovering web bookmarks.

Photo Sharing  
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Flickr is a photo/video sharing website and an online community platform.

Educator Social Network  
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(Most ning networks are filtered in CRSD)   http://cffenglish.ning.com/
 
Wikis
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Wikispaces for Educators

A place for teachers, students, and educators to work together. Wikispaces for K-12 education is  free, and free of advertising.

Example

CFF English Teachers' Wiki

Blogs  
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A website where entries are made in journal style and displayed in a reverse chronological order. Blogs often provide commentary or news on a particular subject,  Some blogs combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic.

Example

Example

SchoolWires Example

  PodCast  
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SchoolWires Example

A podcast is a multimedia file distributed over the Internet using syndication feeds such as RSS.

 ListServ      
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NCTE Listserv Subscription Page

Calendar  

 

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Free teacher created calendars to manage assignments

Example

 

SchoolWires Example

 

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