Tech+Tools+&+Tips

===Internet tools: Online collaborative project with Web 2.0, online forum, Elluminate (a product for online collaboration/teaching/learning-needs to be purchased), video conference, yahoo/Skype messenger, Web blog, wiki space, Google Earth, blogs and wikis to post student writing and podcasts,  online Google Spreadsheet where people can list their project information, ning, free workflow software (the ability of machines to talk to other machines with no human involved.) ===

**// Blogs, wikis, Webcasts, podcasts, RSS feeds, social networks . . . they're all a part of what has come to be known as Web 2.0 (the read and write web) //**
Use technology to build your personal learning network. New technologies can help you connected and manage overload information. Some of the Social Networks and Personal Learning Network tools are: Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start EdTechTalk http://www.edtechtalk.com  **Social Bookmarks organize byTagging** Diigo [|http://www.diigo.com] Delicious [|http://www.delicious.com] Twitter [|http://www.twitter.com] Ning http://www.ning.com Podcast (ipod+broadcast) is a digital media file available on the Internet. It can be listened to from any computer or portable music player. Where to listen: [], [] Where to search for them: itunes Skype [|http://www.skype.com] GoogleTalk http://www.google.com Voice Thread [|http://voicethread.com]
 * Blogs (web+blog)**
 * Wikis (an easy, fast way of making and editing websites)** http://www.wikispaces.com/

Hundreds of leading universities and school systems around the world use **Second Life as** a vibrant part of their educational programs. A large, active education community—with hundreds of K-12 and higher education members—are engaged in Second Life. The Open University, Harvard, Texas State, and Stanford are just a few of the many universities that have set up virtual campuses where students can meet, attend classes, and create content together. Second Life []

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//KEEP IT SIMPLE (tips collected from other PLN users)//

 * Start small and limit the number of blogs
 * Organize your subscriptions and organize folders for topics and applications
 * Ignore part of your PLN when you need to
 * Look for bloggers who are good connectors and filters (e.g. Stephen Downes’ Oldaily: [|www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm])

Examples of videos posted on Flat Classroom Project
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Easy steps


 ·  Photo Story 3  ·  iMovie <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;"> ·  Movie Maker 2
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