Web+2.0,+for+the+fun+of+it!

=WEB 2.0 : The Interactive Worldwide Web= Here are some cool Web 2.0 resources: Cooltoolsforschools(Web 2.0): http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ More sites than you can get through! Web 2.0-- [] All kinds of web 2.0 apps and pages discussed here.

Wordles
( http://www.wordle.net/create ) to make usable images like this: Here's a link I received in Feb.,'09 about "16 Things to do with Wordle in Class", and it's shared via a GoogleDocs....Both of which we have looked at in this class! [] This started out as 16 Things--the last time I looked, it was up to 32!

IGOOGLE
Have you tried iGoogle? (http://www.google.com/ig). It's a great place to try out Rss and "gadgets"(widget-like feeds). Super-easy to set up--and configures from the same login as Googledocs and Gmail(and Blogger). Set up an account and get started at [|http://igoogle.com]

And the "Big Brother" of IGOOGLE:

GOOGLEDOCS
GoogleDocs works off the same account as IGoogle, but you just go to the GoogleDocs page to login: [|http://docs.google.com] The Wordles Presentation above (that has grown and doubled in size) was done in GoogleDocs. Here are a couple of other similar Googledocs Presentations: Ways to Use GoogleEarth [] Ways to Use GoogleDocs [|Click here(long url!)] Ways to Use IWB [|Click here(also long url!)] Ways to Use Pocket Video(Small Wonder, Flip) [|Click here!] You can also use GoogleDocs Word and Spreadsheets to collaborate.

ANIMOTO
One of my favorite **//NEW//** web 2.0 tools is a free website that allows you to make 30 second short movies that look and sound **//SUPER professional!!!//** It's [|ANIMOTO].([|http://www.animoto.com]) Here's an example of what it produces: [|Sharecropping in the Great Depression](by me!)

VOKI
Want your own talking avatar for a wikispace? Try Voki!([|http://www.voki.com]) See an example: My Voki Avatar Or try the Blabber--see below!

BLABBER
Here's another to try: make a BLABBER at [|Blabberize] ! They look like this:

media type="custom" key="3383174" Easy to make and add to a wikispace!