Some+other+tools

= For Writing = [|Etherpad]: Real-time, on-line document collaboration (with chat)

[|My Webspiration]: Inspiration + collaboration features

[|ShowBeyond]: Good for digital storytelling

[|ThyNews]: Create an on-line newspaper

= For Images = [|Photo Laboratory]: Free on-line, high quality digital images (no copyright issues)

= For Presentations = [|ChartGo]: For creating charts and diagrams quickly and easily

[|SlideRocket]: On-line presentation tool; lets you create and store presentations on the web so you don't have to carry around bulky PowerPoint files. Lots of great presentation tools

[|ScreenJelly]: To capture a set of procedures on your computer to illustrate steps to others; great for tutorials

[|280 Slides]: Create slide shows on the web (rather than in a PowerPoint File)

[|RockYou]: For making a slide show with music

[|Xtimeline]: Create a time line

[|VoiceThread]: To create an on-line conversation about a picture or a work of art (or any object, for that matter)

= For Maps = [|QuikMaps]: Draw on a Google map

[|Google maps]: Creating custom maps and annotating existing maps

= For Video = [|VideoSpin]: Simple video editing (like iMovie?) for the PC

[|Stupeflix]: Simple video production (from stills and video clips)

[|Animoto]: Make video (or at least animated slide shows) from stills

[|Vidque]: Storing and organizing videos that you find on the web

[|Re-mix America]: a cool new site/tool for taking video clips and splicing them together into documentaries

= For Searching = [|EyePlore]: A way to search the web through visual connections; in some ways similar to Google's wonder wheel

[|Tips to improve Google searching]: From Free Technology for Teachers = =

[|Wordle]: To create attractive word clouds

= Other Cool Stuff = [|PDF to Word]: To convert files

[|Vocaroo]:Record your voice and send it as a file via e-mail or post it on the web

[|TodaysMeet]: Create your own internet chat room

[|Google's Living Story]: a new way to follow a news story as it develops. Great for current events projects

More: NYSCAT, [|GoToWeb2.0], [|Larry Ferlazz's Top Tools], [|Read, Write, Think],

Sites to follow: [|Teacher20.org]--I just discovered this one. Good articles that introduce how teachers are using 2.0 technology in their classrooms.