“What’s your Top Ten List for Web 2.0 Sites?”
Just a quick note …
A friend asked me for this list … and though my response would normally be, “Well, you start with what your students need, and then you pick the tools,” I got down from my high horse and brainstormed this list:
1&2. Podcasting - downloading Audacity (pre-installed @ BPS):
http://audacity.sourceforge.net; podcasting from a phone: gcast.com
3. Videocasting (with caution for student privacy — I’m pretty protective of elementary students’ privacy): teachertube.com
4&5. Blogs — edublogs.org, wordpress.com
6. LibraryThing — book recommender, build a personal library or bibliography for a
class project
7. Online graphic organizer tool:Gliffy.com
8. iGoogle
9&10. Social bookmarking: Delicious (http://del.icio.us) & Furl (furl.net)
11. Wikis: I like pbwiki.com .
12. Blog/RSS aggregators: bloglines.com, Google Reader — let the information
superhighway come to you
If you’re just getting started with Web 2.0, I recommend starting with some information organizing tools. I use Delicious to add, annotate, and organize Web content and Bloglines to keep track of RSS feeds. A lot of people are starting to use iGoogle instead or in combination with Delicious.
What about you?