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 ** 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:  ** Blogs (web+blog) ** Blogger https://www.blogger.com/start EdTechTalk http://www.edtechtalk.com Diigo [|http://www.diigo.com] Delicious [|http://www.delicious.com] Twitter [|http://www.twitter.com] ** Wikis (an easy, fast way of making and editing websites) ** http://www.wikispaces.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]
 * Social Bookmarks organize byTagging ** 

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 []

//**KEEP IT SIMPLE (tips collected from other PLN users) **// · Start small and limit the number of blogs <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Organize your subscriptions and organize folders for topics and applications <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Ignore part of your PLN when you need to <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Look for bloggers who are good connectors and filters (e.g. Stephen Downes’ Oldaily: [|www.downes.ca/news/OLDaily.htm]) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;"> **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Examples of videos posted on Flat Classroom Project **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 115%;">
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 * Making Digital Stories **
 * Easy steps **

** Productivity tools: ** · Photo Story 3 · iMovie · Movie Maker 2