Steve Hargadon(06/30/2008) 
4:53
Participants introducing their uses of Open Source and Web 2.0 technologies. Question of accountability and student materials stored online just raised again.

Monday June 30, 2008 4:53 
4:56
Zimbra--open source platform recommended. Now owned by Yahoo! (Steve questioned ultimate fate of Zimbra under Yahoo! ownership.).
Monday June 30, 2008 4:56 
4:57
Jim Klein: Microsoft possibly owning Yahoo! should not be an issue, either. One advantage of Zimbra is that they allow user voting on new features, then develop based upon voting.
Monday June 30, 2008 4:57 
5:27
Group brainstorming of open source and web 2.0 tools (I'm official scribe.):
Wetpaint.com (domain names can be associated for free, comments on each page)
Monday June 30, 2008 5:27 
5:27

Weebly.com (free website/blog sites, drag-and-drop, widgets for many apps, free domain name association)

Think.com (Students can upload files, content; viewership can be restricted)

Gmail+ trick (Add + to any email account

Gaggle.com

EPals.com

Del.icio.us (online bookmarks; sharing capability)

Diigo (online bookmarks; tagging, categorizing; sharing; slideshow of sites; will mirror to Delicious)

Scratch (Open   source Flash game, storytelling, programming tool)

Gamemaker (More advanced open source game design tool; texasgames.net—resource site for tutorials)

VoiceThread (Digital storytelling tool; educational version (small fee--$10); upload images, narration, video; voice comments)

Slideshare.net (shared, embeddable PowerPoint shows; does not support Keynote; visitors may comment on entire shows or individual slides; also can upload audio)

Alice (open source programming tool)

Tuxpaint (Open source children’s graphics program)

Audacity

Opensourcewindows.org/opensourcemac.org (good source of open source software)

Chacha(website for finding answers to almost anything, from real person; can also text or call)

Audacity (open source audio editing software; cross platform)

Podomatic (Podcast editing/hosting)

Vimeo (Video editing/hosting)

Eduforge.org

Jwflashplayer

Theopendisc.com/education (downloadable list of useful open source resources)

Monday June 30, 2008 5:27 
10:59

Creative Commons (Resources for which permission for use has been granted by the creators)

UStream.tv (free video streaming tool)

Jot (send messages via cellphone in voice or text)

Praat (linguistic, phonetic analysis program for speech; cross platform; test-creation tools)

Animoto (pictures and music to create short multimedia shows)

Jing (screencast, video, audio from microphone, images)

Standardstoolbox.com (lists all state standards by state, grade level)

GCast (audio podcasting by telephone)

web.Splashcast.net (free channel hosting for streaming video)

Bubbl.us (graphic organizers; Flash based

freesound.org (free audio files)

Gliffy (Another graphic organizer site)

Sony Acid Express (audio editing software; does looping)

Freeplay Music (free podcast background, effect music)

Sounddogs.com (mp3 sound effects)

Mixwit (create music mixes)

Spiceworks (network management software

Untangle (gateway router, network tool)

Nagious

Freemind (mind-mapping package; plugin for Moodle)

glimshop

Gimp (open source photo editing software)

Ning (create your own social network)

Twitter (micro-blogging social network tool)

Scribis

Phpmotion

Ninehub (Moodle hosting)

Dippity

Zotero (Firefox plugin for collecting resources, creating bibliographical citations)

Oovoo (video conferencing tool)

Open Office (open source office suite)


Tuesday July 1, 2008 10:59 
10:59
Last few resources were shared rapid-fire style, so not much time for notes. Good session, though!
Tuesday July 1, 2008 10:59 
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