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=Web 2.0 Wiki=   What is a wiki? It is a web page that anyone with can edit if you have a internet-enabled browser. For our course, only __students__ enrolled in this course can edit the wiki. About Wikis:  To edit or add to the Wiki:
 * They make it easy to collaborate on projects.
 * You can use the wiki from any web location.
 * Anyone can be a publisher.
 * Access can be controlled.
 * 1) Click the Edit Tab on the Wiki toolbar.
 * 2) You can then expand the Wiki to make it easier to see and edit by clicking the Expand icon on the toolbar.
 * 3) Place your cursor where you would like to add or enter and input your material. Please do not compose your entry in another word processing program and cut and paste it into the wiki. The extra code "messes" with the wiki formatting. You can cut and paste a URL and then compose within the wiki by using the tool bar at the top of the message box.
 * 4) To make a hyperlink for the URL do the following:
 * Highlight the entire URL (including the http://)
 * Copy the URL
 * Click on the chain link on the toolbar
 * Paste the URL into the appropriate line
 * For "target" use the dropdown arrow to choose "new window"
 * You can leave the other lines blank
 * Click OK
 * 1) Click the Collapse icon to return to the Wiki Main page.
 * 2) Click to Save

Caution: Reminder that everyone can edit all content in the wiki. Be respectful of other participants' content. If you would like to embellish or add to our wiki, please do so. You'll be glad you did.

Learning Object Repositories:

 * **Wisconsin Online Resource** Center - []
 * Wisc-Online is a digital library of Web-based learning resources called “learning objects.” The digital library of objects has been developed primarily by faculty from the __Wisconsin Technical College__ System and produced by multimedia technicians who create the learning objects.
 * **MIT Open Courseware** - []
 * Unlocking Knowledge, Empowering Minds. Free lecture notes, exams, and videos from MIT. No __registration__ required.
 * **Merlot** - []
 * Putting Educational Innovations into Practice – find peer reviewed online teaching and learning materials. Share advice and expertise about education with expert colleagues.

Low Threshold Applications

 * Low cost/free
 * Not Intimidating/familiar
 * Easy to learn
 * Reliable
 * []
 * []
 * [] (Google Docs & Spreadsheet 5-minute video)
 * Hot Potatoes: [] (six __application__ to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled sentence, crossword, matching/ordering, gap-fill exercises)

** Web 2.0 Tools and Information: **

 * Most are free
 * Available on the web

> > ** And many more…… **
 * **Dr. Alisa Cooper’s Wiki on __Technology in Education__ from Maricopa Community College in Phoenix, AZ** - []
 * This wiki is dedicated to sharing my interests in educational technology with all those who are interested. Most of what I share here I have played with myself. And it's a wiki, so it's supposed to be incomplete.
 * **100 Essential Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers** - []
 * There are new web 2.0 tools appearing every day. Although some of these tools were not originally meant for use in the classroom, they can be extremely effective learning tools for today’s technology geared __students__ and their venturesome teachers…
 * **Top 25 Web 2.0 __Applications__ to Improve a Student’s or Professor’s Productivity** - []
 * Being productive and getting things done both rely on planning and being organized. But with the hustle and bustle of __courses__, it's sometimes easy to forget what you have to do and when. So here are 25 [|Web 2.0] __applications__ (mostly free) that should help you on your quest as a student or professor in being productive.
 * **RSS in Plain English** - []
 * A short explanation of RSS and how it helps you
 * **Twitter in Plain English** - []
 * A quick and plain English introduction to the micro-blogging service, Twitter.
 * **Wikis in Plain English** - []
 * A quick and plain English introduction to Wikis
 * **Google Basics** - []
 * Google is more than a search engine. It also has standalone applications, communication and publishing applications, applications for sharing, development applications, mapping applications, statistical applications…etc.

**Blogging** **Bookmarks (Social)** **Communications** **Cartooning** **Education and Knowledge** **Games/Virtual Worlds** **Google Apps** **Mapping applications** **Music** **Peer to Peer** **Personal Management** **Photo and Video** **Podcasts** **Portals** **Search Engines** **Social Networks** **Survey** **Unique Multimedia** **Web Office Suites** **Wiki and Collaboration**
 * Blogger - []
 * FeedBlitz - []
 * Wordpress - []
 * Del.icio.us - []
 * Diigo - []
 * Gmail - [|http://www.gmail.com]
 * Hotmail - [|http://www.hotmail.com]
 * Yahoo - [|http://www.yahoo.com]
 * Toondoo - [] **
 * eCommerce****
 * eBay - []
 * Paypal - []
 * Answers.com - []
 * Orangoo - __@http://orangoo.com/spellcheck/__ - Easily check for spelling mistakes by copying and pasting text into the box or enter the URL of your site.
 * Wikipedia - []
 * Hot Potatoes - @http://hotpot.uvic.ca/ - Application to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled sentence, crossword, matching/ordering, gap-fill exercises)
 * Second Life (immersive) - [] (requires a software download)
 * SmallWorlds (strategy) - []
 * Google scholar - []
 * Google squared - [] (create charts to compare items)
 * Goggle - []
 * Google maps - []
 * Mapquest - []
 * Pandora - [|http://www.pandora.com/#/]
 * iTunes - [] (requires a software download)
 * Dabbleboard - [] (white board and conferencing tool)
 * Skype - [] (requires a software download)
 * Google calendar - []
 * Remember the Milk - [] (online to do list)
 * Flickr - []
 * Google video - []
 * Photobucket - []
 * youTube - []
 * ITunes - [] (requires a software download)
 * Learn Out Loud
 * PodOmatic __ [] -__ Register to start and quickly begin creating a podcast in minutes using this free, simple tool.
 * iGoogle - []
 * Protopage - []
 * Google - []
 * Stumbleupon - [] (a discovery engine that finds the best of the web, recommended just for you)
 * Technorati - [] (blog search)
 * 43 things - [] (listing your goals)
 * Facebook - []
 * Linkedin - []
 * MySpace - []
 * Twitter - []
 * Survey Gizmo - []
 * Survey Monkey - []
 * Animoto – [] (create your own video from your photos)
 * Audacity- []
 * Bit.ly – [] (abbreviate a long web address_
 * Color Scheme Designer - __ [] (Generate matching color schemes to go with any color of your choice.)__
 * Dafont - __ [] (__ Find hundreds of archived unique fonts available to download and add to your course.)
 * Jing- []
 * Tag Cloud Generator – [] (word/link cloud generator)
 * Voki – create an avatar []
 * Wordle.net – [] (word list randomizer)
 * Google docs - []
 * Zoho - []
 * Google docs []
 * Pb wiki - []
 * Wetpaint - []
 * Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/