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This is a collaborative resource for us -- for sharing cool apps or apps that are of particular use to educators using Web 2.0.  Ideally, this becomes a resource site for us to use in our future classrooms

 (and a way for use to discover new apps and to learn to make screencasts along the way!).

 

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Cool App and Link to Homepage What it is and Why it's cool/useful
Webcast Demo
    http://creativecommons.org/

Why CC?

The idea of universal access to research, education, and culture is made possible by the Internet, but our legal and social systems don’t always allow that idea to be realized. Copyright was created long before the emergence of the Internet, and can make it hard to legally perform actions we take for granted on the network: copy, paste, edit source, and post to the Web. The default setting of copyright law requires all of these actions to have explicit permission, granted in advance, whether you’re an artist, teacher, scientist, librarian, policymaker, or just a regular user. To achieve the vision of universal access, someone needed to provide a free, public, and standardized infrastructure that creates a balance between the reality of the Internet and the reality of copyright laws. That someone is Creative Commons. <From http://creativecommons.org/about>

 
  http://www.screencast.com/t/YvFPPHI1Da
 

Why Shelfari?

I was introduced to www.shelfari.com by a professor last semester.  It is a virtual library where you can actually see your bookshelf.  You are able to add books you have read, books you are reading, and books you plan to read.  It is ideal for the basic purpose of keeping track of your reading and to remember what books you want to read next.  You can add friends so that they can view your page and you books and so you can see theirs.  Every book imaginable is on this site and you can view multiple reviews as well as write your own review for each one.  I think this would be helpful to use in the classroom because for one, students can easily access it and may even find it fun to use.  Secondly, as a teacher you can track your students' reading activity.   And for three, it is a great resource to use for reviews on books that you may want to read with a class and you can see what others say about it. 

 

 http://screencast.com/t/MDJiYmZkM

 

(from http://cooltoolslibrary2.blogspot.com/)

 

http://www.goodreads.com/

Why goodreads?

Goodreads is very similar to Shelfari (above).  It is a virtual library that anyone can make in order to keep track of one's books. I started using it last semester because I had a class that required me to make a list of all the books I had read throughout the semester and books that I wanted to read.  That's what is great about goodreads.  It allows you to separate your books into "To read," "Currently Reading," and "Read."  It also allows you to separate your books into different categories within the categories listed above.  For example, I have categories of books for every class so I know which books I had to read for which classes, as well as, a category for books I read for my entertainment.  Goodreads also allows you to share books with friends and people who have similar reading tastes as you.  They send you regular updates (via email) of books that they think you would like also. It is capable of doing this because all of the books are rated on a five star scale so the website knows which books you liked and didn't like.  Overall, if you are an avid reader, it is a great way to keep track of your books in an easy and organized way.

My Goodreads Screencast
Read It Later
This is an application which downloads onto your browser and allows you to save blogs and web pages that you want to read later. It's useful for when you just stumble on a website you want to look at but don't have time to because it is one-click and the website or blog saves to a list where you can go back to it later. It is like another list of favorites but for the blogs and news that you want to read. It is an oraganized way to keep a list of what you want to read later.
Read It Later Screen Cast
     
     
     
     
     

 

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Comments (1)

Cynthia said

at 6:26 pm on May 9, 2011

Thanks for submitting the links from cool tools, but the objective here was really to get you to make your own jing screencast. Not hard and really a good thing to feel competent at.

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