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 * WA State ESD Coordinator Technology Overview**

The following is a chart of various Web 2.0 tools and links to websites that can provide further information. Feel free to explore the Web 2.0 environment using this chart. You are also welcome to practice using Wiki's by adding or changing information on this page. Just click the EDIT button. Practice making changes to this Wiki by adding to the list that answers this question. **

What is your most useful, interesting, fun, engaging online tool? ** Google searches, [|Pandora Music Site],

(Use the chain link icon above to make your answer a link to your web resource.)

(Links that include "In Plain English" are short videos on YouTube that demonstrate the tool.) ||
 * ~  ||~ ======**Technology Tool**====== ||~ Use ||~ ======**Questions/Ideas to Explore**====== ||~ ======**Online Resources to Learn More**======
 * || Networks || Connecting to a group of people with similar interests. || Are there platforms for education?

Is this different from email/listserve? || * [|Ning Networking]
 * [|Example - Classroom 2.0 Ning Network]
 * [|Example - Fireside Learning Ning Network]
 * [|Social Networks In Plain English]
 * [|LinkedIn In Plain English] ||
 * || Moodle || Creating an online course || What is it? Are there any math courses to try? || * [|2 min video on Moodle]
 * [|Moodle Website] ||
 * || Online Classes || Teachers or students can learn specific content from a variety of sources. These are typically archived and teachers participate at the time that works best for them. || How do we use these effectively to help teachers understand the content better? || * [|NCTM Online Courses]
 * [|Montana State U - NTEN - Credit Courses]
 * [|Annenberg - Learner.org]
 * [|PBS - Teacherline] ||
 * || Webinar || Online seminars || What is the research on the effectiveness of webinars?

What are the advantages & disadvantages?

What does good facilitation look like when a webinar is LIVE? || * [|Eluminate - Tool for Webinars]
 * [|Go To Meeting - Webinar & Meeting Tool]
 * [|Webex - Webinar Tool]
 * [|PBS Webinars - archived]
 * [|Jean-Michel Cousteau Webinar - Live]
 * [|NSTA - 90 min LIVE Web Seminars] ||
 * || Wiki || Sharing common project work || Could this be a tool to help the coordinators to better communicate with each other? || * [|Wikis In Plain English]
 * [|Twitter In Plain English]
 * [|Wiki from school in Qatar on PD program for teachers]
 * Circ. Sys. Preservice Tchr Project ||
 * || Online Content Clips || Kids are going to You Tube and MathTV.com when they get stuck with their homework for quick, 5-minute explanations of discrete steps and strategies. || Presenters typically just show the rules and the mechanical steps to complete the problem.

Should we be creating these for when teachers get "stuck" with a pedagogical problem? || * [|Kids solving math problems - by rules!] Type in the content of your new page here.
 * [|You Tube - Enter help needed in search] ||
 * || Other ||  ||   || * [|Blogs In Plain English]
 * [|Keeping Track (RSS) in Plain English]
 * [|Google Docs In Plain English]
 * [|Zombies In Plain English : )] ||
 * || Articles ||  ||   || * [|Reinventing PD in Tough Times]
 * [|Teacher Training Goes in Virtual Directions]
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 * [|Building Virtual Communities]
 * [|Six Technologies Soon to Affect Education] ||
 * || Digital Libraries ||  ||   || *  [|Merlot - Math Portal]
 * [|National Science Digital Library - Math Collection] ||
 * [|National Science Digital Library - Math Collection] ||