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Basically Google Docs is Microsoft Office suite on line. Instead of software that is downloaded and runs on your computer you have webware that is run inside your web browser from any computer. Also gDocs allows you to access your documents from anywhere and to collaborate with others on a live document rather than sending different version attachments back and forth. Oh and it is also free, all you need to do is sign up for a google account.Watch this short Video for great explanation of the power of this tool

Sony Remixes the Did You Video click here watch

DESCRIPTION:
In their famous “paperworks” presentation, Lee LeFeever explains how social bookmarking tools like Delicious make remembering, organizing, and sharing bookmarks a simple and social.

LENGTH:
3:25 minutes

VIDEO:

EDUCATIONAL RATING:

OVERALL GRADE:
A+

AUTHOR & SOURCE:
by leelefever
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x66lV7GOcNU

Okay if you don’t have time to read his giant book that takes weeks to digest, please the least you can do is take 48 minutes and watch Thomas Friedman give this talk at MIT that does a good job summing up his book. Trust me, you owe it to your kids and their future to understand how our world is changing. Caution: Friedman’s concepts will keep you up at night. His book changed my teaching philosophy and inspired the EdVibes Project and this blog.

Watch this video of Thomas Friedman at MIT: The World is Flat 3.0 

Here is a short video presentation on internet safety

http://k12online.wm.edu/safetywebtitle.mov 

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Presentation given at the K12online 2007 Conference

Keynote Link: http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=149

Duration: 53 minute

Authors: Brian Lamb, Alan Levine, D’arcy Norman

Review: Nicely done! Just when I was beginning to think I had a good grasp of all the good current free tools online they gave me a list to check out. They also did an elegant job of describing some of the the classics like flickr, digg, and delicious. I especially liked how they used the verbs: embed, connect, socialize, share, collaborate, remix, liberate, filter, and disrupt to define and describe the web2.0 phenomenon. An excellent introduction for educators to the new read write web.

Download the video:
iPod ready
http://k12online.wm.edu/K12Online_MoreThanCoolTools_ipod.mp4
Original
http://k12online.wm.edu/K12Online_MoreThanCoolTools_full.mov
Audio only
http://k12online.wm.edu/K12Online_MoreThanCoolTools_full.mp3

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k12online07, k12online07pc

DESCRIPTION:
They did it again with just a marker board. The guys at Common Craft break down and explain the definition of a wiki and how it works faster and more clearly than I have ever seen.

LENGTH:
4 minutes

VIDEO:

EDUCATIONAL RATING:

Pass it on so we can get wikis mainstreamed into education

OVERALL GRADE:
A+

AUTHOR & SOURCE:
by leelefever
http://www.commoncraft.com/video-wikis-plain-english

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Video Review: RSS in Plain English

DESCRIPTION:
The best and fastest introduction to what RSS is and how it works, done with a marker board and a hand.

TAGS & CATEGORIES:
rss video

LENGTH:
3.5 minutes

VIDEO:

EDUCATIONAL RATING:

Understanding RSS is foundational to empowering digital immigrants into the new Read/Write Web2.0

OVERALL GRADE:
A+

AUTHOR & SOURCE:
by leelefever
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english