Technology+Exploration+-+Y2D5

In the next hour, using your netbooks, collaborate with your CIG-mates to explore additional tools for documentation, to enhance your inquiry, or to utilize with students. You have several categories of tools to explore. In your CIG decide how to approach this activity - working together on one category or tool, partnering, or even distributing the exploration across the participants, reporting back on your findings. Your process is your choice - have fun!
 * Year 2, Day 5** **-** **Technology Explorations**

toc =Video Hosting= So you want to record video in your classroom, either of your teaching practice or of authentic student learning (with written parental permission of course). Where do you store those video files so that you can share them? Below are some options.

- YouTube

 * "YouTube** is a [|video sharing] [|website] on which users can upload and share [|videos]." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youtube
 * Main Website**: http://www.youtube.com/
 * YouTube Handbook:** http://www.youtube.com/t/yt_handbook_home

- TeacherTube
Note that TeacherTube now allows the uploading of the following files to your account: video, docs, audio, and photos - in addition to your video files!
 * "TeacherTube** is a video sharing website similar to, and based on, [|YouTube]. It is designed to allow those in the educational industry, particularly teachers, to share educational resources. The site contains a mixture of classroom teaching resources and others designed to aid teacher training. A number of students have also uploaded videos that they have made as part of K-12 and college courses. As of July 2008, the website contained over 26,000 videos. It has found favour with educators for whom YouTube content is blocked by [|content filtering systems]." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TeacherTube
 * Main Website:** http://www.teachertube.com/
 * Learn More:**

- SchoolTube
"**SchoolTube.com** is the nation's largest K-12 moderated video sharing website that provides students and educators with a safe and FREE video sharing website that is excusively endorsed by leading education associations." Source: http://www2.schooltube.com/AboutUs.aspx
 * Main Website:** http://www.schooltube.com/
 * Learn More:**

=Image Hosting= You have taken lots of photos in your art, music, dance or theater classroom. Where you you keep all those photos? How do you share them with your school community? Below are some web based resources which will allow you to upload and utilize your photos in a wide variety of ways. Many of the tools work well with photo editing tools or slideshow/presentation tools further down the list. Using photo hosting, combined with a web 2.0 tool for displaying the photos, allows you to embed the pictures into a wiki or website in new and creative ways. This sort of combining of tools is referred to as a "mashup."

- Picasa

 * "Picasa** is a [|software application] for organizing and editing [|digital photos], originally created by [|Idealab] and owned by [|Google] since 2004.[|[1]] "Picasa" is a [|blend] of the name of Spanish painter [|Pablo Picasso], the phrase //mi casa// for "my house" and "pic" for pictures (personalized art).[|[1]][|[2]] In July 2004, Google acquired Picasa and began offering it as a [|free download]." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasa
 * Main Website:** http://picasa.google.com/mac/
 * Learn more**: http://picasa.google.com/mac/features.html

- Flickr
"**Flickr** is an [|image] and [|video hosting] [|website], [|web services] suite, and [|online community]. In addition to being a popular website for users to share and embed personal photographs, the service is widely used by [|bloggers] to host images that they embed in blogs and social media.[|[2]] As of October 2009[|[update]], it claims to host more than 4 billion images." Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flickr
 * Main Website:** http://www.flickr.com/
 * Learn More:** http://www.flickr.com/tour/

- Photobucket
"Photobucket is the premier site on the Internet for uploading, sharing, linking and finding photos, videos and graphics. Your free Photobucket account can store thousands of photos and hours of video."
 * Main Website:** http://photobucket.com/
 * Learn More:** http://tutorials.photobucket.com/

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=Drawing Tools= How do you share your learning with others? Could you make a drawing to document your learning? How would you share it with others? Below are some drawing and mind mapping tools which may help you to document your thinking in new and interesting ways.

**- Queeky**
"Queeky is an online platform for people who like drawing and online art. You can create animated drawings using [|QueekyPaint], a unique and easy to use draw application. Collaborate with other artists in real time using [|MultiDraw] and create, administer or join different kind of user [|groups]." Source: http://www.queeky.com/cms/content/about
 * Main Website:** http://www.queeky.com/
 * Learn More:** http://www.queeky.com/cms/forum/forums/tutorials

=Presentation Tools=

**- Voicethread**
With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with **no software to install**. A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds [|images, documents, and videos] and allows people to navigate pages and leave [|comments in 5 ways] - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). [|Share] a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Users can [|doodle] while commenting, use multiple [|identities], and pick which comments are shown through [|moderation]. VoiceThreads can even be [|embedded] to show and receive comments on other websites and [|exported] to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies."
 * Main Website:** http://voicethread.com/#home
 * Learn More:** http://voicethread.com/help/faq/
 * Edutopia article:** http://www.edutopia.org/voicethread-interactive-multimedia-albums
 * Digitally Speaking wiki:** http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/Voicethread

**- Animoto**
"Turn your photos & videos into pure amazing. Animoto automatically produces beautifully orchestrated, completely unique video pieces from your photos, video clips and music. Fast, free and shockingly easy."
 * Main Website:** http://animoto.com/
 * Learn More:** http://animoto.com/photography

**- Glogster**
"Glogster is a revolutionary way of expressing your mood, feelings and ideas, and it goes miles beyond text or video! Creating a Glog lets you express all those things you haven’t been able to describe by words. It opens the door to a whole new world of communication – just choose a background, throw in some shapes and characters from our galleries, add text, your own videos or photos and perhaps a pinch of music and there it is!"
 * Main Website:** http://www.glogster.com/
 * GlogsterEDU:** http://edu.glogster.com/
 * Learn More:** http://www.glogster.com/faq/

**- Scrapblog**

 * "**Scrapblog is the easiest and most fun way to share and print your photos. With Scrapblog, you can create beautiful and completely one-of-a-kind layouts, share them online with your friends and family, and even print high-quality photobooks, greeting cards or postcards."
 * Main Website:** http://www.scrapblog.com/
 * Learn More:** http://www.scrapblog.com/tour/tour.aspx

=Mindmapping Tools= Tools which allow you to visually represent your thinking, often providing embed codes which let you share the mind-map with others.

- MindMeister
"MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions. Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere."
 * Main Website:** http://www.mindmeister.com/
 * Learn More:** http://www.mindmeister.com/help

**- Gliffy**
"At Gliffy, we believe that communicating with visuals gets people to the same space a lot faster because a picture takes the thoughts in your head and makes them tangible. With a tool that makes it easy to create, share, and collaborate on a wide range of diagrams, Gliffy users can communicate more clearly, boost innovation, improve decisions, and work more effectively."
 * Main Website:** http://www.gliffy.com/
 * Learn More:** http://www.gliffy.com/user-manual.shtml

- Drawanywhere
"Store and Organize your research and information, accessible anywhere with an Internet connection. Share your diagrams with others or by embed into an existing webpage or blog."
 * Main Website:** http://www.drawanywhere.com/
 * Learn More:** http://drawanywhere.com/videotour.aspx

- Mind42
"Isn't 42 the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything? Well, in this case it means FOR TWO and indicates the collaborative character of mind42. Manage all your ideas, whether alone, twosome or working together with the whole world - collaborative, browser-based and for free."
 * Main Website:** http://www.mind42.com/
 * Learn More:** http://mind42.com/about

- Exploretree
"Exploratree is a free web resource where you can access a library of ready-made interactive thinking guides, print them, edit them or make your own. You can share them and work on them in groups too."
 * Main Website:** http://www.exploratree.org.uk/
 * Learn More:** http://www.exploratree.org.uk/help/

- Thinkature
"Thinkature brings the richness of in-person, visual communication to the web by placing instant messaging inside a visual workspace. Use it as a collaboration environment, a meeting room, a personal web-based whiteboard, or something entirely new."
 * Main Website:** http://thinkature.com/
 * Learn More:** http://thinkature.com/help/

- Mindomo
"The Visual Way To Get Your Things Done! See your actions in context, and prioritize the things that really matter."
 * Main Website:** http://www.mindomo.com/
 * Learn More:** http://www.mindomo.com/help/welcome.htm

- Creately
"Online diagramming and design. Flowcharts, wireframes, UML and more in your broswer. Creately is an easy to use online diagramming application that is built for collaboration. Powerful featers and an intuitive interface make Creately ideal for teams working together on diagrams and designs."
 * Main Website:** http://creately.com/
 * Learn More:** http://creately.com/help

=Pod/Vodcasting= Would you like to record yourself on an ongoing basis, either with audio or video, and allow others to subscribe to your recordings? Podcasts (audio only) and vodcasts (audio and video) are one way to create an ongoing, subscribeable trail of documentation of your work. Below is a link to some podcasting and vodcasting resources which were gathered for the Governors Institute for Arts Educators in the summer of 2008.
 * Training**: http://artseducator20.wikispaces.com/Pod-Vodcasting
 * Other resources:** http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Resources#toc26

=Advanced Topics= Below are several wikis or websites that feature more web based tools and resources than you'll need in a lifetime. For the advanced user, they are a godsend for ideas and resources. Explore at your own peril!

- Web 2.0 Guru

 * Main Website:** http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/
 * Web 2.0 tools:** http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0+Resources
 * Tools by subject area:** http://web20guru.wikispaces.com/Tools+By+Subject

- Eduwikius

 * Main Website**: http://eduwikius.wikispaces.com/
 * Tools by type:** http://eduwikius.wikispaces.com/2.0+Resources
 * Art tools:** http://arteduwikius.wikispaces.com/
 * Music tools:** http://musiceduwikius.wikispaces.com/

- Web 2.0 Tools Application Index
Where do the "techies" go to find all this stuff? How do you learn about the newest tools out? Visit Go2Web20 to become one of the techno-pioneers in arts education!
 * Main Website**: http://www.go2web20.net/
 * Learn more:** You are on your own here. Click around. Search for categories of tools. Try them out - then share the new learning with your CIGmates!