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Storybird is a collaborative story telling site for family and friends.

Try, eyePlorer!

It's a new graphical style of search engine.

Collect facts about your topic on the notepad.

Experiment with relationships between topics.
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Developing a new online course ...

Try Connexions!

Write your own modules or select existing modules under Creative Commons.
It's fast, it's easy and it's free ...
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Hi everyone

Up again early searching for more great sites for you.

Digital storytelling makes fantastic use of the multimedia capabilies of ICTs.

Take a look at this marvelous site about uses of digital storytelling in education by the University of Houston.

There's a video Introduction to Digital Storytelling, and examples and tips on creating and evaluation. There's even a link to tutorials for PhotoStory 3. And of course, more information on Web 2.0 applications for digital storytelling.

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Ever felt that it's too hard to integrate ICTs?
Don't know where to go? Don't know what to do? 
Ever thought you needed expert advice?
Ride the Web 2.0 revolution wave. Let Web 2.0 do it 4U.

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Need some tips on getting started in Second Life.

Visit this blog to OpenSim and Second Life for Newbies.
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What's Open Source?

Find out at Wikipedia.

Here's an example. It's called Open Simulator. It's downloadable software for creating 3D simulation worlds. It's an open source application similar to Second Life. And have you heard of Reaction Grid?

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Take at look at these Siftables, 'toy blocks that think'. They're described as 'interactive computers the size of a cookie'.



What will they think of next?
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Games for Change is a not-for-profit organisation that supports individuals and other organisations to develop digital games for social change. I found it this morning when I was researching the future of education on the Internet.

G4C has compiled a list of games that 'engage contemporary social issues in meaningful ways to foster a more just, equitable and/or tolerant society'.

Listen to Suzanne Seggerman (President and co-founder of Games 4 Change). In this Pop!Tech 2008 podcast, she foregr...

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Now that you’re hooked on Web 2.0, I can tell that you can’t wait to set up your own virtual classroom to take advantage of all these wonderful little online applications. With Moodle, you can do just that …

What is Moodle?

Moodle is an ‘open source’ Course Management System (CMS). [Btw, CMSs are also known as a Learning Management Systems (LMSs) or a Virtual Learning Environments (VLEs).]

This FREE online web application can be used to build great e-learning sites. Moodle was used...

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