All of these sources will be great to help improve instruction in my urban classroom. All students may not have computer access at home but with enough advance notice they can work at school or the library after school as well.

All of these tools enable me to reach every student with ease. I no longer have to take extra days, make multiple types of handouts, spend a lot of time with students who are two grade levels behind, etc. I really feel like I am a teacher now.

I really appreciate how much time it takes to become effective at using these new tools. It is so important to take time to just play with them. I am going to plan to use the"play," in my teaching these tools with my students and my staff.

I agree. I use both but prefer Plurk.

There are so many great application in the Art room with these tools. It is all a matter of me and the students learning how to use them. I particularly like, though do not yet know how to use, the tools for creating tutorials. This would be fun and effective means of differentiating projects and study topics.

For brainstorming, I like to use CMAP. It is free for teachers. You can find the download link at http://cmap.ihmc.us/download/.

I tried out animoto tonight. I found it frustrating. It let me add too many pictures then just stops in the middle of the video. Also the sound does not play. I may try it again but not a good start.

I used jing tonight to create an overview clip about our first wiki assignment. I showed some basic information about navigating through the page, reviewed the assignment and showed them how to answer the assignment questions.

I wasn't able to embed the video yet...I did create a hyperlink from my page to Screencast. It launches but not inside the same page. Maybe there's a workaround, but I don't know what it is yet. I read some of the previous tips on the Jing page and they really helped me find a size that isn't too large for my screen (it does take up the whole thing, but not too much). I used 800 X 1066.

I have not tried this tool but it might work; http://zamzar.com/url/ it will convert a file for you and then send it to your email. It might be a way to get around Bess.

Creating animations, podcasts, video, etc. is a highly sought after activity for students now. But, it's more than just the creation. After working with the tools, students should analyze how these tools are used by other internet services and commercial entities to engage visitors. Literacy should be taught at every opportunity.

There are so many Web2 apps coming online all the time. This was a great opportunity to "play" with some new tools. I think the most powerful use of these tools for me will be sharing student work (always looking for good ways to showcase kids), and assessment. With the huge push toward accountability our kids are tested to death. I want to give my kids ways to show what they know that don't rely on filling-in bubbles!

This is an amazing list of resources. To fully explore each entry would take months, however, I have found some very useful sites that I will encorporate into my wiki both as a tool I use to engage the students and as tools for the students to use to express themselves. EJ Kraut

Well, there must have been something wrong with my computer last night, it was running very slow. Today, the video is working fine and I'm happy with the result.

I so believe in Open Source Software. I also am an Assistive Technology Specialist and lots of the adaptive software is sooo expensive. It's bad enough to have to purchase the hardware let alone all of the needed software as well. Some of the purchased software have too many bells and whistles. Simple is many times better. I love all of the resources!!! Thanks so muck.
BJ

I am already using YouTube and Google Apps in class, but by integrating them into PBWiki and adding other free applications, I will finally have a secure place for my students (6th graders) to communicate, collaborate and create!
Teacher Tube would certainly be better than YouTube as there are some potentially inappropriate items on YouTube.

I'm doing a drama/filmmaking unit next year, and I'm definitely going to be using the free music resources and Audacity for the soundtrack editing. These are great resources!

It was really great to see the list of resources that you have gathered. It has given me lots of ideas, if only I had the time to do all that I wanted, but you can start somewhere.

I've used Jing to introduce a lesson when I've had a substitute teacher in my room. It is a great way to be sure students get directions "your way." We has some problems this past year because we could not embed the code for the Jing into a Moodle course, so finding out it can be so easily embedded in a wiki is a huge help.

I saw that Flickr was mentioned for texture pages, but you can also search flickr for images that are entered into the "Creative Commons" if you want to teach your students about copyright. All creative commons pictures are open for public use - no violation of copyright. Also, if anyone is interested in having your students make their own video, FLIP cameras are cheap (relative to other video cameras), easy to use (no tape, all digital), and can be edited on macs or PCs.

One way I hope to use these resources in my class is to have students create presentations and then upload the presentations onto our wiki.

There is so many cool tools that take time and effort to play with. I feel like I don't even know what to put on my wiki because I'm not familiar with the possibilities. These resources help to see what is possible. I think that after feeling more comfortable with my own wiki then I can start to think about how best to utilize this in the classroom.

I love Kristyn's idea to use Jing to record a lesson for a sub to use with the class when she needs to be away. I've been thinking it would be good to use in posting some mini-lessons for parents who are working on math with their kids at home so that they understand strategies we are using in class.
The flip camera looks really easy to use. I"ve been struggling with my new DVD recorder and trying to upload some videos I've taken with it. Most of my problems have been with creating the video itself - not with uploading it to my wiki. Wish I'd had a flip camera back in June!

So many choices, so little time! I will use Animoto and I did just download some videos onto my class wiki. One big problem is that our district filters out youtube so I have to use other sources. I used teachertube for the downloads today. I'll have to check at school to see if they're 'allowed' at school by opening up the wiki there.
I plan on testing out jing. Thanks for so many resources! I agree with Cqornik [above] about the problems of creating the video - not just the technology, but also the time!
This class is awesome. Thanks so much.

I am suffering from a bit of information overload. I will need time to play with some of these different utilities. I am thankful for the list of resources, but it means I will be burning a lot of time playing with these to learn how to incorporate them. Could the homework be organized to show specific examples/applications that were created by the campers?

These are just the best tools! One big problem with them is the limited access that some schools have for kids to access them. The other is that when we have web based stuff that everyone can see, then the kids need to either not show their faces or identify themselves in any way. This makes us all have to think creatively, but can also limit us... I really like animoto and zoho writer and voice thread and I think that there are a million ways to use them in libraries including book reviews, interviews and tours. What I really really like is google maps - making a 'my map'...but I still can't embed it in anything yet!
Thank you all for such creative ideas. I'm learning a lot .....including persistence.

I have been using voicethread for a while to record booktalks for my library. I am now working on an online orientation. If you have a Mac, you don't need a separate microphone -- you can use the built in one.

There are so many good ideas here. I definitely want to get a flip camera to use for creating podcasts and to enhance voicethreads. So far, I have created voicethreads with still images, but videos will make them more lively. I want start recording online versions of many of the lessons I teach in the library. Using voicethreads in combo with captures from a video camera should work really well, I think.

I have been using voicethread for a while to record booktalks for my library. I am now working on an online orientation. If you have a Mac, you don't need a separate microphone -- you can use the built in one.

I am really thrilled to see so many available tools. In our K-5 division, we've already used some of the tools (PhotoStory, MovieMaker, Audacity to augment class projects. As we move into the the coming year, in addition to fostering the use of wikis, I am hoping we will do some podcasting, braingstorming using mind-maps, and animation.

I am really thrilled to see so many available tools. In our K-5 division, we've already used some of the tools (PhotoStory, MovieMaker, Audacity to augment class projects. As we move into the the coming year, in addition to fostering the use of wikis, I am hoping we will do some podcasting, brainstorming using mind-maps, and animation.

There are so many resources tor try. I am interested in doing some polling on my library wiki and also using screen casts to help teachers with using media center resources.

Three of my favorite tools are Skype, Twitter, and Ustream. I use Ustream to record prof development sessions for later viewing by staff who may miss a session.

These resources are really exciting. I teach an online information literacy class (as well as a face-to-face version that's fairly tech-heavy) and I'm interested in building more interactive elements into the class material. VoiceThread is completely cool-- I can't wait to use it for my classes (and I can think of a bunch of ideas to use it at home, too).

I enjoyed watching and listening to the discussions for Week 2. It's encouraging to hear from teachers who aren't inherently techie but still use applications creatively. It's also refreshing to hear participants say "I don't know anything about this," then see the contributions of other campers to the wiki (to make up for the slack, so to speak). It crystallizes the "wiki-ness" of this format: a cooperative learning environment, even for the presenters!

Thanks so much for the summer camp-- although I'm still waiting for s'mores 2.0!

I have tried some of the tools mentioned, including cam studio, animoto, and pod-o-matic. I plan to use these (and other) tools to broadcast my lectures in the courses that I teach.

I have tried some of the tools mentioned, including cam studio, animoto, and pod-o-matic. I plan to use these (and other) tools to broadcast my lectures in the courses that I teach.

Animoto was fun and I can see using it to introduce a new unit - either through a PowerPoint presentation or embedding it in a wiki.
I purchased a Flip video to record student made campaign commercials this fall. I am intrigued with Poll Everywhere and would like to try it
in my government class.

This a great list of tools for educational technology in the 21st Century. I tried Poll Everywhere and Jing. Now I have two more tools to aid me in the classroom.

I like to keep my pages as simple and text-based as possible, but I found screencastomatic easy and useful for showing students how to create a new page on our wiki. I've already loaded my homework onto all my wiki pages for the coming semester.

I love the ability to add multimedia elements to the wiki. It gives a lot of depth to what we are working on in any given project.

All tools are great and visual. However, we constantly battle the under 13 group access (thank you PBWiki for finding a simple solution) and bandwidth on our network. I will use gadgets as part of mashup copyright lesson.