Other Useful Links

This page describes how Google tools can be used to create the virtual classroom workflow (you could use a picture like this to describe how you use the tools):

http://electronicportfolios.com/google/index.html

More about Google Sites integration with Google Apps Education Edition:

http://www.google.com/a/help/intl/en/edu/index.html

Once you create a Google Apps account and import your class Google Site, you can integrate all kinds of widgets like a class calendar for your classes:

http://www.steegle.com/websites/google-sites-howtos

Look at how this teacher is using RSS feeds with students:

http://sites.google.com/a/mrbelshaw.co.uk/learning/

Here's how to make your own RSS feed for each class:

http://www.jot.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=92927

http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/01/27/howto-add-an-rss-feed-to-google-sites/

This person uses Google Sites to post English language videos:

http://sites.google.com/site/mori79/english-language/pronunciation

News about Google Sites (first link is official Google notice page):

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sites/label?lid=0876afdb2c8e2d03&hl=en

http://news.ebrandz.com/google/2009/2978-google-sites-tarts-up-with-dozens-of-new-templates-gallery.html

Google Sites forum for administrators (you are the admin for your site)

http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/sites/label?lid=7234232ccb6be96c&hl=en

Here are lots of widgets:

http://www.widgetbox.com/

Professor Richard Baraniuk of Rice University gave a talk at the TED conference in which he explained Connexions, his open-source, online education system.

http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/richard_baraniuk_on_open_source_learning.html

Connexions, the open-source education system

http://cnx.org/

Teacher training videos by Russell Stannard

http://www.teachertrainingvideos.com/elt.html

Second Life is a virtual world where teachers can engage in professional development and conduct virtual classes and students can meet others and engage in authentic communicative activities.

http://secondlife.com/

In Second Life, a good place for educators to start would be the ISTE Island.

http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Membership/Member_Networking/ISTE_Second_Life.htm

English language students and teachers will find Cypris Chat in Second Life to be a useful learning community.

http://cypris.ning.com/

Second Life English Community is another Second Life English language learning community primarily aimed at students, but also useful for teachers.

http://slenglish.ning.com/

Universe is a news and internet resource driven graphical interface that lets you see what the stories and trends are on any given topic or location.

http://universe.daylife.com/

We feel fine is a tool that lets you see how people are feeling all over the world at any point in time.

http://www.wefeelfine.org/

Article about the future of copyright:

http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/making_copyright_system_works

Howard Rheingold on Crap Detection:

http://blip.tv/file/3333374

- cc 2009 Jonan Donaldson

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