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posterous – The place to post everything. Just email us.
(tags: file_sharing gmail blogging)

Mango Languages
Mango is designed to equip you with conversational abilities from the very start. Whether you’re learning how to order a pizza or ask when the game starts, Mango immerses you in real, everyday conversations in 12 different language courses.
(tags: world_languages)

COVERITLIVE.COM
Live Blogging
(tags: blogging)

Wikisend: free file sharing service
Upload and download lots of files, big files, small files, data files, media files, archives or backups – any files. With Wikisend it`s simple and free.
(tags: file_sharing)

TinyPaste
(tags: blogging collaboration twitter)

Ping.fm / Update all of your social networks at once!
Use AIM, GTalk, iGoogle, WAP, iPhone/iPod Touch, SMS or E-mail and let [...]

Studeous | The Free and Easy Way to Manage Your Courses Online
Studeous increases communication and collaboration, creating an enriching learning experience online.
With tools like live chat, discussion boards, podcasting, and text messaging, learning doesn’t stop after the bell rings.

(tags: elearning)

Think Technology: Graphic Organizers
Offers a collection of pre-formatted graphic organizers that you can integrate into activities [...]

Day 30: How Can You Use What You’ve Learned about Commenting to Change Your Teaching Practices?
Now that we’re winding down in the Comment Challenge, it’s time for some reflection. For today’s task, I want you to consider what you’ve learned about the give and take of commenting and how it might apply in a classroom. [...]

Choose a Showcase – Innovations Showcase – DOE
(tags: smartboard resources)

Langwitches » Web 2.0 Wednesday- Where do you Live?- Buenos Aires
(tags: web2.0wednesday langwitches)

The Energy gallery – Energy info zone
(tags: environment science games)

Monsters–Bigfoot, Abominable Snowman, Loch Ness Monster
From National Geographic
(tags: geography storytelling elementary)

Mandrágora Tango
(tags: mp3 music creative-commons argentina)

BBC – Schools – KS2 Bitesize Revision – Maths – Shape, space and measure
angles, grids, measurements, shapes, transformation smartboard
(tags: elementary geometry math sjeds-math)

Soungle.com
“The simplest way to search and find sounds”
(tags: mp3 audio creative-commons)

humyo.com – Free Online File Storage & Backup [...]

Michele Martin posts on her Bamboo Project Blog the Web 2.0 Wednesday Challenge
One of the beauties of Web 2.0 is how it connects us to people from all over the world, in different cultures with different ways of life. This gives us wonderful opportunities to learn from each other. So here’s this week’s activity:
Use a [...]

Now that the Comment Challenge is over (for some,) Michele Martin from the Bamboo Project Blog is posting every week a Mini Challenge for anyone to participate in. What a great way to challenge yourself to little mini projects that allow you to experiment with Web 2.0 tool. Who knows, you might stumble upon something [...]

OLogy
American Museum of Natural History: Archeology, Astronomy, Biodiversity, Earth, Einstein, Genetics
(tags: science museum education kids history games astronomy environment earth)

Mr. Picassohead
Make your own head a la Picasso
(tags: avatar design drawing art)

Google Map Maker
a way to add or edit features, such as roads, businesses, parks, schools, and place them on a map. After submitting the information, [...]

Day 29: Write a Commenting Guide for Students
Most of the Challenge participants work in some kind of learning and education capacity, so today’s task from Silvia Tolisano is geared toward helping your students be better commenters. Silvia suggests writing an age-appropriate guide to commenting. What goes into it is up to you. How you [...]