FETC: Howie DiBlasi- Global Collaboration Tools

37 Free Software Programs to Make a Global Collaboration (live notes)

http://www.toolsfortheclassroom.com

http://www.drhowie.com

6.2 million teachers in US
71% are female
51% are over 50 years of age

Books/Reading:
Imaginary Workout (written by Imagineers at Disney)
Little Brother by Cory Doctorow (free download pdf)

Tools:
Tweak PS (http://www.windowsphotostory.com/tweakps/)- PhotoStory add on
*Participants are saying that PhotoStory will not work on Windows 7...hmm...
CILC- video conferencing; includes 50 state standards
Elluminate vRoom- free for 3 participants
Edheads- http://www.edheads.org- problem solving/creative thinking projects
Student Created Blog Policies (http://budtheteacher.com)
KeepVid- http://keepvid.com
Wonder wheel in Google
FactBites- http://www.factbites.com
Quintura- http://www.quintura.com/
Clusty- http://clusty.com
Cuil- http://www.cuil.com
Digital Vaults (Archives)- http://www.digitalvaults.org
Box.net- file sharing- http://www.box.net
Kerpoof (animation)
KinderSite Projects- http://www.kindersite.org
Jing- $15/year screencast can be put in mp4
Math Train TV- http://www.mathtrain.tv
English Cafe- http://www.englishcafe.com
Design Squad on PBS
Forge FX- http://www.forgefx.com
Inaugural Words 1789 to the present (Use of Wordle)
Voki- http://www.voki.com
Zee Maps- http://www.zeemaps.com
Kiva- http://www.kiva.org
Kids are Heros- http://www.kidsareheroes.com