Whoa, I spent way too much time on this experience. You can really get sucked in and the day is gone. In the end, I had problems with http://www.go2web20.net/ it was not responding, something about a script in a movie causing Adobe Flash to run slowly. In the Webware 100 Best applications I already use many of these apps: Flickr, Skype, and Pandora to name a few. I looked at VoiceThread. I spent a lot of time at this site and highly recommend it for educators and webcreators. I experimented with a photo of my nephew and myself. I added audio comments and sent them to my sister, who will add her and my nephew’s audio to the photo. This is a great way for developing stories at any language arts grade level and for science I could see using it for developing process skills of observation, interpretation, and much more. Not only can use a photo, but movie clips and animation work as well. The next site I looked at is Twitter. Twitter only allows you to use 140 characters to stay in touch with people; it is texting on the web. I thought this would be interesting to check out for professional reasons, but I am leaning towards the personal. I am experimenting with my family at present.
Next, I looked at the http://www.philb.com/iwantto.htm site and got completely lost viewing different apps. I did pull down a great FireFox add-in that allows icons instead of text on the bookmark tool bar, great organizational tool. Another add-on tool I found was a text marker that you can highlight text in URL's , then save and share. Again, this was easy to load and use. I could see students using this with science articles for summarizing concept and working on reports .
On the personal side I found Music Map. This app allows you pick a music artist and creates a musical map of artist that is similar. This led me to several professional apps. Such as Literature Map, which is the same as Music Map only with literature. It pretty much sticks to the classics. On this venue I looked at ConnectViaBooks , which connects you with others books that they have read. ChainReading lets you know what you and reading and sharing it with others. Lastly, What Should I Read Next , which looks at what other readers who have read your book are reading. All these apps would be great for students that are allowed what they want to read in school and want new ideas for reading. All of the apps were easy to use. ChainReading and ConnectViaBooks are sign in apps, but the later you can still use without registering.
The last app for professional interest is Google Custom Search Engine, which is search engines built by educators; they can help students find reliable information by restricting a search to trusted sources of the educators' choosing. This was very straightforward and will be helpful when teaching earth science and limiting your searching just to education related sites.
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