Ideas+and+Tool+Exploration

I went throught the entire list of suggested tools. Of those listed Voki, Express Yourself, Upload and Share PowerPoint, Flickr and Picknik are blocked on the schools computers. Vikiwiki the page was not found. I did sign up for a blog at Edublogs and after exploring it a bit more I may actually attempt a blog for a class. I also explored Worlde, but the first sentence says it is a toy so I do not expect much value from it. I may however use it to create wordclouds for various topics, such as DNA. I did like the Go2web20 site. The accumulation of tools located under one site helps someone as scattered as I am. The sheer volume of sites listed however will take some time to fully explore. I have tried various wikis in the past with results varying from class to class. I generally try to stay away from online communities with a class of students. The main reasoning for me is security, Who knows what someone is going to post on these sites? I do see where some of these tools will have a place for certain lessons and units. Then a new tool will have a place in the next unit. I hope to have the time, technology and patience to try them. [|Reply] || I had the same frustration with the sites being blocked at school. I don't get a chance to get on the computer before 9 pm at home so I've attempted to do some at school during lunch. You are right about the volume of sites. Instead of trying to get a handle on all of them, I wish we were only told about two or three to check out with an additional list available if we were interested. I also liked the Go2web20 site. My brain also gets so addled with all the info, it's nice to have things in one place. I see where these sites would be useful in high school but I really have problems placing them in my classroom in any useful manner. I'm just not creative enough or flexible enough or using the correct side of my brain enough to see where they fit in comfortably for me. [|Show parent] | [|Reply] || Todd, I too am leery of online blogging. Even on the private wiki, I don't feel quite comfortable so I use my classroom diigo account. Only those that I invite can log on making it completely private. It is an educational site and is actually monitored by its founder. She approves each application for a site before it can be created. [|Show parent] | [|Reply] ||
 * || The right tool for the job.by [|Todd Wheaton] - Monday, April 12, 2010, 03:47 PM ||
 * [[image:http://moodle.iu9.org/user/pix.php/19647/f2.jpg width="35" height="35" caption="Picture of Miltra Bressan" link="http://moodle.iu9.org/user/view.php?id=19647&course=1118"]] || Re: The right tool for the job.by [|Miltra Bressan] - Monday, April 12, 2010, 09:57 PM ||
 * [[image:http://moodle.iu9.org/user/pix.php/19650/f2.jpg width="35" height="35" caption="Sharon" link="http://moodle.iu9.org/user/view.php?id=19650&course=1118"]] || Re: The right tool for the job.by [|Sharon Daniels] - Wednesday, April 14, 2010, 11:56 PM ||
 * [[image:http://moodle.iu9.org/user/pix.php/19661/f2.jpg width="35" height="35" caption="Picture of Todd Wheaton" link="http://moodle.iu9.org/user/view.php?id=19661&course=1118"]] || Re: The right tool for the job.by [|Todd Wheaton] - Monday, April 19, 2010, 08:18 AM ||
 * || Thanks for the idea Sharon, I will have to explore that portion of Diigo more thoroughly. I didn't even know you could do that on Diigo. ||