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Free and Open Resources: Web 2.0 Tools

Web Space (Cloud ware)

Wordpress
You may opt for public or private space.

Treasure your relationships, not your possessions.

Take advantage of cloudware but be sure and back-up files you really care about. Free cloudware offers no guarantees.

Evernote
Called a digital workspace. Evernote lets you clip webpages and save notes. Automatically synchronizes documents on phone and computers. No Google account required.
Use Picasso or Flickr to store photos
Dropbox
Store photos and documents requires a gmail account.

Presentation Software

Authorstream
Share your Power Point online while retaining some of the advanced features of Power Point. Signing-up for a trial allows you to convert a Power Point to video.
Slides
A slide show without Power Point
How to do a Pecha Kucha
Many great examples on You Tube.
Prezi
Prezi offers and education account

21st Century Students

Delicious : Portable Bookmarks
Sample SFCC film list on Delicious bookmarks.

The are tools that 21st century students should be familiar with.

Web based e-mail.
Personal Web Space (to add your RSS feeds to)
Personal bookmarks accessible anywhere (Delicious/Xmarks)
Collaboration Space for group projects (Google Docs)
Presentation Software

WIX - Create a Webpage
Free with limited advertising
QR Code Generator
Google Groups
One of several ways student groups can collaborate online.
Open Office
Not as slick as MS Office but the price is right and you can open and send .doc files.
Taxedo
Make your own word cloud and more.
Library Thing
There are fun and instructional uses for LibraryThing.