I am attending the USDLA virtual conference, and in the Virtual Session #5 Lee Keller and Marion Weil offered some fantastic online, free, Web 2.0 tools to use in classrooms and for online collaboration and lectures.

My favorites from their talk were these:

Free online group collaboration and lecture tools (with some limitations):

1. Adobe Connect now http://connectnow.acrobat.com/lkeller
2. Elluminate http://www.elluminate.com/trial/register.go?s=iMoot2009
3. DimDim http://my.dimdim.com/tekcoord
4. TokBox http://www.tokbox.com
5. VSEE http://www.vsee.com/
6. PiratePad http://piratepad.net/
   
   1. This is the software Etherpad, which can be downloaded and installed on any server for free: http://etherpad.com/
7. Google Wave (by invite only currently)
8. VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/#home
9. Glogster  www.glogster.com
10. Wiggio ( I am adding this one...they didn't discuss it) http://wiggio.com/

Free online screen recorder and other tools

1. Jing http://www.jingproject.com
2. Screen Toaster http://www.screentoaster.com/
3. Classtools.net (build free flash tools) http://classtools.net/
4. bubble.us ( free concept mapping…develop flow charts, etc) www.bubbl.us
   
   

Web 2.0 tools for schools

1. http://www.go2web20.net/
2. http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
   
   

Create presentations online for free

1. http://prezi.com/
2. http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools

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