Excursion Island

Welcome to Excursion Island.  On this island you will explore (and be overwhelmed by) the hundreds of Web 2.0 tools that are out there waiting for you. 

First skim the Horizon Report. This is a comprehensive research venture started in 2002 that identifies and describes new and emerging technologies.  (I say skim because it is a 40 page document)
Looking this over will help get you ready to look at some of the websites that have lists of Web 2.0 tools especially useful to schools.

Horizon report 2011

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Slide Share which is what you are viewing the Horizon Report on is a web tool that allows you to easily share power points and other presentations.  (Possibly no more flash drives at the last minute before a meeting!)

These websites are store houses for Web 2.0 Tools
Cool Tools for Schools
Internet 4 Classrooms
Top 20 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
Go 2 Web 2.0
Judy Brown Web 2.0
Discovery Education Web 2.0 Tools

Other Just for Fun Tools
Pod Casting Tools
Podscope - search engine for Pod Casts
Tech Soup article on how to record, edit and promote your Podcasts

Tagxedo - Another Word Cloud
JibJab - Sendable animated postcards

For your Excursion Island post first reflect on the Horizon Report. What do you see as the most important emerging technology that will influence schools?

Take some day trips into the Web 2.0 websites.  Choose one to really explore.  Why did you choose that one?  What turned you off to the others?  What are some of the Web 2.0 tools that you will try next year and why?

Take a look at some of the fun tools.  Play!  Do you see any application for these in your classroom? 

Do you know of any other tools you can share with everyone?  Put a link to the website in your post. 

What do you think of the SlideShare tool?  Would you share it with teachers and administrators?  What would the applications be for your teachers?
If you choose, upload a powerpoint to SlideShare and either embed it or share the link with us.