Web+2.0+Tools+Video+Tutorials

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 * Using Wikis**

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 * No, this is not a shameless plug for Wikispaces; this is a sincere recommendation. Wikispaces provides people with a completely free and easy way to create wikis. A wiki is an open-source tool which can act as a sort of online encyclopedia or guide. The scope of a wiki can be broad, like Wikipedia, or narrow, like [|Wookiepedia]. The Wikispaces interface can either dumb down the editing process to better suit a less techno-savvy audience, or leave literally an entire wiki's code completely open for manipulation at the hands of those who have taken an HTML class or two. Honestly, the possibilities are endless.

__**Podcasts**__


 * Making a podcast is a very tedious thing, but it definitely pays off. Podcasts enable you to broadcast whatever media you choose to the entire world, such as video files, audio files, or Word documents.

__**Blogger**__

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 * Signing up for Blogger enables you to create a blog in a fast and simple way. Teachers and students can use a website like Blogger to help keep up on class-related events, and even assignments.
 * Adding photos and videos to your blog posts can make your entries exponentially more interesting than simply posting a wall of text and snide humor. Keep in mind that this typical rule of thumb works in vice versa, as well. Just a post with videos or photos bores people; they need some details before just go and watch a video of a guy getting hit in the face with a shovel.
 * Adding widgets like polls and surveys can help in giving your audience a voice. It makes them feel as if they have a say in things, and that their opinions matter. As such, adding polls and surveys is definitely a great way to lie to your viewers.

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 * RSS Feeds via Bloglines

__**Ning**__

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 * Ning is basically a way for teachers and students to use a social network without the awkward ability to post and say vulgar things without any repercussions, a startling behavior almost indigenous to social networks like Facebook and Myspace. Signing up is just as easy as anything else, and that is why the next video doesn't even need audio. Honestly, it takes 30 seconds.

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 * With Ning, you can post both photos and videos to your network if you have the proper permission to do so. Now, this feature is one with a hidden benefit, since most people don't seem to realize how one can inspire a deep discussion through even the most shallow form of media. A teacher could post a picture of a cat in a business suit, and then proceed to ask students about whether they think the cat is male or female. The teacher can then segue into a discussion of gender roles, and all the sudden you have a legitimate form of educational banter.


 * Posting blogs on Ning functions exactly like Blogger, minus the ability to directly insert photos and videos into posts. These blogs can still be used for discussions like the ones mentioned above, though. There is seriously no limit to what you can do with this Ning website.

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 * Adding events can help inform your peers, students, or minions of some upcoming social gathering or assignment. The process is self-explanatory.

__**Classroom 2.0**__

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 * Signing up for Classroom 2.0 //**(IT TAKES DAYS, and in my case weeks, TO HAVE YOUR REGISTRATION APPROVED)**//

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 * Forums


 * Blogging

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 * Joining groups introduces you to an entire