Ning allows you to set up your own social networking site, with a blog, comments, etc. We have set one up called ParkTechFACA2008. You can make the network private (invisible to others, and by invitation only). You can post photos and videos, create discussion groups and have blogs (each individual member has one). The administrator can preview and approve videos and photos before they are posted. This could be a good tool for a class to have discussions and share work.
The photo feature is very easy to use; it opens a window WITHIN THE NING PAGE that shows your computer's files on the left and you just drag and drop them into the upload area on the right. You can drag and drop multiple photos at once. You can tag photos as a group and individually before completing the upload. You can then create albums and filter them according to the tags.
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Wednesday, June 25, 2008
Second Life
I finally managed to get into Second Life. My avatar is Samira Quintessa. It took me about 30 minutes or so to do the tutorial and figure out how to get to ISTE Island (the home of the International Society of Technology in Education in Second Life). It's a lot like moving around in a video game. Lots to distract you. I'm planning to go back and see if I can attend some of the NECC (National Educational Computing Conference) sessions in Second Life next week.
Wiki Review Part 2
Continuing my wiki reviews...
eTouch Samepage (http://www.etouch.net): this is free up to 5 users, $100 a month for 1-20, and upward from there. As with some of the other business-oriented wikis, Samepage sets things up as "projects." The administrative and user interfaces are fairly straightforward and uncluttered. You can save the projects as PDFs or in rich-text format (RTF), which could be helpful for archiving work. This would not be good for a comprehensive homework or course page, however.
ScribbleWiki (http://scribblewiki.com) is free for 0ne user, $9.99/month for 2-10 users, and upward from there. It's a very traditional wiki interface. Does not seem to offer much in the way of layouts, extras such as photos, etc.
Seedwiki (http://www.seedwiki.com/) is ad-free but you have to pay a monthly fee to password protect, set restrictions, or use as a web-page builder. ($2.50/month for the password controls, $5.00/month for that as well as the ability to build web pages with the wiki). Probably not worth looking at any further.
Wetpaint (http://www.wetpaint.com) is free (but Google ad-ridden), allows you to make it private and allows control over who can edit the page. It has pre-made layout templates. It allows you to import addresses of people you want to invite from a variety of online sources such as Gmail or from your Outlook or Palm address book--very cool! It has a discussion forum and a photo gallery. It allows attachments (Word, Excel, PDFs, etc.) but there is a limit of 40 and the size for each is limited to 2 MB, not practical for videos or other multimedia besides photos. Very easy to use but probably not as comprehensive as one would like for a webpage or a course page.
eTouch Samepage (http://www.etouch.net): this is free up to 5 users, $100 a month for 1-20, and upward from there. As with some of the other business-oriented wikis, Samepage sets things up as "projects." The administrative and user interfaces are fairly straightforward and uncluttered. You can save the projects as PDFs or in rich-text format (RTF), which could be helpful for archiving work. This would not be good for a comprehensive homework or course page, however.
ScribbleWiki (http://scribblewiki.com) is free for 0ne user, $9.99/month for 2-10 users, and upward from there. It's a very traditional wiki interface. Does not seem to offer much in the way of layouts, extras such as photos, etc.
Seedwiki (http://www.seedwiki.com/) is ad-free but you have to pay a monthly fee to password protect, set restrictions, or use as a web-page builder. ($2.50/month for the password controls, $5.00/month for that as well as the ability to build web pages with the wiki). Probably not worth looking at any further.
Wetpaint (http://www.wetpaint.com) is free (but Google ad-ridden), allows you to make it private and allows control over who can edit the page. It has pre-made layout templates. It allows you to import addresses of people you want to invite from a variety of online sources such as Gmail or from your Outlook or Palm address book--very cool! It has a discussion forum and a photo gallery. It allows attachments (Word, Excel, PDFs, etc.) but there is a limit of 40 and the size for each is limited to 2 MB, not practical for videos or other multimedia besides photos. Very easy to use but probably not as comprehensive as one would like for a webpage or a course page.
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