Ed Tech

These are links from my conference presentation last week at “Celebrating Technology”. There are three categories of free, useful websites for teachers: Google applications, sharing sites, and meeting people sites. These are some great gems.

Google

Gmail
http://mail.google.com
2.8 GB of free email and storage space.

Gspace
https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/1593/
Use your Gmail space for file storage.

Google Earth
http://earth.google.com/
Browse the earth through satellite imagery.

Google Docs
http://docs.google.com
Collaborate & design a document online

Share

Flickr
http://www.flickr.com
Backup & share photos.

Pando
http://www.pando.com
Let’s friends download huge files from you.

Paypal
http://www.paypal.com
Accept anyone’s credit card.

Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Collective knowledge

Yelp
http://www.yelp.com
Real People. Real Reviews.

Meet

Skype
http://www.skype.com/download/skype/macosx/downloading.html?download=Download+now
Chat with others for free.

Basecamp
http://basecamphq.com/
Online task software and project collaboration.

LinkedIn
http://www.linkedin.com
Professional networking.