CALL Collaboration Areas and Recommended Programs
I. Online CALL Collaboration Tools Instant Messaging/VoIP Tele-Conferencing Programs
COLLABORATIVE LEARNING COMMUNITIES FOR EDUCATORS:
We will be focusing our community networking efforts on established and dedicated sites geared towards educators. These free, established social networking projects can serve teachers well:
 WeCollaborate.com
Classroom 2.0
Edweb
Teachers.Net
PBS Teachers
BrainPop
We Are Teachers
Edmodo
ePals
BABBEL
Chat with live video.
Dimdim
Cross-platform 2-Way Video Chat (Pro & Enterprise only) - allows you to create your own video conference and online meeting classroom, for up to 20 participants, for free! There are no complicated downloads for the meeting participants and no expensive hosting packages for the teacher or school. Dimdim also includes all sorts of useful features for online language teachers like a whiteboard, one to one chat and group chat as well as other handy features like a shared desktop, PowerPoint and PDF file sharing.
Palabea.net
Tele-Collaborative program (Free Exchanges)
Teamness
TEAMNESS is a new and innovative online project collaboration platform. TEAMNESS's main features include task management, messages, file sharing, whiteboard, search engine, RSS and notifications. The service is completely web based free to use.
ConferenceXP
4 ways conference (Windows only, except Mac running Virtual VM)
ConferenceXP is licensed for non-commercial use, subject to the restrictions in the license.
E-Live.com
EvoGate
Cross-platform, for almost unlimited video conferencing
iChat
iChat AV is an AOL Instant Messenger (AIM), MobileMe, ICQ and XMPP client by Apple Inc. for their Mac OS X operating system. Using a Jabber-like protocol and Bonjour for user discovery, it also allows for LAN communication. iChat's AIM support is fully endorsed by AOL, and uses their official implementation of the AIM OSCAR protocol. Using a Jabber transport, iChat users may also integrate their MSN, Yahoo! and Google Talk contacts into the Jabber pane. Filled with over 300 features, iChat can turn any video chat into a special event for up to 10 users at a time! Video backdrops, Photo Booth effects, photo slideshows, Keynote presentations, even movies on your Mac - you can share it all using iChat. As of Mac OS 10.5, iChat bears the latest version of Apple's Aqua interface and uses speech bubbles and pictures that are meant to personify the online chatting experience.
Mindmeister
Best Online Collaboration Tools: MindMap by Robin Good
Collaborative Online Mind-Mapping
This Collaborative Map is a live editable map of over 150 of the best free and low-cost online collaboration tools available. This collaboration tools map has the objective of bringing together the most useful, free or low-cost technologies available online. Key Mind-Map online collaboration categories covered in the map include 150 technologies: VoIP - Instant Messaging Tools; Video Conferencing ; Screen-Sharing, Remote-Control; Web Conferencing; Co-browsing; Web Presenting; Workgrouping; File Sharing; Document Sharing and Wikis; Collaborative Document Reviewing; Collaborative Event Scheduling; Mind-Mapping; and Project Management.
IChat.com
4-way, for Mac only
Online collaboration news radar
Nicolo' Canali De Rossi (Kolabora.com)
NewMedia Recommendations from Kolabora n.127: Collaboration News Radars Latest Breaking News
OoVoo.com
All you can do using OoVoo.com Video-Chat Teleconferencing Tools
OoVoo Tutorial
The best free program for 2-3 users at a time!
Qik.com
Offers live streaming Video-Conferencing to your Mobile Phone device (Can set to private or public)
Sightspeed
Free 2-way, plus 4-way business 9-way available
The Best Online Video-Conferencing Tools
for Real-Time Collaboration.
The following sites are reviewed here:
Online Real-Time Web Applications
Chatterous
Chatmaker
Chatzy
Confabio
Flash Meeting
Talck
Talk Shoe
Tangler
Twiddla
Vawkr
Vyew
Yaplet
The Best Online Tools for Collaboration - NOT In Real Time
Larry Ferlazzos notes summarized.
The following sites are reviewed:
2collab
See Larry Ferlazzos notes here.
Dipity
See Larry Ferlazzos notes here.
Fliptrack
Fliptrack has a Friendship Slide Show feature that lets you jointly create slideshows, including music, with friends and family.
Google Docs
Google Docs provides online word processor that invites easy collaboration.
Google Maps
Google Maps has a neat feature so you can create maps with others. The fine blog Free Technology for Teachers has a nice video showing how it works.
Imagination Cubed
See Larry Ferlazzos notes here.
Kaltura
Kaltura is another site that seems to have some possibilities, though appears a little complicated to me. Its a collaborative video-creation site, and you can either modify videos that are already on the web, or ones that you upload.
Mixbook
Mixbook allows you create a slideshow with collaborators. It seems fairly similar to Fliptrack - without the music.
Panraven
See Larry Ferlazzos notes here.
Protagonize
Protagonize is going to be a wonderful site for student collaboration, but not until they create a feature that allows private groups to be created. The sites owner says thats going to be coming soon. The site allows you to write basically collaborate in writing choose your own adventure stories that take you on different paths. ESL teachers also call them Action Mazes.
Sketch Planet
See Larry Ferlazzos notes here.
Shutterfly
Shutterfly seems to have a special collaborative feature that allows you to make joint photobooks.
The Broth
Notes in Larry Ferlazzos blog.
WeBook
WeBook is an interesting new site that lets you create a topic and then invite people to share stories around the same subject. It looks simple and seems like it might have a lot of potential.
Zee Maps
Zee Maps is another simple tool for collaborative map creation.
Xmeeting
For Mac, Open-Source.
II. Foto & file-sharing or note-taking programs
Flickr Improves and Adds Video to Slide Shows
Flickr slide shows sure do make it easier to view all those images being shared on a given Flickr/Flickr stream, and the ability to do so has even spurred a healthy-sized third market from developers that offer Flickr slide show tools as well.
Flickr Adds Send to Friend Feature
III. Web Presentation Tools and Services for Visual Communication
Podcasting, Slideshare, Zoho, etc.
Edu-Cyberpg.com
Free Webpage Hosting Spaces with many servers.
Lynda.com
Professional Computer and Web Tools
Robin Goods Latest News RSS Feed Subscription
Robin Goods new POP video blog
Web Presentation Tools and Services for Visual Communication
The Best Mobile Social Networking/Videoconferencing Programs and Sites
(From Sharewood n115); Sharewood Guide Aug 18 08
Online Collaboration Tools - New Technologies and Web Services
Scribd.com
Offers free document sharing online.
The Best Websites
Includes Best Web 2.0 Ed Apps, ESL/EFL Sites, Language Learning Sites & Games, Social Studies, Election & Civics Sites, Economics and Job Sites, Life Skills, Online Project Creation & Presentation Sites, Writing, History and Reading Sites, Most Visually Engaging New Sites, Best Current Events, News and Today in History Sites.
IV. Social Networking Programs, Podcasts and Video Blogs
Joodo.com
Drive Money to Your Cause with Social Media
One of the most tangible ways to use social media to effect real world change is through fundraising. Social media provides foundations and individuals with a platform to increase interest in their cause. Web Content Strategies and Recent articles from other Robin Good Newsletters.
Zoho Launches Document Sharing Tool
Zoho has introduced a tool called Zoho Share that aggregates content from Zoho Writer, Zoho Sheet, and Zoho Show. The tool enables users to share, publish or embed their content in a blog, rate, bookmark, email documents or make them publicly accessible.
Yoono.com
Yoono.com integrates all major Chat Networks and Social Networking sites. Upload photos, tunes and videos or share relevant articles to groups of friends with similar interests. Profile & live friend updates.
Social Networking Tools Directory
V. Webtools and Web Content Strategies
Web-Tools and Collaboration Progams
(Best Advice from Robin Good)
WiZiQ
WiZiQ is a no-cost, synchronous online tool; hold group meetings, teach a class session, conduct a virtual study group, and much more.
WebSwami
Best Live Video Streaming Services Compared
Sharewood Guide
Newsmastering and News Radars
What Is Newsmastering and What Are News Radars?
RSS News Aggregation and Re-Publishing For Beginners
MasterViews Issue #239
Web Presentation Tools and Services For Visual Communication:
The Best from Sharewood n99
PowerPoint Tools and Presentation Design News
August 11th, 2008
Web Presentation Tools and Services for Visual Communication
The Best From Sharewood n115
Web Content Strategies
Masternewmedia.org
Best Live Video Streaming Services Compared
Sharewood Guide
MasterViews Issue #239: Online Collaboration News Radar - Latest Breaking News
Web Presentation Tools and Services for Visual Communication
The Best from Sharewood n108
PowerPoint Tools And Presentation Design News
September 18th, 2008
MasterMind Explorer Issue #274
Blog Topics and Bloggers Motivations: State of the Blogosphere 2008
Blog Trends and Statistics
The State of the Blogosphere 2008 - The Technorati Report
Online Collaboration Tools
New Technologies and Web Services - Sharewood Guide Sep. 22 08
Visual Communication And Video Publishing
Selected Tools and Web Services - Sharewood Guide Sep. 21 08
Media Literacy
Making Sense of New Technologies and Media
by George Siemens - Sep. 20 08
Information Overload
What It Is and How You Can Avoid It
The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education - 2007-2009
2009 Top Ten Web 2.0 Applications For Education included:
File2.ws
 PhotoPeach
Wallwisher
ProProfs
Screentoaster
Blerp
MapTrot
Babelwith.me
Note Pub
Sketchcast
Fur.ly
Google Voice
Gizmoz
Grapevine
Rooh It!
Chirbit
PinDax
DoInk
MapBuzz
PodOmatic
Flash Meeting
Yarp
Doodle
Hipero
Quizlet
Ediscio
Embedit.in
WeToku
Embedr
Strutta
BookRix
Toobla
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1. Using Electronic or Computerized Bilingual Dictionaries: portable, scanners, software, online.
