web+tools

=**MAKING YOUR OWN WEB PAGE**=

try the following links to help with your web page

wiki pd http://socialsoftware07.wikispaces.com/

http://www.wikispaces.com/site/tour#introduction

For advanced tutorials on how to add features to your userpage & create new pages [|MediaWiki tutorials] The [|WikiEducator] community supports users of MediaWiki &associated open source content creation projects. Retrieved from "http://nswlearnscope.com/wiki/index.php/Helplocal"

ONLINE - INTERNET / WEB

 * COMMUNICATION**

//CONFERENCING// [|Vyew] - collaborative desktop sharing and audio / video conferencing [|DimDim]- show presentations, applications and desktops, chat, show your webcam and talk with others [|Skype] - online audio / video calling / conferencing [|Yugma] - online conferncing tool with synchronous desktop, content and chat sharing with audio

SYNCHRONOUS PRESENTATIONS [|Discover-E] - Camera, audio, chat, presentation, live recording [|I-Vocalise] - chat, audio, live recording, whiteboard

//AUDIO / RENDERING / PODCASTING// [|Springdoo] - audio and video emails [|Odeo] - audio / podcasting feeds / storage podcastingwith onboard personalisation features [|Podomatic] - audio / podcasting feeds / storage with onboard personalisation features [|PrettyMay] - recording Skype sessions for later distribution [|Pamela] - recording Skype or other audio

[|LINK TO MICHAEL COGHLAN'S PODCASTING WORKSHOP]
//STORAGE// [|Box] - multi-media storage point

//VIDEO// [|Niceshorts] - video upload / share / distribute [|Google Video] - video upload / share / distribute [ //open web links// ] [|Blip.TV] - video upload / share / distribute - mobile enabled [|DFilm] - short video film production tool [|Revver] - vodcasting online - share video

//PLE//

[|ELGG] - __Educators personal learning environment.__


 * MANAGING**

//BOOKMARKING// [|Del.icio.us] - social bookmarking tool with feedcast and personalisation features [ //tagging, RSS feeds// ] [|Bibsonomy] - social bookmarking tools

//RSS / LINK / COMMENT TRACKERS// [|Technorati] - keeping track of who is reading who and a great blog search tool ( community )

//RSS READERS// [|Bloglines] - feed reader used to keep track of who I'm reading on the web [ //RSS, XML// ]


 * COMMUNITY BUILDING**

//SOCIAL NETWORKING// [|Explode] - ELGG community [|Facebook] - Network your profile and your interests [|Art Commissons] - Trade your creativity

GEOLOCATORS [|Frappr] - visual global location introduction and profile network [ //geolocation, maps, RSS// ]


 * PUBLISHING**

//Text / Imbedded Media - online// [|Blogger] - blog that allows template hacking and multiple PLE functionality [ //PLE, commenting, trackbacks ]// Wikispaces - wiki pages that allow multiple authorship and imbedded media [ //versions, discussion, RSS feeds// ] [|Edublogs] - blog integrated with Wikispaces [ //PLE, commenting, trackbacks// ] [|Dandelife] - collaborative social biography publishing

//Images / Imbedded media - online// [|moblog.co.uk] - multi-media PC / moblogging gallery [ //tagging, rating, posting, commenting// ] [|flickr] - multi-media PC moblogging gallery [ //tagging, rating, posting, commenting// ] [|bubbleshare] - multi-media PC or moblogging / audio gallery [ //tagging, rating, posting, commenting// ] http://www.masternewmedia.org/digital_imaging.htm

//Calendar - online// [|Google Calendar] - integrated web calendar [ //HTML, ICAL, XML// ] [|RSS Calendar] - integrated web calendar [ RSS, XML ]

//Presentation - Online// [|Slideshare] - online presentation sharing

//Syndication// [|Feedburner] - Managing RSS feeds and multi-media syndication [ //tagging, RSS feeds, blends// ]

//Start Pages// [|Protopage] - start page with personalisation features [ //RSS, webpage// ] [|Pageflakes] - start page with advanced personalisation features

//Publication - online// [|LuLu] - publish and print your online creations

REFERNCING [|Shelfari] - short note referencing tool that allows you to collect, tag, annotate and organise your reading references [|EndNoteWeb] - Search online, save web of knowledge, collect and organize references

3D ANIMATION [|Blender] - 3-dimensional open source creation tool


 * DISTRIBUTION**

=**OFFLINE**=


 * COMMUNICATING**

//Audio / Rendering / Podcasting Tools - PC//

[|Audacity] - Audio recording tool for podcasting and general editing [|Erightsoft Super] - Simplified universal player encoder and renderer. [|Juice] - podcast reciever

//Internet Telephony / VOIP//

[|Skype] - Integrated desktop - VOIP communication - PC-to-PC, PC-to-phone etc. ( internet telephony ) [|Gizmo Project] - Integrated desktop - VOIP communication - PC-to-PC, PC-to-phone etc. ( internet telephony ) [|Google Talk] - Integrated desktop - VOIP communication - PC-to-PC, PC-to-phone etc. ( internet telephony ) [|Ineen] - Integrated desktop - VOIP communication - PC-to-PC, PC-to-phone etc. ( internet telephony )


 * RECOMENDED** **OPERATING SYSTEMS**


 * Peter Shanks**

Ubuntu (operating system) Apache (web server) open office (word processing, spreadsheet, database and presentation) the gimp (image editing) swiftfox (web browser) gftp (ftp client) thunderbird (email) SciTE (programming editor) Screem (HTML/XML editor) MySQL (database) SPE (Stani's Python Editor) XVidCap (screen capture) VLC (media player) Audacity (audio editor)


 * Stephen Downes**

- Linux operating system (Ubuntu (eft), RedHat for my web server) - Open Office (word documents, slide presentations) - gedit (text editor) - Firefox (web browser) - Thunderbird (email reader) - Audacity (sound recording, editing) - gFTP (File Transfer) - Gnome Terminal (terminal access) - Apache (web server) - MySQL (database) - Perl and various Perl modules - Various server applications (email, ftp, etc)