...with educational connections, of course.


There are an ever growing number of great Web 2.0 technologies and services these days. Even with RSS subscriptions to TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb, Feedmyapp, etc. it’s difficult to be aware of all the great stuff that’s out there. However, collectively we are familiar with a large number of useful resources. These kinds of technologies commonly have very low learning curves and can be described and understood in minutes.

We're going to take advantage of all the distributed knowledge in the IDT 7078 Learning Community and occasionally have gigantic sessions of speed demos (3 minute show and tells) and learn about some of the best resources out there. Let’s have a Web 2.0 Smackdown!

Are you unfamiliar with a Web 2.0 Smackdown? No worries, most people are. Let me explain…

Rules and Organization

• Choose one of your favorite Web 2.0 tools or social technologies and be willing to quickly demo it for the group.
• Provide a quick demonstration of the tool and share ways that it can be used with teaching and learning.
  
• Each demo is allowed a maximum of 3 minutes. Finish in under the time limit or face the Smackdown!
• Warning: This is fast and violent — Thus the term SMACKDOWN!!!! The goal is to involve as many people as possible and learn about as many new resources as possible.

Virtual Participants
Everyone is welcome to participate and present. Virtual members of our learning community can connect with us via Skype, Oovoo, etc. to present your favorite Web 2.0 tools and services.

Related Resources

• SocialCamp Memphis Smackdown
  
• EduBloggerCon's Web 2.0 Smackdown
• IDT 7078 Diigo Group
• Dr. Mims' Bookmarks Tagged as 2.0

Presenter	Technology	Wii	iPod/iPhone
Clif Mims	Posterous
Donna	Ning
Amanda	Weebly
Amanda	Google Apps
Kristy	Evernote		Yes
Kristy	Animoto		Yes
Jennifer	Vocaroo
Jennifer	Visual Thesaurus
Angela	Twit Paint
Angela	VoiceThread
Angela	Google Maps, Streetview
Clif Mims	AudioBoo (Website, App Store)		Yes
Amanda	Dial2Do
Clif Mims	Playing oppenents on nearby devices, online, via AOL IM		Yes
Clif Mims	Shazam (Website, App Store)		Yes
Linda??	??
Jennifer	Capzles, Classtools, Tuxpi, Pixton, Write4.net
Clif Mims	VideoSurf and WingClips
Clif Mims	Hoopler (View My Hoop, Follow My Hoop's RSS)
Clif Mims	Diigo Groups
Paul	Mixbook
Durff	Instapaper
Jennifer	Footnote, Yaca Paca, and Mash Face
Jennifer	Raylit, neoK12, and Quizlet
	Link checker (firefox add-on) Jamendo.com wolframalpha
Clif Mims	Wink
Clif Mims	Compfight - Search Flickr for Creative Commons licensed images
Kristy	Viddler, Qik, Screentoaster, Fliggo
Clif Mims	National Geographic Video, TroopTube
Amanda	Jing