3.++Web+2.0+Tools

** Between now and Rural Congress, you may want to experiment with some of these or other useful Web 2.0 Tools. Click on the Discussion Tab above and post your reply. **  Animoto turns photos, videos and music into unique video pieces.

Audacity is a free audio editor and recorder.

Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online to create colourful mind maps.

[|Edublogs] we have an Edublogs account set up for Rural Congress. You should have the information in your email.  Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application. Flickr allows you to upload, edit, organize and share pictures.

[|One True Media**] allows you to create videos using still pictures or video clips. Accepts most formats.

Polldaddy allows you to quickly set up a survey or poll and start collecting responses immediately.

[|Slideshare] allows you to create slide shows.

[|Skype] If you have a Skype account, this is a great way for us to stay in communication between now and Congress.

[|Voicethread] Easy to set up your own account - Super easy to upload images or PPT files and then do voiceover commentary.

Wikipedia is a free encyclopedia built collaboratively using wiki software.

Wikispaces is a wiki hosting service. A Wiki is a webiste that is easy to create and edit. It works well for creating a collaborative website.

Wordle generates "word clouds" from text that you provide.

Youtube We have a YouTube account wet up for our use at the Rural Education Congress

Click here for an interesting website about how to tell the same story using various Web 2.0 tools.