iGoogle is a personalized start-up, or homepage. It allows one to customize a web browser by adding web feeds and gadgets. A mini product tour is available here:
In order to personalize a page, first create a Google Account beginning at the Google Accounts Page.
Google Apps contains free web applications and allows one to customize a domain name for use with a particular organization or group of people. Applications include Gmail, Google Calendar, Talk, Docs and Sites. The Education Edition is free.
ATI2008 Documents and Resources
- How to Get Coaching and Schedule a Workshop
- The Good, Bad, and Ugly of the Modest Tech Project
- How to Use Google Docs
- How to Use Blogger
- How to Publish to Blogger from Google Docs
- How to Use seedwiki
- How to Use Page Creator
- How to Use Jing
- How to Use iGoogle
- How to Use del.icio.us
- How to Upload Video
- Richardson Article
ATI2008 Tech Resources
- Audacity: "The Free, Cross-Platform Sound Editor"
- BluWiki: Websites for the People
- Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies' Directory of Free eLearning Tools
- DivShare: Free Online Storage for Videos, Photos, Music, and Documents
- Flip: Online Flipbook
- Foxmarks: Free Firefox Add-on to Sync Bookmarks across Computers
- Foxmarks: Free Firefox Add-on to Sync Bookmarks across Computers
- Free Online Software: A Compendium
- Jing: Free Screen Shots (Images, Video, Sharing)
- KnightCite: Tracy's Favorite Citation Generation Site
- LearnHub: An Educational Social-Networking Site
- Lulu: Self-Publishing (Online and Print)
- LunarPages: Free Web Hosting for Educators
- Make Textbooks Affordable: Free Online and Printable College Textbooks
- Meet-O-Matic: Free Meeting-Planning Software
- MyStudiyo: Create Quizzes for Blogs and Websites
- Ning: A Social Networking Site
- PageFlakes: An Online RSS Feed Album
- PBWiki for Educators
- PHP List: A Free Open-Source Newsletter Manager
- Podcast: "The Ultimate Podcast Collection"
- Shutterfly: An Online Photo Album
- SiteMeter: Free Visitor Counter
- Skype: Online Conference Calling
- Sound Studio: Easy Recording and Editing Sound Free (Lengthy) Trial
- SurveyMonkey: The Simple Way to Create Online Surveys
- TappedIn: The Online Workplace of an International Community of Education Professionals
- The Cutest Blog on the Block (Backgrounds, Pretties)
- Tokoni: A Storytelling and Story-Posting Website
- Twitter: A Free Networking System for Instant Activity Updates
- VoiceThread: Free Accounts for K12 Educators
- Wikispaces for teachers
- Wordle: A Game for Generating Word Clouds
For Your Reading Pleasure
For Your Edification (and Amusement)
- FreeRice: Educational Charitable and Vocabulary Game
- Frog Leap Puzzle: Are You Smarter than a Second Grader?
- Judson Laipply's "The Evolution of Dance"
- Taylor Mali's "The Impotence of Proofreading"
- Taylor Mali's "What Do Teachers Really Make?"
- The Merchants of Cool: A Report on the Creators and Marketers of Popular Culture for Teenagers
- Type Racer: Practice Typing, Compete, and Read Lit--All at the Same Time
- Virtual Bubble Wrap
