- Microblogging - for messages 140 characters or less. Curriculum ideas! 

Search Engines:

Twitter Visualization Tools:

File Sharing:

Analytic Tools:

Automation:

Backchanneling:

Archiving:

Annotation:

Other Tools:


- Set up your own microblogging community. Curriculum ideas! Students under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
- Edmodo is a private microblogging platform that teachers and students can use to send notes, links, files, alerts, assignments, and events to each other. Curriculum ideas! 
- Twitter-like private microblogging platform for schools.
- Video Microblogging - 12 seconds maximum Curriculum ideas!Students under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
- Create an internet chat room on the fly and share the link with people you want to chat with.
- Combination online whiteboard and chat room.  Moderator can also conduct a web tour.
- Online forum discussion site.  Has potential for backchanneling.Students
under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
- helps you embrace the backchannel and connect with your audience in realtime. Students
under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.
- lets you create conversations on the fly, in meetings, watching TV, during class, on the train, anywhere and anytime.
- Create embeddable chat rooms for live blogging or backchannel discussions.Students
under 13 must have parent permission to use this tool.

URL Shortening Services:

- URL shortening service that also allows you to upload and distribute files
- Turn lengthy URLs into short ones
- Turn lengthy URLs into short ones
- URL Shortener that lets you password protect the link
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