I must admit it, I bought my car using Craigslist last month. I also enjoy using Pandora. Each person in our family has our own “radio station” set up, we have a few for different moods (sometimes we want calm background music, and other times we want to dance like crazy in the living room). I had not thought of these two site as web 2.0 technology. I am more hip than I think I am!
This week I tried out Mango in order to brush up on my French, since I will be teaching an enrichment course in French at the end of the month. I liked the first lesson. I may share it with my students. I signed up for a free account. However, with each move you make, Mango asks if you want to upgrade your account (not free). This makes it difficult to move from one lesson to another. The lessons were geared toward business travelers.
Another site I tried this week that was not on list is Dabbleboard. This is a free Smart Board-like drawing and sharing application. It was easy to use for webbing. I like that multiple users can edit the same drawing simultaneously. I want to try this with kids. We could make a genre map with this, or even diagram strategies to choose a good book. I have not tried printing yet! We do not have a Smart Board at school, but this has a few of the features.
I hope to continue to try out some of the other tools in this amazing list. Furl looks interesting as compared to Delicious, but I need more time to play.
