The Opencast project actively engages the community to research and share best practices, develop case studies, and define user requirements for lecture/event capture, processing, archiving, distribution, and effective use of podcasting? for teaching and learning.
This is a fascinating article about how videogames teach Science, and how this process could be repurposed for the classroom. It also illustrates the power of online collaboration.
Open Source software for developing Multi-User Virtual Worlds.
Could this technology - social networking software - though not a new one anymore, help students connect with one another as well as experts across the world?
A surprising way that technology can promote social interaction, with a video of different ways that information can be presented in a museum setting.
Interesting (but, unfortunately, not free) web-based program that allows students and teachers around the world to add audio to shared images and videos, creating a kind of collaborative documentary slideshow. The link suggests some other great applications, like refining language skills or sharing strategies for math problem solving.
Ed.VoiceThread is a secure collaborative network designed for the K-12 academic environment. Using one simple tool, educators and students can collaborate around almost any tpe of media via voice, text, webcam and drawing commentary, all within a secure environment.
Interesting mix of online collaborative tools.
PBS Teachers Connect is an online community of teachers exchanging ideas, resources and instructional strategies on the integration of digital media and technology.