District Recommended Social Computing Sites
While the X District recommends the following sites, it does not guarantee all of the content found on the sites may not be found objectionable by any person. Parents, teachers, educators and students are urged to notify a teacher or parent of any material found that is objectionable.
District recommended blogging site - Blogger (www.blogger.com) and WordPress (http://wordpress.com/) and Edublogs (http://edublogs.org)
District recommended micro-blogging site - Twitter (http://twitter.com)
District recommended wiki sites - PBWORKS (http://pbworks.com) and Wikispaces (www.wikispaces.com)
District recommended social bookmarking site: delicious (http://delicious.com) and Diigo (http://www.Diigo.com)
Distirct recommended sites for podcast posting - Blogger (www.blogger.com)
District recommended recording programs - Audacity (Windows) & GarageBand (Mac)
District recommended computer-to-computer calling program: Skype (www.skype.com) (Approval required)
Other District Approved Social Media Programs
- Ning (http://www.ning.com/) - create you own social network
- Google Docs - documents, presentations, spreadsheets and forms. Requires Gmail account. (http://docs.google.com)
- LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com) - professional networking site
- VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com/) - digital storytelling using images and voice capture online
- SimplyBox (http://simplybox.com) - Share screencaptures, organized as you want, with friends (Should this go in the social bookmarking category?)
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