BP3_youtube or Ted?

The web 2.0 I'm choosing to research this month is Youtube or TED.  I recently signed up for a Youtube account to share some of my students movie projects.  I think it's an amazing web 2.0 tool and I want to continue using it for educational proposes. I also love listening to TED, I have been using it since March 2010 for my classes and now for EMDT. I have recently signed up to TED and have found it to be very useful for my students because they can listen and read a TED speech as many times as they want.  Furthermore, it's easy for me to create activities from each speech using the four language skills: reading, writing, listening, and speaking. I also thought it would be a great idea to have them translate some of the TED speeches since it allows volunteers to translate a script in any language.  Overall, both are a great educational tool, but I'm still deciding.

http://www.youtube.com/user/nereydavalle1

http://www.ted.com/

BP2_igoogle Screen Shots

I have been having igoogle has my home page for awhile now; however, I never really paid attention to the tabs option or the gadgets you can add.  I'm loving it more and more, and am an even bigger fan of igoogle! 

igoogle Home page. 

                                      

FSO tab

AR/CBL tab

ETC tab

BP1_Google Reader

ePals
I'm following this site in my Google Reader because it's a site designed to connect classrooms or people who want to practice a different language through projects.  ePals is connecting classes all around the world and makes learning a different language with other native speakers around the world more exciting.  This upcoming school year I will be using this program with my students, so I will either create a project or collaborate in one.

TED
I'm following this site because it's full of amazing talks by remarkable people and I have used this site many times for my ESL classes.  I like how many presentations are translated in many languages and have an interactive transcript, which is useful for my students reading and listening comprehension, and conversation. 

Apple Learning Interchange
I'm following this great Apple site for educators.  Here they have exchanged lesson plans and ideas using the Mac software.  There are lessons plans for all grade levels and subjects. It's amazing what people have done in their classes with a Mac and itouch/ipod.