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Google Apps. I have used Google Calendar for a few years now. It is a great app that we use to keep our family organized. It was good to learn about all the other Google apps as well. I have already used Google Docs. As a soccer coach of my son's Pre K soccer team I sent out a list in Word 07. Some people could not open it so I uploaded to Google docs and sent it out. Everyone could then open it. I can see using this quite a bit in school as a communication tool with parents and others.

Wiki. I did not know much about Wikis when we started as is probably evident in my Wiki work. I liked it much more then I thought I would and I could see myself using it in the future. As a Special Education teacher I am not sure what my role will be but I can see it as a good communication tool for the classroom and with parents.

Podcast. I can see giving a student a podcast to learn something they have missed or using it to differentiate instruction for a student that has anxiety about doing public speaking.

Gutenberg Project. This looks like a great resource for Special Education I will be using it and getting to know it better. It will be a great way to differentiate instruction.

Jeopardy Labs. I have a template made in Power Point that is Jeopardy that I have used for years. Jeopardy Labs looks so much more robust and I love to use Jeopardy as a learning and review tool.

Xtranormal. I really enjoyed making an xtranormal. I am sure students will also enjoy making one as a project. It seems like a great way to change up the way students learn and communicate information and a great way to differentiate instruction.

Snagfilms. It will be a great resource for documentaries. In Special Education we work on transition skills in higher grades so being able to go to this site to find documentaries on different ideas will be very useful.

Animoto. I theme I have said over and over again is differentiation. This is another site that can be used to differentiate instruction in special education.

Class Timer. This will be a great tool. We use timers when working with Autistic and DCD students to stay on task and being able to pull up a timer and putting it on the projector seems like a great way to use this tool.

Delicious. I have hard time working on other computers then my own. I guess I am very anal that way. My wife could give you a list of other things I am anal about. Delicious will let me save my bookmarks so when I am working on another computer it will not be as foreign as it could be and maybe I will actually get use to it.