Growing Connections in a Networked World
Outline and Resources
Communication and media sources
Skype: www.skype.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com
Yahoo Messenger: messenger.yahoo.com
Kindle: available from Amazon.com and elsewhere
iPad: www.apple.com/ipad
Blackberry: www.blackberry.com
iGoogle: www.google.com/ig
CNN: www.cnn.com
World newspapers: www.world-newspapers.com
Twitter: www.twitter.com
Yahoo groups: groups.yahoo.com
Internet statistics
Number of IP addresses: www.bgpexpert.com/addressespercountry.php
Number of websites, from Netcraft: news.netcraft.com/archives/2009/ 01/16/january_2009_web_server_survey.html
Number of new websites daily: www.domaintools.com/internet-statistics
Sources of information
TESOL Technology Standards: www.tesol.org/techstandards
RSS feeds and Google Reader: reader.google.com
Nik's Technology Blog: nikpeachey.blogspot.com
Larry Ferlazzo's Blog: larryferlazzo.edublogs.org
Sources of community
Webheads in action: www.webheadsinaction.org
Electronic Village Online: evosessions.pbworks.com
E-Teacher courses: umbc.uoregon.edu/eteacher
Building Teaching Skills Through the Interactive Web: umbc.uoregon.edu/eteacher/webskills
Shaping the Way We Teach English: oelp.uoregon.edu/shaping.htm
