Personal communication tools

iPad: www.apple.com/ipad - bigger than an iPhone
Blackberry: www.blackberry.com - email and phone
Yahoo Messenger: messenger.yahoo.com - 1 or a few
Skype: www.skype.com - voice and video for 1 or a few

Group communication

Facebook: www.facebook.com
Yahoo groups: groups.yahoo.com - email, photos, files
Google groups: groups.google.com - group communication
Nicenet: www.nicenet.org - online discussion - text only (no viruses!)
Voxopop: www.voxopop.com - online discussion by voice (recorded)

Communication in the "cloud"

Twitter: www.twitter.com - short and quick
Blogger: www.blogger.com - chronological ideas and comments by others
Wiki/website with Google Sites: sites.google.com - one author or many

Keeping up with the news

Facebook wall
iGoogle: www.google.com/ig - your personal collection of news
CNN: www.cnn.com - text, video
World newspapers: www.world-newspapers.com

Media choices

YouTube: www.youtube.com - 10 minute limit; global audience
Vimeo: www.vimeo.com - can set permissions to view
Podcasts with Podomatic: www.podomatic.com - free site
Audacity: audacity.sourceforge.net - create recordings easily

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