Emerging Technologies for use in Real World and Second Life

Free or almost free emerging technologies for educators and students that was published by the brilliant Bill Burkett.

• http://docs.google.com share and interact with large documents
• http://www.yackpack.com connect voice groups
• http://www.freeconferencecall.com setup and run free conference calls
• http://www.audacity.com free audio editing software for use with podcast
• http://www.fraps.com free video editing software for use with vodcast
• http://www.vyew.com Free Breeze type sessions using voice, video, presentations
• http://pbwiki.com Free Wiki
• http://blogspot.com Free Blogs
• http://www.youtube.com Post your vidoes free
• http://www.skype.com World wide free VOIP
• http://www.zipgenius.it Excellent free archiving tool that reads & writes all formats

Instant Messaging:

• http://www.msn.com/defaultc.aspx IM Messenger - Free text messaging
• http://www.yahoo.com/ Yahoo Messenger - Free text messaging
• See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instant_message for a complete listing
• http://www.ceruleanstudios.com/ Manage all IM and Skype type connections with one software - Trillion
• http://www.gmail.com - Google text and email - Free
• http://www.hotmail.com - Hotmail text and email - Free
• http://www.yahoo.com - Yahoo text and email - Free

Virtual Worlds:

• http://www.secondlife.com A virtual world
• http://www.there.com A virtual world
• http://www.whyville.com A highly acclaimed children’s oriented virtual world
• http://www.virtualworldsreview.com/ A compendium of many available virtual worlds
• http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/08/05/virtual-world-hangouts-so-many-to-choose-from/ A compendium of many available virtual worlds

Alternative Internet Browsers:
http://www.apple.com Safari
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/ Foxfire

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