Before the workshop

Here are some sites where you should try to create accounts before the start of the workshop

Gmail 

A Gmail account gives access to a wide range of Google products, freely available and especially suited to education, including:

• http://docs.google.com 
• http://groups.google.com/ 
• http://blogger.com  
• http://youtube.com  

Yahoo 

A Yahoo account grants access to

• http://delicious.com (alternatively, many prefer http://diigo.com )
• http://groups.yahoo.com  
• http://flickr.com  

Posterous 

A Posterous account lets you

• join http://erzincancalling.posterous.com 
• or create your own 

Back-channels

Here are some software sites that students and teachers can use to contact one another at any time during a course, during or between online or face-to-fact classes

• A Skype account for Skype Group chat 
• An Edmodo account for back channel chat, and communities
• Create an account (as a student if you're a student) 
• Join the group named: erzincancalling
• CODE: p2y4pw 
• Twitter, of course, for
• https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/erzincancalling 
• https://twitter.com/#!/search/realtime/erzincancalling  
• Wallwisher
• http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/erzincancalling 

Other useful sites and tools 

These sites and tools can be used for gathering and disseminating information online during a course

• http://scoop.it or Storify http://storify.com for curating links in an attractive way on a topic
• http://slideshare.net for posting PowerPoint slides to a vibrant social network, with voice option
• http://jingproject.com and http://screenr.com for screen capture and screencasting, with online hosting
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ records sound from mic or sound card with extensive editing tools 
• Etherpad clones
• Here's a list from Jan 2011: http://www.quora.com/What-are-the-currently-available-free-EtherPad-clones 
• Clones reviewed May 2010: http://news.cnet.com/8301-27076_3-20004686-248.html