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Tim Berners-Lee on the Semantic Web

The inventor of the World Wide Web explains how the Semantic Web works and how it will transform how we use and understand data.

From: http://www.technologyreview.com/

Web page creation

1. TiddlyWiki A popular free MicroContent WikiWikiWeb created by JeremyRuston and a busy Community of independent developers.
2. mobiSiteGalore Build your own Mobile Website in minutes FREE!
3. Xiclets A service for the creation of small web pages (xiclets) in a simple and fast manner.
4. Web tutorials at Lehigh University
5. With Word Build a web page with Microsoft Word
   
6. XTEC guidelines
7. University Carlos III guidelines
8. Button generator and library

How to Install Ubuntu

Ilustrating video tutorial showing an easy graphic interface

More video tutorials about Ubuntu: http://screencasts.ubuntu.com/

Encyclopedias

1. Wikipedia The free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
   
2. Virtual encyclopedia Educational encyclopedia created by the Grup de Didáctica i Multimèdia from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
3. Virtual community of professors Community of Teachers promoted by the Grup de Didáctica i Multimèdia from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
4. Catalan encyclopedia
5. Britannica
6. Larrousse encyclopedia

Organizing your classes

1. Pocket Evalúa A platform that works in a server, the goal of which is to facilitate the continuous evaluation process of the pupils in a daily and instantaneous way, as well as, to attempt that this information arrives in a fast and effective way to the members of the educational community.
2. Moodle course management system (CMS) - a free, Open Source software package designed using sound pedagogical principles, to help educators create effective online learning communities.
3. Moodle tutorial
4. Moodle for learners
   
5. Intraweb Education centers Drupal version
   
6. Drupal A free software package that allows an individual or a community of users to easily publish, manage and organize a wide variety of content on a website.

Research workshop

1. Research works
   
2. Research works about free software
3. Subjects proposed by the University Politècnica de Catalunya
4. Making web pages
   
5. About teaching resources
6. GNU/Linux server setup
   
7. About thermal solar energy
8. Referencencite - academic referencing resource

Blogging

1. MyBlogLog Enables you to track that last little bit of information about your website
   
2. http://bitacoles.cat A tool to promote the community of Catalan blogs, and so promote Catalan in the net.
3. http://blogspot.com The pioneer (without limit)
4. WordPress The Rolls Royce of the blogs, and open source.
   
5. TiddlyBlog RSS-enabled blog tool, included in a single html file. No server required. TiddlyWiki powered.
   
6. Eduspaces A social network set up for those interested in all aspects of Education. (Actually closed)
   
7. 10 minimalist blogs worth checking out (Actually offline)
   

Updated Nov.2010

Dictionaries

1. Wiktionari The free dictionary that anyone can edit.
   
2. DACCO Open Source English Catalan Dictionary
   
3. Institute of Catalan Studies Official Dictionay
   
4. Termcat Catalan Institute of Terminology
   
5. Great Dictionary of the Catalan Language
6. Diccionarios.com Site of the Publishing company Larousse, which publishes dictionaries, encyclopedias and other works of reference with the brands Larousse, Harrap's and Vox.

Online translation

1. Translator - Gencat The Automatic Translation Service of the Generalitat allows to translate online short texts and web pages.
2. Opentrad Spanish -> Catalan / Valencian and Catalan / Valencian Spanish, Spanish -> Galician and Galician -> Spanish, Spanish -> -> Basque
3. Softcatalà
4. Internostrum
5. Cervantes institute Interactive translation service
6. Google Translator
   
7. AltaVista - Babelfish
8. El País Spanish daily newspaper
   
9. El Mundo Spanish daily newspaper
10. Wordlingo The free translator has a limit of 150 words
11. Babylon - Free online translation
    

Web hosting

1. 1 GB: http://box.net Powerfully simple online file storage
2. Boomp3 Free unlimited audio hosting
   
3. 500MB: http://www.4shared.com/
4. 100MB ¹: http://googlepages.com
5. With PHP at XTEC (Phobos)
6. Free hosts comparative: http://www.free-webhosts.com
7. Photos (100MB to the month): http://flickr.com
1. Fotolog: http://fotolog.com (1 daily photo)
8. Video (100MB or 10 min. video): http://youtube.com
1. Blip.TV 1GB for video and sound
   
9. Mail (2GB): http://gmail.google.com
10. Others: http://archive.org
11. http://mediafire.com (without limit nor registration)
12. Lynksee Create your blog, personal page, community forums, photo albums, your Wiki, etc., fast, easy and free!(Obsolete, for months that ended)
13. eyeOS A new concept of Open Source web Operating System, where you can customize your system to fit exactly your needs.

1) Google currently also offers web hosting, blog and mail with your own domain, in addition to other extras, as customized start page, shared calendar, shared agenda and mail, mail lists,…(Note: The pages no longer allows to upload HTML files!)

Wikis

1. Wikis, in Plain English What are wikis plain video
   
2. TiddlyWiki A popular free MicroContent WikiWikiWeb created by JeremyRuston and a busy Community of independent developers.
3. TiddlySpot PHP powered TiddlyWiki and hosting
4. PBWiki free
   
5. Wikispaces Create simple web pages
   that groups, friends, and families
   can edit together
6. JotSpot (Paying wiki)
   
7. Wikimatrix Wiki software comparison charts
   
8. MediaWiki Wikipedia software
   

Teaching resources

1. iEARN International Education and Resources Network
2. OpenLearn LabSpace Educational Resources
3. BBC/Open University TV and Radio programmes on the web
4. Spanish UNED Open Course Ware
   
5. Spanish Education Office
   
6. University of Murcia online teaching resources
   
7. NASA page about technology
8. Webquests Selection of activities oriented towards the reasearch in which part or all the information with which students interact come from resources of Internet.
9. Resource Teaching Centers
10. UOC Free materials (Catalonia Open University)
    
11. DiM (Didactics and Multimedia) research group
    
12. Xtec
13. Open school
14. Virtual Notebooks Library
    
15. Online course papers
16. Genmagic Multimedia learning applications creation.
17. Learning Based on Problemas (PBL)
18. MIT OpenCourseWare
    

Screencast

(prepare your own teaching videos)

1. AVI Screen Classic An application for capturing screen activity in the form of AVI video or bitmap images. Beside the usual options defining the capture area, AviScreen has a unique feature called “follow the cursor”. Win only.
   
2. CamStudio Record all screen and audio activity on your computer and create industry-standard AVI video files and using its built-in SWF Producer can turn those AVIs into lean, mean, bandwidth-friendly Streaming Flash videos (SWFs). Win only.
   
3. Camtasia Studio Easily record your screen to create compelling training, demo, and presentation videos … without ever leaving your desk. SCORM 1.2 compliance. Win only
   
4. Gadwin Print Screen Want to create a screenshot suitable for saving or printing? Then just hit a key on your keyboard. Win only.
   
5. Hyper Cam Video capture software that records AVI movies (screencam) directly from your monitor, for software presentations, software training, demos, tutorials, and fun. Win only.
   
6. Macromedia Captivate
7. MWsnap
8. Powerbullet Presenter Easy drag and drop interface helps you create Flash multimedia presentations. Win only
   
9. Screenography Easy program to capture your screen to various image, movie and Flash formats. Useful for creating tutorials, training videos/CDs and demonstrations. Mac only
   
10. Snapz Pro and Snapz Pro X Captures pull-down menus, dialog boxes, still screens, animations, video, or game sequences. Win/Mac
    
11. Tapefailure Records sites we are navigating to be reproduced later. OS independent.
    
12. Wink
13. ZapGrab

Source

Reading books

1. Wikibooks The open-content textbooks collection
   
2. Youthful Literature Catalogue
3. The digital Bookcase
4. Gutenberg Project The first producer of free electronic books (ebooks)
5. Open Library
6. Google Books
   
7. Manybooks Handheld books
8. Plucker Books
9. Virtual Cervantes
10. Libros.cat
11. Amazon

Others

1. PalmCAT Catalan handheld software and content
   
2. Adult Learning Resource Center
   
3. Classroom Violence
   
4. Electricity and Electronics
5. Technology Workshop
   
6. Lesson proposals for the technology classroom (Xtec SAV)
7. Legal responsibility, education and TIC

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