Telecollaboration: Create Your Own

NOTE - Most all of these places will require you to sign up for an account - but they should all be free!   We recommend using the same login and password for all of them so you remember.

E-mail, Listservs, & Threaded Discussions

email group - Yahoo Groups, or MSN groups

Threaded discussion - Nicenet (has other features, too), WorldCrossing

Blogs & Wikis

Blog - www.blogger.com, www.iblog.com

Wiki - www.pbwiki.com, wetpaint.com, wikispaces.com, www.seedwiki.com,

Chat Rooms & Instant Messaging

AIM Express (AOL Instant Messenging) - register for a screen name - then launch AIM Express to chat

Yahoo Groups has chat rooms

Virtual Places

You can add your own "office" to Tapped-In

Everyone is talking about language learning in Second Life

Adding Audio-Video

There are create from the beginning apps

and apps that will let you edit other people's files

Video Conferencing

Lots to try here! Tokbox.com, Skype,

Podcasting

How to Create Your Own Podcast - A Step-by-Step Tutorial from About.com

Create your own podcast by Rick Broida (C-Net Reviews)

Apple's GarageBand Support: Working with podcasting

MacWorld - Start your own Podcast: Create by Cyrus Farivar