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What are the most important internet technologies for for educators to be aware of and informed about?:

-         Video and podcasting. One of the most widely adopted internet technologies for use in instructional settings is video streaming.

-         Presentation tools can be used by students for reports and presentations (from simple Powerpoint slides to multimedia timeline tools like Vivox and so on).

-         Collaboration and brainstorming tools include thought-organizing tools like mindmap and bubbl.us and collaborative tools like web based interactive white boards and Google Documents.

-         Blogs and blogging – comfortable, quick and easy internet technologies but only for users who are well aware of it.

-         Wikis allow to create free wiki web sites, also to use wikis for educational applications.

-         Social Networking. All educators should have a basic understanding of sites like Facebook and My Space and how they are used? And to be aware of the protecsional networking site LinkedFn.

-         IM aggregator site Meebo allows user to combine messaging from Aim, Yahoo, My Space, Facebook and other sites.

-         Twitter is realy focused on technologies, not specific applications.

-         Virtual Worlds is one of a number of competive technologies abd provides a “universe” dedicated to education that has been popular  with educators.

-         RSS Feeds allows users to create their own “push” data streams.