Week 9

You Tube: Hosts user-generated videos and includes network and professional content i.e. it
is a video sharing website where users can upload, view and share video clips. Its a great way for social networking as well.
Check out the Google video of Spores from Machinima.

A podcast is a series ofdigital media files, which are distributed over the Internet using Syndication feeds for playback on portable media players and computers. The term podcast, like broadcasts, can refer either to the series of content itself or to the method by which it is syndicated; the latter is also called podcasting. The author of a podcast is often called a podcaster.

A podcast is simply an audio -- and sometimes a video -- recording made available online. The word is a combination of the words "broadcast" and "iPod," Apple's MP3 player. But, don't let the word "pod" throw you; you don't need an iPod or even an Apple to listen to existing podcasts, or to make your own.
Currently, there are three types of podcasts:
A basic podcast contains only audio and is the easiest to create and listen to.
An enhanced podcast has both audio and slides (like a narrated PowerPoint presentation on the Web).
A vodcast (or video podcast) contains video and audio and is the most difficult to create and view.

I also went through the itunes and podcast.com and podcastalley.com

I also checked out Kids Podcasts.com :
Kids podcasts and family podcasts that including stories and entertainment for families along with parenting advice. At podcast.com, we've got everything from stories to put the young ones to bed, stories to keep the family enraptured, family-friendly radio broadcasting, and parenting advice. Grab a slice and enjoy!

All About the Mouse Disney podcast
At The Cinema's Podcast
Beyond Main Street Video Podcast
Bringing Disneyland Home
D-History - Disney

Week 8

Well! at first I thought that my journey with web 2 was over,but I have finally decided to complete it .Anyway, today I was looking at Google doc as well as Zoho writer .

Zoho writer is an great tool for the following application:

Online Word Processor - Write • Share • CollaborateA tool to create documents, edit them your way, and share with anyone
Access from anywhereAccess, edit, share documents from anywhere.
Create and edit documents your wayCreate, edit and re-format documents using our WYSIWYG editor.
Collaborative editing of documentsAllow multiple users to work on a document simultaneously.
Load your existing documentsImport Microsoft Word (DOC), OpenOffice text (ODT & SXW), HTML, RTF, JPG, GIF PNG files.
Share, don't attachShare documents with your friends or publish them for public view.

I have been using Google Doc as well for sharing book lists for the upcoming summer reading programme. It is a good way of sharing resources