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=Welcome to Marty's Wiki Page=

__Web 2.0 Tools Review__

I've been a fan of [|Instructables] for a few years now. According to this site "...[it] is a web-based documentation platform where passionate people share what they do and how they do it, and learn from and collaborate with others." Basically if you know how to do something, like build a solar-generated tomato farm or change a flat car tire, you can post your how-to instructions with pictures to share with the world. Viewers can leave posts which tend to help enhance, clarify and further develop the topic of interest.
 * Instructables**

I came across this site when searching for the [|accompanying site] to a magazine I subscribe to called "Make: technology on your time". These sites allow you to construct a huge variety of gadgets and crafts that could be used to spur interest in many educational venues. The blog style website lends itself well to student collaboration with 'experts' relating to the product of interest. 'Makers' from all over the world are changing many of the devices we use every day.

My good friend [|Linda], Family and Consumer Sciences (FACS) teacher, created a lesson and movie on making soft pretzels. She can post her lab to Instructables, similar to the post below, where students could view and comment on the lab. In turn, students could create a favorite recipe, post, perform and comment on peer labs.

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If your looking to inject some imagery into the curriculum consider [|Google Web Albums]. Along with Picasa you can organize, edit and upload images to share with the world. [|Here]is an example of a slide show embedded into a website (also see example below).
 * Google Web Albums**

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