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Super Tuesday Mashups, Social Networking, Tools, and More…

Super Tuesday is here for the U.S. (I’m voting after work!), and Google, Twitter, and lots of other new media and social networking platforms are all a-buzz.

Check out some nifty tools I’ve found for keeping on top of election results, news, and the candidates, Web 2.0 style.

Mashups

• Google: Google Super Tuesday Map (a Twitter + Google Maps mashup)
• Slate: Map The Candidates (a Google Maps mashup timeline of where the candidates have been)
• Huffington Post: Fundrace (a Google Maps mashup of financial contributions)
• YouTube: You Choose ‘08 - Super Tuesday (a Google Maps + YouTube mashup of user-uploaded video clips)

Candidates on Social Networking Platforms

• Twitter: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, (and out-of-the-running John Edwards and Joe Biden)
• Facebook: Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney
• MySpace: Hillary Clinton, Mike Huckabee, John McCain, Barack Obama, Ron Paul, Mitt Romney (a full list of all candidates, including out-of-the-running ones can be found here)
• LinkedIn: Barack Obama, Ron Paul

Tools

• Twitter: SuperTuesday, PoliTweets, Politics
• Glassbooth: Find out which candidate represents your beliefs best.
• PoliticalTrends.info: Tag cloud of prominent issues and concepts.
• Google Gadgets: Election 2008 (get your own here, or check out all available election gadgets)

Elsewhere in Blogs…

• ReadWriteWeb: Keeping Tabs on Super Tuesday
• Official Google Blog: Be Part of the Super Tuesday Action
• Mashable: 40+ Super Tuesday 2008 Resources

Anything I Missed?

Have you come across a political mashup, tech tool, or social networking site? Let me know in the comments!

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Web 2.0 Apps I Use Meme - 2008

TechCrunch started this meme a few years back, listing the top “Web 2.0″ companies they couldn’t live without. Several other bloggers I read have chimed in on the meme, so here’s my list as well.

Use Daily

• del.icio.us
• Gmail
• Google Calendar
• Last.fm
• Netvibes
• NewsGator
• Twitter
• Wordpress

Use Weekly

• Digg
• Facebook
• Flickr
• Google Docs
• Google Reader
• Jott
• Ning
• Pownce
• Skype
• Stumbleupon
• Technorati
• Wikipedia
• YouTube

So…

What’s your favorite web 2.0 app, and why? Let me know in the comments - hopefully, I’ll find something new to play around with this year!

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Best of 2007 & Predictions for 2008 Roundup

It’s that time of year, when all the blogs do a “best of” post for the year, and set some goals or predictions for the next year. Since I’ve been reading these like crazy, I thought I’d distill down the list to a few great ones relating to Ed Tech. Enjoy!

Education

TechCrunch - “Top 2007 Education Apps: Learning 2.0”
What makes this a great list isn’t the article itself, but it’s call to readers to list their own best educational apps. A strong response in the comments provides a great list of educational resources online.

Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day - “The Best Web 2.0 Applications for Education - 2007”
The blog post that inspired the TechCruch post (above). Another wonderful list of resources for online learning.

The Rapid eLearning Blog - “Your 10 Most Popular Posts of 2007”
An excellent roundup of this blog’s best posts - if you’re wanting to jump on the rapid elearning bandwagon, here’s your reading list!

Technology

TechDigest - “20 Trends Defining Virtual Worlds in 2007”
Virtual worlds are rapidly becoming a part of online learning - here is a great analysis of how far the technology has come, and directions it could go in the future.

Ars Technica - “Looking Back, Looking Forward: Best of 2007 and Predictions for 2008”
A great overview of the top tech stories of 2007, with some well thought out predictions for the year to come.

Google Earth Blog - “Top 10 New Google Earth Features 2007”
Many educators are starting to use Google Earth in the classroom - here’s a list of new features added to the software this year.

Lifehacks

Lifehacker - “Best of 2007: Twenty Top 10’s of 2007”
Earlier this year, Lifehacker started a “Top 10″ series - here are the 20 most-viewed of the year.

Lifehacker - “Lifehacker’s 2007 Guide to Free Software and Webapps”
The list you can’t live without - software for every platform and some wonderful online apps - all free!

ReadWriteWeb - “Top Web Apps & Sites of 2007”
A roundup of the best web software this year.

Social Media

Logic+Emotion - “2007 was the Year of Social Media. 2008 is the Year of Mobile Media.”
Very good insights on how the ways people interact with technology are changing.

Mashable! - “Best of 2007: Trends That Shaped the Web”
Highlights of the year in social media, including social networking, politics online, open source software, and more.

Twitter - See what other bloggers are saying by following predictions08 on Twitter!

What did I leave out?

Did I miss any spectacular 2007/2008 lists? Did you write one of your own? Let me know in the comments!

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