Click any of the buttons below to access both the resources discussed in my 2008 OMEA Learning Academy presentation, as well as additional materials that I was unable to show due to time limitations. These resources are not meant to be "all inclusive," but rather represent some of the better Web 2.0 technologies with content at least somewhat related to music education and/or leadership.

I'd appreciate your feedback on the idea of developing a Personal Learning Network (PLN). Please also email me additional resources that you find valuable in your PLN.

Bill Bauer
william.bauer@case.edu

RSS aggregators scan your RSS feeds and when something new is posted, it appears in your reader. It eliminates your having to check a web page each day to see if something new is there.

***RSS in Plain English***

Web-based Readers
• Bloglines
• Google Reader
• Sage
• NetVibes

Desktop Readers
• NetNewswire (Macintosh)
• FeedDemon (Windows)

When possible, the title of the blog/site is a clickable link to the website and the RSS feed is indicated beside it. If, due to the nature of the resource, you need to visit the site to obtain the RSS feed, no RSS feed is provided. In a few instances, only an RSS feed is indicated if the feed itself aggregates postings on a certain topic.

***Blogs in Plain English***

Humor
• The Onion: [RSS] http://feeds.theonion.com/theonion/daily
• Comic Alert

Leadership
• LeaderTalk: [RSS] http://www.leadertalk.org/rss.xml
• Slow Leadership: [RSS] http://www.slowleadership.org/blog/feed/
• The Practice of Leadership: [RSS] http://feeds.feedburner.com/ThePracticeOfLeadership


Miscellaneous
• Lessig Blog: [RSS] http://lessig.org/blog/index.xml
• Google News – Create your own feed for any Google News search. After conducting a search, use the RSS link on the left-hand side of the page of search results to produce the feed.)


Music Content
• Classical Notes: [RSS] http://minnesota.publicradio.org/collections/special/columns/comparing_notes/rss.xml
• NPR Genre: World: [RSS] http://www.npr.org/rss/rss.php?id=10004
• Open Culture: [RSS] http://feeds.feedburner.com/OpenCulture
• Smithsonian Global Sound: [RSS] http://www.smithsonianglobalsound.org/rss/rss.xml


Music Education
• 100 Music Education Bloggers
• The Band Ed Tool Shed: [RSS] http://rogerwhaley.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
• Making the Most of Notation Software: [RSS] http://tomrudolph.berkleemusicblogs.com/feed/
• MENC News: [RSS] http://menc.org/news.rss
• Music For All: [RSS] http://www.music-for-all.org/blog/index.rdf
• Music Matters: [RSS] http://www.musiccognition.nl/blog/rss.xml
• Music Technology in Education: [RSS] http://jamesfrankel.musiced.net/feed/
• My Music Tech: [RSS] http://mymusictech.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss
• Ohio Music Education Association (OMEA): [RSS] http://www.omea-ohio.org/Home/RSS_files/omea.xml

Teaching and Learning
• 2 Cents Worth: [RSS] http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/feed/
• Edutopia: [RSS] http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdutopiaNewContent
• Infinite Thinking Machine: [RSS] http://feeds.feedburner.com/itm
• Learning Now: [RSS] http://www.pbs.org/teachers/learning.now/rss2/index.xml
• Presentation Zen: [RSS] http://www.presentationzen.com/presentationzen/rss.xml


Videos
• YouTube RSS feeds (To create a custom feed for YouTube videos use this format - feed://www.youtube.com/rss/user/[insert username here]/videos.rss)
• PBS
• Talks @ Google
• TeacherTube
• TEDTalks

***Podcasting in Plain English***

• 60-Second Psych: [RSS] http://www.sciam.com/podcast/sciam_podcast_r_psych.xml
• The Brain Science Podcast: [RSS] http://feeds.feedburner.com/BrainSciencePodcastBlog
• EdTech Musician [RSS] http://feeds.feedburner.com/EdtechMusician
• iTunes U
• Piano Podcast: [RSS] http://feeds.feedburner.com/marioajero
• Piano Puzzler: [RSS] http://americanpublicmedia.publicradio.org/podcasts/xml/performance_today/piano_puzzler.xml
• Smithsonian Global Sound
• What Music Means To Me: [RSS] http://whatmusicmeans.mypodcast.com/rss.xml

NPR Podcasts
- A Musician's Life: [RSS] http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510255
- The Blues File: [RSS] http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510165
- Classics for Kids: [RSS] http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510237
- NPR: Education: [RSS] http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=1013
- NPR Jazz Profiles: [RSS] http://www.npr.org/rss/podcast.php?id=510218
- The World's Global Hit Podcast: [RSS] http://www.theworld.org/rss/glohit.xml
- WGBH Classical Performance Podcast: [RSS] http://streams.wgbh.org/online/clas/clas_performance.xml

Set up an account and subscribe to the tag “omeala2008.” Bookmark sites that you’d like to call to the attention of other Leadership Academy participants with this tag.

***Social Bookmarking in Plain English***

• William Bauer’s del.icio.us Music Education Bookmarks: [RSS] http://del.icio.us/rss/musiceducation

• A Collaborative Approach to Collecting Online Assessment Resources (PDF): A brief article on using del.icio.us. Though the article was written for MENC's Assessment SRIG newsletter, the principles of using del.icio.us apply to other topic areas.

***Wikis in Plain English***

• Choral Public Domain Library
• Classroom 2.0
• Wind Repertory Project

General Search Engines
• Google
• Yahoo!


Searching for Blogs
• Bloglines
• Google Blog Search


Searching for Podcasts
• NPR Podcasts
• Podcast Alley
• Podscope

Selected resources for creating your own blogs, podcasts, wikis, social bookmarks & networks, and streaming video

Blogs
• Blogger
• WordPress

Podcasts
• Create a podcast with GarageBand and/or QuickTime Pro
• Create a podcast with Audacity

Social Bookmarks
• del.icio.us - Set up an account and subscribe to the tag “omeala2008.” Bookmark sites that you’d like to call to the attention of other Leadership Academy participants with this tag.
• Furl

Social Network
• Google Groups
• Ning
• Twitter: To learn about Twitter, view this brief video.

Streaming Video
• Ustream:
• Mogulus

Wiki
• PBWiki
• Wetpaint
• Wikispaces

Calendars
• Google Calendar: http://calendar.google.com
• Yahoo! Calendar: http://calendar.yahoo.com/

Scheduling Meetings, Sending Invitations
• Meeting Wizard: http://www.meetingwizard.com/
• Evite: http://www.evite.com/

To Do Lists/Reminders
• Remember the Milk: http://www.rememberthemilk.com/
• Sandy – Your free personal email assistant: http://iwantsandy.com
• Jott: http://jott.com/
• Ta-da Lists: http://www.tadalist.com/
• Toodledo: http://www.toodledo.com/
• Backpack: http://www.backpackit.com/

Online Communication and Collaboration
• Bubbl.us: http://www.bubbl.us/
• Flowchart.com: http://www.flowchart.com/
• Google Docs: http://docs.google.com
• Google Sites: http://sites.google.com/
• Yahoo! Geocities: http://geocities.yahoo.com/
• Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/
• Scriblink: http://scriblink.com/
• Skype: http://www.skype.com/
• AIM: http://www.aim.com and iChat (Mac only): http://www.apple.com/ichat/
• YouSendIt: http://www.yousendit.com
• Ustream.TV: http://www.ustream.tv/

Financial Tracking
• Wesabe: http://www.wesabe.com/
• Mint.com: http://www.mint.com/

Photo Sharing
• Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/
• Picasa: http://picasa.google.com/
• Photoshop Express: https://www.photoshop.com/express/

Travel
• Tripit: http://www.tripit.com/
• Weather.com: http://www.weather.com/weather/rss/subscription
• Google Maps: http://maps.google.com/help/maps/travel/index.html
• Kayak: http://www.kayak.com/
• Wikitravel: http://wikitravel.org/

Miscellaneous
• Amazon Gift Organizer: http://www.amazon.com/gp/gift-central/organizer

Finding Out What They Think
• SurveyMonkey: http://www.surveymonkey.com/
• Zoomerang: http://www.zoomerang.com/

Authorizing the Use of Your Work
• Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/