It's true. Dead links make me frustrated. I found this assignment tedious and frustrating, probably because it just seemed all over the place and there were links that no longer worked. Still, I found some fun things to do, very apropos. We are currently using Inspiration to produce a flowchart for a WikiHow skill/direction. The list of online, free Web2.0 applications just became my next step in the assignment. I played with several of them to see which might fit our school's needs. In fact, I have been advocating Inspiration--and got a grant to install it several years ago. For planning writing assignments, a project, a presentation, it is a wonderful tool. But having it at school and not at home is one of the difficulties of the digital age--providing access when and where it is needed.
As I looked through the list of flowchart creators, I got really excited. The one I chose required a registration process that ultimately failed. Then I found Webspiration--and since I am, at this moment, teaching some students to use Inspiration (an old version)--it was a great find.
Two great wiki ideas that I found included a wiki on the school library page to allow students and teachers to make selection suggestions for print and materials. The other idea was to use wikis to create pathfinders--a really solid idea as they could be shared with teachers who could edit and add to them as necessary.
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