that is hard...I think wordle for total newbie. Very easy and lots of cool uses

maybe show them a wiki that is loaded with ALL the other cool things?

Maybe Google Reader, loaded with good feeds to get them excited about the world 2.0

Definitely wordle. My kids absolutely loved it and immediately started thinking of other things they could do with it.

A peer? igoogle!!

I agree with Skipz...igoogle because of how you can create so many tabs for specific reasons along with widgets.

iGoogle (loaded up with some goodies already). It'd take a minute to show mine, then a few more to customize theirs.

voicethread and animoto for education.

flickr

I agree! iGoogle has been my favorite

working on it now denblogs.com/maryland

wordle was a hit with teachers yesterday as well as delicious bookmarking.

igoogle!

Jott.. I showed them how to Jott to Google Calendar and Blog.

Love GCast for podcasting too.

Voicethread is very easy and very wow!

well, I'd go with Pageflakes instead of igoogle but same idea.

delicious

wordle, igoogle, blabberize, gcast

Delicious and Wikis

Delicious or RSS

definitely delicious...then they can find other cool things

iGoogle as an aggregator with lots of premade content, and easy to add your own. Delicious (putting the feed on iGoogle) as a way to FIND

stuff again and as a first feed, and Blogger as a first content creation bc Newbies can email in to it, making it a safe first blog (and

rather school-filter-proof to at least be able to post content.)

BTW: I wanted to respond on the Twitter side that you asked this as "Plurk"

depends - ADMIN - jott, teacher-diigo non teacher-igoogle

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Google Docs. No, wait! Voicethread.

Gosh, it's hard to pick but I'd say Delicious first, then iGoogle or Netvibes or something like that. To use with kids, Voicethread.

total n00b? Probably Classroom2.0 or Twitter. They need to have access to more info to help them learn before anything else!

I would caution to remind you that they know nothing - what app describes the Web2.0 experience? Certainly not Wordle!

Newbies need people help, which is why I call for something like CR2.0. They see and talk to real people. Good transition.

vdub144: respectfully disagree...Total newbies are easily overwhelmed. Something quick, simple and easy to integrate is a good way to hook.

I like Slideshare... give them a chance to take ppt and cross over to 2.0

yes... google docs or calendar good too..

roswellsgirl: google docs are great

My first thoughts went to many of these, but if I could just share 1 site it would be Plurk. Many tools are shown here and you can get help

voicethread.

animoto

good one as well stacykasse, go to animotoaddicts.ning.com for help and info with Animoto

that building a PLN through Plurk (or even twitter) will help a newbie 1. find resources and 2. create relationships with

like minded professionals so they feel comfortable asking questions and/or receiving help.

I'd also send a newbie to a local tech conference (like ICE) to get F2F exposure to both apps AND PLN

if plurking or tweeting is a little too geeky or foreign for a 1st time newbie.

that i wouldn't show a site to a newbie without showing a concrete example as to how to include it in their instruction

wsigele thanks for promoting ICE - it is a great conference to see best practices and learn new apps

google docs, if they have a person or group to collaborate with

I joined ICE at NECC this year. I will be at the next meeting.

OK, as a groundwork for this Plurk, What makes something Web2.0? Please answer here: www.plurk.com/p/2uyvr

fsinfo: I learned abot Twitter from ICE and then Plurk from Twitter. I have been exposed to more applications than I can fathom

A newbie doesn't have to post to twitter or plurk at first. They just have to sit back and enjoy the ride. Click on the links shared

and explore until it all comes together. Then a comment here, a comment there and conversations begin and a PLN is formed

It doesn't have to be overwhelming if it presented correctly even to a newbie

I might just have to experiment with that on a teacher this year...hmmm

wsigele: We have a couple of tech-reluctant teachers playing w/ Twitter right now. They have found it fun.

I agree with kwhobbes on Pageflakes & wendythomas on deli.icio.us

I'd recommend VoiceThread.

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