In the earlier days of the web Hotmail was the hottest mail on the web. It was one of the first web based email services available. After a really long life (in web terms anyway actually only about 2 years) It was bought by Microsoft and has since morphed a few times and is now bundled with several other services that together are branded as WindowsLive. These are tools that allow you to connect your desktop to the web in direct and straightforward ways.
The three main elements, that I think educators might find useful are:Web based email! Most educators have a school email client and often a web tool for accessing it as well. Having a secondary method for getting email can be very useful.
Spaces! Spaces allows educators or anyone to create an online web profile. This profile can have as much or as little as you choose. Embedded within your space is your own personal web log or blog and a photo album
Skydrive! Skydrive is an online storage space. WindowsLive gives you access to 5 gigabytes of secure storage space. it acts like a flash drive on the web. And with the additional OfficeLive tool you can save directly from Microsoft Word, PowerPoint or Excel to you online storage space. Skydrive even allows you to share your files with friends that you choose or create shared spaces with one set of files instead of emailing things back and forth.
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