Web 2.0: Free Online Tools for Your Classroom
Contact Info: Allison Powell, aliooplv@gmail.com
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Web 2 Professional Development
Web 2.0 Whirlwind Presentation - Document -
Last Updated April 2008
The presentation given at the CCSD ECS Conference, 2007 Virtual Schools Symposium (VSS), and the November 8, 2007 CUE-SN Monthly Meeting offers an introduction to many different Web 2.0 tools. Quick exposure is enough for educators to decide whether each tool might be useful to them, then they can explore it more on their own after the presentation. There are many new web applications that are free and easy to use listed below. Many of these services have specific applications in education.
Alerts
Alerts provide the user with notifications on new websites, postings, articles, etc. related to topics entered by the user.
Blogs
Calendars
Google – http://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=wc&pli=1
Yahoo - http://calendar.yahoo.com/
Communications Tools
Instant Messaging (web-based, no client):
Meebo - http://meebo.com
Miranda IM - http://www.miranda-im.org/
IMified - http://www.imified.com/ (their blog)
Twitter – http://twitter.com) (Just added - Twittervision
Instant Messaging (Download):
· Zoho Chat – Instant Messaging and group chat tool: http://zoho.com
Internet calling:
Skype - http://skype.com
Skypecasts: http://www.skype.com/go/skypecasts
Record your Skype calls: http://www.powergramo.com/
Gizmo Project: - http://gizmoproject.com/
OpenWengo (open source) - http://openwengo.org/
Voice email and Voice discussions:
Voice or video emails: Springdoo - http://www.springdoo.com
Voice Thread: http://www.voicethread.com
YackPack for Education - http://www.yackpack.com/education.html
Chinswing - Voice message board - http://www.chinswing.com/
Audio threaded discussions: Vaestro – http://vaestro.com
Real-time Voice Communication Tool: The Gong Project - http://gong.ust.hk/
Document Delivery/Display
Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/
Acroflip: http://www.acroflip.com/
Groups
Google Groups: http://groups.google.com
Yahoo Groups: http://groups.yahoo.com
Miscellaneous Tools
Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/
Google Maps: http://maps.google.com
Yoono! (Combine all social networking sites into a sidebar of your browser): http://www.yoono.com
Voice Thread: http://www.voicethread.com
Pandora Music: (based on the Music Genome Project) - http://pandora.com
Toondoo: (create your own comic strips) - http://toondoo.com
Bitty Browser: (picture in picture on a webpage) - http://www.bitty.com
Widget Box: (add widgets to blog or webpage) - http://www.widgetbox.com/
Voki (create an avatar) - http://www.voki.com
Fan Fiction (re-write your own chapter, ending, episode, etc to books, tv shows, movies, etc) - http://www.fanfiction.com
Hellodeo: http://hellodeo.com/hello
Web-based File Conversion Tool: Zamzar - http://zamzar.com/
Flock Browser: web 2.0-ified - http://www.flock.com
25 GB free online storage: Media Max - http://www.mediamax.com
Web-based whiteboard: skrbl - http://www.skrbl.com/
Web-based whiteboard: Sketchcast - http://www.sketchcast.com
Easy online mapmaking: Wayfaring - http://www.wayfaring.com/
Free Close Captioning Tool: Magpie - http://ncam.wgbh.org/webaccess/magpie/
Online diagramming: Gliffy - http://www.gliffy.com/
Creative Commons: http://creativecommons.org/
Creative Commons Publisher: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcPublisher
Zoho Planner – Online organizing tool: http://zoho.com
· Google Teacher Resources
SketchCast - draw a picture and save it as a video, with voiceover http://sketchcast.com/
StartForce - online Operating System - http://www.startforce.com/OS/
Photo Sharing Sites
Flickr Geotagging: http://www.flickr.com/photos/barrydahl/map
View a screencast for geotagging: http://fiickr.com/help/screencasts/vol1/
Great example of Art History notes: http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/234233755/
Flickr Services page: http://www.flickr.com/services/
Official Flickr tools: http://www.flickr.com/tools
Unofficial Flickr tools: http://www.quickonlinetips.com
Alan Levine has good info: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/265279980
Fun with flickr:
FD's flickr toyls - http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ Warhol-like Mosaic, Motivational Poster, Cartoon bubbles
dumpr: fun with your flickr - http://www.dumpr.net/ Museum example, Amazing Circle, Sketch
Flickr colr pickr: http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/
Splashr: http://splashr.com/
Bubblr: http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/ (Create comic strips from Flickr photos)
Gickr: http://gickr.com/ (Create animated gifs from photos)
Other photo sharing alternatives:
Photobucket: http://photobucket.com/
Zooomr: http://beta.zooomr.com
Bubbleshare: http://www.bubbleshare.com/ - (add captions and clip art, make slideshows)
Picnik: http://www.picnik.com
Fauxto: http://www.fauxto.com/ (with layers)
Fotocrib: http://fotocrib.com
GIMP: http://www.gimp.org (Not web-based, but open source with lots of features)
Podcasting
· Talkr - turn any blog post into a podcast http://www.talkr.com/
Podcasts to download/subscribe to (education related)
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Free Educational Podcasts - iTunesU (Go to the iTunes store and click on iTunesU)
Open Source Editing Tool
Portal Pages
Google IG - http://www.google.com/ig
MSN - http://my.msn.com/
Netvibes - http://www.netvibes.com
Pageflakes - http://www.pageflakes.com
Yahoo – http://my.yahoo.com/
RSS Feed Readers - Blog Aggregators
First Type: When you always use the same computer. Use Firefox Browser with the Sage ExtensionSage Extension(http://sage.mozdev.org/)
Sage Extension Install and Instructions: http://sage.mozdev.org/install/
Penn Library step-by-step (includes video screencast): http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/guides/tutorials/sage.html
Second Type: When you want to access your feeds from any connected computer (web-based readers)
Use Bloglines or Google Reader
What is Bloglines? http://www.bloglines.com/help/faq#What
What is Google Reader? http://www.google.com/help/reader/faq.html
Also try Yahoo Pipes: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/
Search Engines
General
Alexa - http://alexa.com/
AltaVista - http://www.altavista.com/
ASK.com – http://ask.com
Exalead - http://www.exalead.com/search
Gigablast - http://www.gigablast.com/
Google – http://www.google.com
MozDex - http://www.mozdex.com/
MSN - http://search.msn.com/
Sputtr (multiple platform search engine) - http://sputtr.com/
Wisenut - http://www.wisenut.com/
Yahoo! – http://www.yahoo.com
Yahooligans – http://kids.yahoo.com
Scholarly
BUBL Link - http://bubl.ac.uk/link/
Google Scholar – http://scholar.google.com/
Infomine - http://infomine.ucr.edu
Internet Public Library - http://www.ipl.org/
Librarian’s Index to the Library - http://lii.org
Scirius (scientific information) - http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
Scout Report Archives - http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives/
Windows Live Academic Search - http://search.live.com/results.aspx?scope=academic&q=
VIsual Search Engines
Social Bookmarking
del.icio.us home page: http://del.icio.us/
Technorati - http://technorati.com/
Diigo - http://www.diigo.com
Diggs (sharing content) - www.diggs.com
Feedmarker - http://www.feedmarker.com/
Furl – http://furl.net
Jots – http://jots.com
Lookmarks - http://www.lookmarks.com/
Scuttle - http://scuttle.org/
Simpy - http://www.simpy.com/
Spurl - http://www.spurl.net/
Wists (social shopping) - http://www.wists.com/
Yahoo! My Web 2.0 – http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com
Social Networking
Bebo - http://www.bebo.com
Club Penguin - http://www.clubpenguin.com
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com
Imbee - http://www.imbee.com
LinkdIn - http://www.linkdin.com
MySpace - http://www.myspace.com
My Yearbook - http://www.myyearbook.com
Ning - http://www.ning.com
Twitter - http://www.twitter.com
To Do Lists
Video Sharing & Capture
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/
Teacher Tube: http://www.teachertube.com
Blip.tv: http://blip.tv/
Bubbleguru - http://www.bubbleguru.com
Bubbleply: add bubble-text and captions to videos - http://www.bubbleply.com
Fireant: convert video for small screen (ipod, etc) - http://fireant.tv/
Camstudio: http://www.camstudio.org/
Machinima: http://www.machinima.com/
Toufee: http://www.toufee.com/ (Create free online flash movies)
KeepVid: http://keepvid.com/ (Download flash video from Google and YouTube)
Democracy Video Player - http://www.getdemocracy.com/ Open source player for video and Internet TV
Video Editing: Eyepsot - http://www.eyespot.com/
Virtual Worlds
Second Life: http://www.secondlife.com
Teen Second Life: http://teen.secondlife.com/
Whyville: http://whyville.com/
Club Penguin: http://www.clubpenguin.com/
The Sims: http://thesims.ea.com/
Web Conferencing
Vyew: http://vyew.com/content/ (shared web conference with whiteboard, share PPT, share desktops, etc.)
Central Desktop: http://www.centraldesktop.com/ (Shared Workspaces and Web Conferencing)
FreeConference: http://www.freeconference.com/ (Free conference call service, long distance charges may apply)
DimDim: http://www.dimdim.com/ (free web conferencing - open source - still in Alpha)
Yugma: https://www.yugma.com/ (free web conferencing)
Zoho Meeting: http://zoho.com
Web Office Tools
Databases
Notebooks
· Zoho Note Book – Online Notebook: http://zoho.com
Presentations
· Empressr web presentations: http://www.empressr.com/ - (Embed video, charts, graphs, etc.)
· Zoho Show – Online presentation tool – http://zoho.com
Spread Sheets
· EditGrid spreadsheets: http://www.editgrid.com/home(free, with collaboration $5.00 per month)
· Zoho Sheet – Online spreadsheet service – http://zoho.com
Word Processing
· Zoho Creator – Online web applications creator: http://zoho.com
Web Page Building
Web Polls
Wikis
· Jotspot - http://www.jot.com/ (recently acquired by Google)
· PB Wiki (aka Peanut Butter Wiki) - http://pbwiki.com/
Good Sources of Info
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