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Web 2.0
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Beware: Some of the storage tools may have inappropriate things stored on them since they are free for public usage. If you use these, please put a link to go directly to your own personal area, instead of the main site. Some of these may also be blocked by your school filters. These tools are for teacher usage and classroom accounts so that it can be monitored, not for individual students.

Web 2.0 is about users and content instead of surfing on the Internet. It's more like what can the Internet do for me as a creator, a collaborator, an active participant, rather than a passive viewer of what is out there on the web.

Wiki
  1. The Art of using Wiki Pages to Teach - article by Vicky Davis
  2. For Teachers New to Wiki - information on how to incorporate wikis into your classroom
  3. Free Wikispace for Teachers - no advertising to distract students
  4. PBWiki - As easy as making a peanut butter sandwich.
  5. Something to Think about - a teacher's experience with wiki
  6. Using Wiki in Education - Ways to use Wiki in Education
  7. Wikis in the Classroom -
  8. Wiki Tutorial - 10 wiki starters for teachers
 
Podcasting And Audio Editing
  1. Audacity - free software for recording and editing sounds
  2. Audacity Help Manuals and Tutorials - from the Audacity Site
  3. Audacity Tutorial - many ads to avoid but good tutorial with pictoral help.
  4. Audacity Tutorial - Video on how to use audacity.
  5. Audio Recording Tutorial - how to record audio files and post them to the web
  6. CCmixer - a community music remixing site
  7. Edtechtalk - a webcasting network of educators
  8. Eyespot - web-based video editing and mixing
  9. Gcast - sister site of Garageband.com; Personal broadcasting
  10. GarageBand How To - How to make a podcast using Garageband.
  11. GarageBand 3 - Tutorial from Apple
  12. GarageBand 3 Tutorial - in Quicktime format
  13. GarageBand2 Tutorial - in Quicktime movies
  14. Innertoob - interactive podcasting
  15. LibriVox - free audiobooks from the public domain.
  16. Mediamax - free storage for video files
  17. PhotoStory 3 - create podcasts and slideshows using your digital photos
  18. Podcasting Guide - many ads to avoid but good tutorial
  19. Podcasting - The Next Frontier
  20. Podcasting for ELT - "What are podcasts, why might your students benefit from listening to them, and how might you go about using and producing them?"
  21. PodcastPeople - free resource; "create audio and video episodes, write blog posts, and interact with their audience. There’s no software to download and nothing to install"
  22. Podcasting Resources - many links, tutorials, podcast sites.
  23. Podcasting Resources - examples, hosting sites and much more!
  24. Podcasting Tools - a resource for podcasting.
  25. Podcasting Toolbox: 70+ Podcasting Tools and Resources - list of resources and brief explanation.
  26. Podcasting with 3 Simple Tools - PDF file that is easy to follow.
  27. Podifier - "Podifier is a simple to use application that automates the creation of an RSS feed, the enclosing of one or more MP3 file, and the FTP application to upload them to a server."
  28. PodOmatic - create, find, and share Podcasts!
  29. Pretty May - voice assistant for Skype
  30. Serial Podcasting - directions on how to serialize your podcasts
  31. Skype - software that lets you talk over the Internet to anyone, anywhere in the world for free.Use Skype to chat with up to 100 people in a group chat
  32. Vozme - Enter text in the box and it will create an mp3 file for you to download.
 
Miscellaneous
  1. AirSet - online managing of calendars and communication.
  2. Chatzy - "free private chat service. Fill out the form to create a chat room immediately - only for you and the people you invite!"
  3. CreativeCommons - "Enabling the legal sharing and reuse of cultural, educational, and scientific works
  4. Mindomo - Web-based mind mapping tool - free registration - very similar to inspiration
  5. Response-O-Matic - Need to create a form or survey? Create your forms in standard html. Then have your form call Response-O-Matic. (see an example form)
  6. ShowDocument - Web Meeting and Document Sharing
  7. Survey Monkey - create professional online surveys quickly and easily
  8. Teaching with Technology - Many web 2.0 tools to use! on
  9. uTIPu - free screen recorder for Windows XP and Vista; generates FLV movies
  10. Windows Media Encoder - capture audio and video content
  11. Zoomerang - create online and mobile surveys and receive the fast feedback
 
Photo and Video Management
  1. Aviary - Graphic design and audio editing; tutorials included! 1-21-10
  2. Community Clips - create videos of your computer desktop
  3. Flickr - online photo management and sharing application
  4. Flickr Tutorial - Learn how to use Flickr
  5. Ourmedia - Store video, audio and other files you created.
  6. Photobucket - image and video hosting - beware, it does not accept mp3 files. Valid video extensions are: 3g2, 3gp, 3gp2, 3gpp, 3p, asf, avi, divx, divx, dv, dvx, flv, gif, moov, mov, mp4, mpeg4, mpg4, mpe, mpeg, mpg, qt, swf, wmv, xvid.
  7. PhotoRem - Image hosting site;unlimited storage and uploads.
  8. PicSlice - Pictures tools : creates slices of picture, it can also crop it, you can resize picture too
  9. Screen Toaster - [registration required, but it's free] free online screen recorder - Capture videos of onscreen action in one click, record screen casts, tutorials, demos, training, lectures and more. Share and stream videos online in Flash, embed them on blogs and web pages or send them by email
  10. VoiceThread - Allows class to record audio commentary about an event, a project, or a milestone. children can tell their story in their own voice, and then share it with the world
  11. Ustream TV - "allows anyone with a camera to broadcast to the world".
  12. Vimeo - upload videos to share
 
Apps that run in Browsers
  1. InstaPaper -App to add to browser - A simple tool to save web pages for reading later. 1-21-10
  2. Read It Later - App to download - Save your information for reading later - integrated into many popular applications and platforms you may already use. 1-21-10
 
Open Source Resources
  1. Miro - Download - watch free internet video channels and play any video file
  2. Open Source Resources - List of open source resources for schools
  3. Portable Applications for Portable Devices - "PortableApps Suite™ is a collection of portable apps including a web browser, email client, office suite, calendar/scheduler, instant messaging client, antivirus, sudoku game, backup utility and integrated menu, all preconfigured to work portably. Just drop it on your portable device and you're ready to go."
 
Blog
  1. BlogBasics - Blog 101; learn about blogging
  2. Blogging for ELT - "overview of blogging websites, suggests why you might want to use them, and gives some practical advice on setting up blogs for use with your own classes."
  3. Edublogs - free education blog
  4. Everything You Need to Begin Blogging - blogging basics
  5. Google Blogger - share work, notes and pictures
  6. Hide the Blogger NavBar - to keep your students from accessing the other blogs, use this!
  7. Improving Instruction Through the Use of Weblogs - Click the Sidebar tab on the right and select your subject area. See how others are using blogs in their classrooms.
  8. Legal Guide for Bloggers - understand your rights
  9. Teaching with Blogs - This is a wiki to support the "Teaching with Blogs" workshops sponsored by the Alabama Best Practices Center and funded by a Microsoft Mid-Tier Projects grant.
  10. Ten habits of bloggers that win! - blog by Vicky Davis
  11. Using Blogs to Integrate Technology in the Classroom - introduction in the uses of blogs in classrooms.
 
Web 2 Tools
  1. Avatars from Voki - Create your own avatar to send by email or place within other websites.
  2. Center for Language Education - Free Rich Internet Applications that promote and support the teaching and learning of foreign languages
  3. Feed For All - RSS Feed Creation Tool
  4. Google Docs and Spreadsheets - create, store and share documents.
  5. Go2web2 - extensive website of Web2 tools!
  6. Gliffy - draw and share diagrams on the web
  7. myprojectpages.com - "use our Wizard interface to create your Project Page. You don't have to know HTML programming and you don't need a place to host the Web activity you create."
  8. New Tools for Student Communication - Links to various tools to use for Web 2.0
  9. Remember the Milk - manage your tasks online. Site also sends reminders in many forms across the net.
  10. Rich Internet Applications for Language Learning - " Innovative tools to enhance language learning. Create, embed, share."
  11. Rootein - Define habits and track progress as you go along; get daily reminders
  12. Tada Lists - To do lists that can be shared
  13. Thinkature - "create a collaborative workspace and invite coworkers, friends, and colleagues to join you in just seconds. Once inside your workspace, you can communicate by chatting, drawing, creating cards, and adding content from around the Internet"
  14. Thinking Rock - GTD action management; free software application for collecting and processing your thoughts
  15. Tocbox - free video chat and video messages with no downloads.
  16. Top 100 Tools for Learning 2009 - Compiled from the Top 10 Tool Contributions of 278 Learning Professionals worldwide
 
Presentation Tools and Storage
  1. Bubbleshare - create story albums with your pictures and record your voice telling your story
  2. RockYou - create slideshows with your photobucket images!
  3. Slideshare - Share your presentations online
  4. Thumbstacks - Put your presentations on line to view with any web browser.
  5. Videoegg - share videos on the web.
 

Social Bookmarking, Networking and Browsers

  1. del.icio.us - a social bookmarking website
  2. diigo - Social Annotation - Highlight text on a web page for students to look at, apply sticky notes to pages and share with students and colleagues
  3. Fleck - Interact with pages on the web . Add sticky notes to web pages and then send them to colleagues. You can also post the permalink on your blog. Students can just click on them to see your post-it notes for them.
  4. Flock - a social web browser
  5. Furl - your own personal wayback machine. Furl saves a copy of the webpages you want and you can pull them up from any machine on the Internet
  6. TIGed - "TIGed is short for TakingITGlobal for Educators, a program that provides rich, interactive global learning experiences by leveraging the resources of the world's most popular online community for youth who want to make a difference"
 
File Converter Resources
  1. GooTube - FLV retriever; Input the video page URL, save file on your computer and rename file extension FLV.
  2. Zamzar - free online file converter
 
Open Source Resource Tutorials
  1. Gimp Tutorials
    1. Gimp·o·l·ogy - website devoted to Gimp tutorials
    2. Gimp Tutorial s - from the Gimp website
    3. Grokking the Gimp - on-line book tutorial
    4. Tutorial - from Kidsnetsoft
    5. Users Manual - in-depth and lengthy manual
HTML Editors
  1. AlleyCode - focuses on PHP and CSS interaction for professional and easy management of your projects
  2. KompoZer - web authoring system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.
  3. NVU - build websites and web pages using a simple WYSIWYG editor (what-you-see-is-what-you-get).tutorials on page
  4. SeaMonkey - Web-browser, advanced e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple -- all your Internet needs in one application.
 
PLN Tools ( Personal Learning Networks)
  1. Twitter - Connect with other teachers and share, discover and discuss ideas.
  2. Plurk - Connect with others to share ideas, events, information.
  3. Ning - Online service for creating, joining and sharing Social Networks

 

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