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.
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?"
PodcastPeople
- free resource; "create audio and video episodes, write blog posts, and
interact with their audience. Theres no software to download and nothing
to install"
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."
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
Vozme
- Enter text in the box and it will create an mp3 file for you to download.
Miscellaneous
AirSet
- online managing of calendars and communication.
Chatzy
- "free private chat service. Fill out the form to create a chat room immediately
- only for you and the people you invite!"
CreativeCommons
- "Enabling the legal sharing and reuse of cultural, educational, and scientific
works
Mindomo - Web-based mind
mapping tool - free registration - very similar to inspiration
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)
Ourmedia
- Store video, audio and other files you created.
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.
PhotoRem
- Image hosting site;unlimited storage and uploads.
PicSlice
- Pictures tools : creates slices of picture, it can also crop it, you can resize
picture too
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
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
Ustream
TV - "allows anyone with a camera to broadcast to the world".
InstaPaper -App to add to browser
- A simple tool to save web pages for reading later.
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Read It Later - App
to download - Save your information for reading later - integrated into many popular
applications and platforms you may already use.
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Open
Source Resources
Miro - Download - watch free internet
video channels and play any video file
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."
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."
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.
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."
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"
Thinking Rock - GTD action
management; free software application for collecting and processing your thoughts
Tocbox
- free video chat and video messages with no downloads.
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
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.
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
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
GooTube - FLV retriever; Input the
video page URL, save file on your computer and rename file extension FLV.
AlleyCode
- focuses on PHP and CSS interaction for professional and easy management of your
projects
KompoZer - web authoring
system that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG web page editing.
NVU
- build websites and web pages using a simple WYSIWYG editor (what-you-see-is-what-you-get).tutorials
on page
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)
Twitter - Connect with other teachers and share,
discover and discuss ideas.
Plurk
- Connect with others to share ideas, events, information.
Ning
- Online service for creating, joining and sharing Social Networks
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