Web 2.0: Free Online Tools for Your Classroom

Contact Info: Allison Powell, apowell@nacol.org

 

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Web 2 Professional Development

 

Web 2.0 Whirlwind Presentation - Document -

K-12 Online Content Vendors Wiki page

Learning Management Systems

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.

·         Google - http://www.google.com/alerts

·         GoogleAlert - http://www.googlealert.com/ (Not run by Google)

·         Search Alert - http://www.searchalert.net/

·         Yahoo! Alerts - http://alerts.yahoo.com/

Blogs

·         Blog.com - http://blog.com/

·         Blogger - https://www.blogger.com/start

·         Facebook – http://www.facebook.com

·         Live Journal - http://www.livejournal.com/

·         MySpace – http://www.myspace.com

·         Open Diary - http://www.opendiary.com/

·         TypePad - http://www.typepad.com/

·         Typo - http://www.typosphere.org/

·         Edublogs - http://www.edublogs.org/

·         Windows Live Spaces - http://spaces.live.com/

·         Xanga - http://www.xanga.com/

·         Wordpress - http://www.wordpress.com/

·         Vox - http://www.vox.com/

 

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
  • Chat widget (no I.M. account needed by other users) http://www.meebome.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):

·         AOL Instant Messenger – http://www.aim.com

·         Google Talk - http://www.google.com/talk/

·         ICQ - http://www.icq.com/download/

·         MSN Messenger – http://get.live.com/messenger/overview

·         MySpace IM - http://personalweb.about.com/od/myspacecom/ss/myspaceim.htm

·         Yahoo! Messenger - http://messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php

·         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

o    http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html

o    http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html

o    http://www.google.com/educators/community.html

o    http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html

o    http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html

• 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 - http://flickr.com

• 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

·         Odeo: http://odeo.com

·         PodOmatic: http://podamatic.com/

·         Clickcaster: http://www.clickcaster.com ($4.99/month for basic)

·         Gcast: http://www.gcast.com/

·         Talkr - turn any blog post into a podcast http://www.talkr.com/

Podcasts to download/subscribe to (education related) 

• Free Educational Podcasts - iTunesU (Go to the iTunes store and click on iTunesU)

• The Education Podcast Network - http://www.epnweb.org/

• Podcast Alley - http://www.podcastalley.com/

• Podcast Pickle- http://www.podcastpickle.com/

• iTunes - http://www.apple.com/itunes/store/podcasts.html

 

 

Open Source Editing Tool  

·         Audacity: http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Creative Commons Legal Guide for Podcasting: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide

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/)

·         Home Page: 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
  • Go to Bloglines home page: http://www.bloglines.com/
  • Easiest way to add feeds to your account: http://www.bloglines.com/help/easysub
  • Step-by-step Bloglines tutorial: http://tinyurl.com/ap42n

• What is Google Reader? http://www.google.com/help/reader/faq.html
  • Step-by-step Getting Started: http://www.google.com/help/reader/help.html
  • Google Personalized Homepage - Add Reader to it: http://www.google.com/ig
  • The Google Reader Blog: http://googlereader.blogspot.com/
• 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

·         Grokker - http://www.grokker.com/

·         Kartoo - http://www.kartoo.com/flash04.php3

·         Quintura - http://www.quintura.com/

·         Quintura for Kids - http://kids.quintura.com/

Social Bookmarking

·         Backflip - http://www.backflip.com/dir_start.ihtml

·         Blinklist - http://www.blinklist.com/

·         Blogmarks - http://blogmarks.net/

·         Connotea - http://www.connotea.org/

• del.icio.us home page: http://del.icio.us/
  • Adding to your del.icio.us account: http://del.icio.us/help/buttons
• 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

·         Remember the Milk - http://www.rememberthemilk.com/

·         TaDaList - http://www.tadalist.com/

·         Voo2do - http://frassle.net/

 

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

·         Lazybase database: http://lazybase.com/

·         Zoho Applications – http://zoho.com

Notebooks

·         eDaily Diary - http://www.edailydiary.com/

·         Google Notebook: http://www.google.com/noteboook/

·         Zoho Note Book – Online Notebook: http://zoho.com

Presentations

·         AjaxPresents – http://www.ajaxwrite.com (Firefox browser only)

·         Empressr web presentations: http://www.empressr.com/ - (Embed video, charts, graphs, etc.)

• Gliffy - http://www.gliffy.com (flowcharts, graphs, etc.)

·         SlideFlickr – http://slideflickr.com

·         SlideShare for PPT slides: http://slideshare.net/

·         ThinkFree - http://www.thinkfree.com/

·         Thumbstacks Presentations: http://www.thumbstacks.com/

·         Zoho Show – Online presentation tool – http://zoho.com

Spread Sheets

·         AjaxXLS – http://www.ajaxwrite.com (Firefox browser only)

·         EditGrid spreadsheets: http://www.editgrid.com/home(free, with collaboration $5.00 per month)

·         Google spreadsheet: http://spreadsheets.google.com/

·         ThinkFree - http://www.thinkfree.com/

·         Zoho Sheet – Online spreadsheet service – http://zoho.com

Word Processing

·         AjaxWrite – http://www.ajaxwrite.com (Firefox browser only)

·         Google word processing: http://docs.google.com/

·         ThinkFree - http://www.thinkfree.com/

·         Zoho Creator – Online web applications creator: http://zoho.com

Web Page Building

• FreeWebs - http://members.freewebs.com/
• Google Page Creator - http://pages.google.com/
• PC Man Website - http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/web_page_creator.shtml

Web Polls

• Zoho Poll: http://zohopolls.com
• Vizu.com - http://www.vizu.com
• Neomyz.com - http://neomyz.com

Wikis

·         EditMe - http://www.editme.com/95 per month) (Starts at $4.

·         Flexwiki - http://www.flexwiki.com/

·         Jotspot - http://www.jot.com/ (recently acquired by Google)

·         MediaWiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki (Used to build wikipedia)

·         PB Wiki (aka Peanut Butter Wiki) - http://pbwiki.com/

·         Project Forum - http://www.projectforum.com/pf/wiki.html

·         Schtuff - http://www.schtuff.com/

·         SeedWiki - http://www.seedwiki.com/

·         Stikipad – http://www.stikipad.com/

·         Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/

·         Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia

·         Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/

·         Zwiki - http://zwiki.org/FrontPage

Good Sources of Info

• Michael Arrington - TechCrunch Blog - http://www.techcrunch.com/
• Richard McManus - Read/Write Web Blog - http://www.readwriteweb.com/
• Dion Hinchcliffe - The State of Web 2.0 Blog - http://web2.wsj2.com/the_state_of_web_20.htm
• Open Source Tools for Windows Users - http://www.opensourcewindows.org/
• Robert Scoble -  http://cobleizer.com
• Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org
• ZD Net’s Web 2.0 Outlet - http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/