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1. What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 Tools and Their Educational Applications - Presentation Transcript (slideshow with outline) Video from ZDNet: What is Web 2.0? http://oreilly.com/web2/archive/what-is-web-20.html Classroom 2.0 The social network for those interested in Web 2.0 and Social Media in education. Download the textbook Web 2.0 Projects. 2. Web 2.0 Tools - General Lists Discovery Education Web 2.0 This is a must-see Web site!!!! NY Times Tech Tips For Teachers: Free, Easy and Useful Creation Tools 100 ways to enhance collaboration Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Educational Technology and Mobile Learning More Web 2.0 Tools Even More Web 2.0 Tools Go2Web20.net 3. Audio, Digital Music & Podcasting
5. Forms, Surveys, and Quizzes Google Forms (requires Google account; can be found in Google Drive) Survey Monkey (free and paid versions) Quizlet digital flashcards Free Online Surveys (free and paid versions) 6. Google Products Google.com Gmail Calendar Docs GOOGLE DOCS (Now called Google Drive) Blogger Reader Maps/Google Earth Forms professional-quality flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, 8. Image Editors, Graphic Design design application and image editor, with tools and resources so anyone can create pages, images and illustrations, and have it printed on custom products through Zazzle.com! FotoFlexer Cool & Easy Tool! Pixlr Easily remove a white or solid-colored background & more! Photoshop Express (jpeg files only) ImageBot by Flaming Text (a great little program!) Aviary Aviary is a free suite of powerful online creation tools. Photo-editing, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen capture & more at Aviary.com/. Also includes audio and music applications! 9. Free Images Behold Great place to find pictures that have a creative commons licence which means your students can use them in there projects without worry of breaking copyright. Top 10 Sites for Images and Clip Art by David Kapuler Permanent link Finding images on the internet for classroom use has been a problem problem for many educators, for reasons such as copyright privileges, inappropriateness, etc. While there are a number of paid solutions for finding there are a number of free alternatives that work nicely as well. However, keep in mind that most of the sites listed below do not have built-in filters for images. These image search engines should be used either by educators (adults assisting students) or go in hand in hand with a school district filtering solution and Acceptable Use Policy. David Kapuler is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment. For more information about his work, contact him at activities and diagrams in a Flash! Host them on your own blog, website or intranet! No signup, no passwords, no charge! Shmoop Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time. Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age. Shmoop is currently a Beta Test. To paraphrase Robert Frost, we know that we still have miles to go before we sleep. 10 Cool Web 2.0 Tools for Educators There are many new ‘tools’ or websites that can be used with great success in the classroom. Web 2.0 refers to a supposed second generation of Internet-based services. These usually include tools that let people collaborate and share information online, such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies. There are hundreds of Web2.0 sites – here are 10 that can be used you to create your own website, animations, Word puzzles, and Word Art. The following article from Tech & Learning gives a number of examples of you to use Wordle well in the classroom. http://www.techlearning.com/blogs/20322 - 5 Reasons to Use How to Use Wordle http://www.slideshare.net/JenniferW/wordle-ideas Wordle Ideas 2. Kerpoof http://www.kerpoof.com KerPoof is a free online multimedia software that allows children to explore their creativity by drawing, making animated movies, writing and illustrating stories, producing pictures and cards and more. The software is intuitive and easy to use, giving children - even those who aren’t proficient in art - an opportunity to produce and share successful artwork quickly and without frustration. http://www.kerpoof.com/how_to_play How to Use Kerpoof http://www.docstoc.com/docs/2687769/Introduction-to-the-Kerpoof-Art-Studio Introduction to the Kerpoof Art Studio http://www.slideshare.net/digitalmaverick/how-to-make-a-picture-in-kerpoof-presentation How to Make a Picture in Kerpoof Presentation 3. www.yackpack.com YackPack YackPack messaging is done at your convenience. You log in when you want, you listen, and you yack. All the messages are stored for future reference. Most important, YackPack captures and conveys the expressiveness of voice putting emotion into virtual learning environments and enhancing traditional classroom interactions outside of class time. http://www.yackpack.com/education.html How Can I Use YackPack in the Classroom http://web2learning.learnhub.com/lesson/1523-social-media-yackpack What is YackPack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JWfIA7TxjHA YouTube Video on YackPack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Axa4-ye55_I&feature=relatedYouTube Video on the Use of Wikis and Yackpack 4. Google Earth and related overlay sites http://earth.google.com This site has a 3D mapping program from Google that covers the entire globe from satellite images. Requiring a download for Windows, Mac and Linux desktops, a street address can be searched, and the views can be zoomed down to the individual building all the way up to a satellite's view of the globe. Google Earth can be used to view points of interest as well as obtain driving directions between two locations. The night sky and Mars can also be viewed. http://www.techlearning.com/article/23432 Explore with Google Earth http://www.google.com/educators/p_earth.html Google Earth for Educators http://gelessons.com/lessons Google Earth Lessons You can also use 3-D overlay sites that allow you to download overlay files that ‘lay on top of ‘ Google Earth and work interactively. For example – you can download a 3-D overlay file of Paris, France and you and your student can visit Paris in 3-D. You can actually move through the streets of Paris and see buildings on either side of you. The best site that I have found is http://www.gearthhacks.com Click on Files link on the right hand site – scroll down and you will see a number of categories that can be clicked on to view the files that are available for download. This site allows you to create your own digital flashcards. Once you have made a "set" of flashcards, Quizlet gives you three ways to learn your terms. First, you familiarize yourself with the terms by simply looking through them, term, definition and all. Then Quizlet goes through your set, flashing cards and prompting you to type in the correct term. Quizlet also gives you the ability to create groups. This means that you can share your sets with everyone else in the class (and they can share theirs with you). This could be put to great use by, say, having everyone in the class each put in the vocabulary for one chapter. This site features text to speech with a variety of voices. This site allows a teacher to download papers and exams into Read the Words. This site can also read many documents such as websites, publisher, and word. Students can use this website to have any text read to them and it is very easy to learn to use. The website does an excellent job at describing the function of the tutorial as well as audible pronunciation. academic social site, where you can share and read academic documents, presentations and lecture notes. wePapers is where you find the kind of quality information you wouldn't find anywhere else on the web, the kind of papers you'd have to dig for in dusty library basements and still not find what you're looking for. WePapers was created to help people learn from one another. wePapers is also where you share what you've learned, with people who are learning the same thing. You can about responsible spending and saving is difficult. The great thing about Zefty is, although it functions like a bank account, there's no real money involved. Parents or teachers can set up and account for each student and specify how much This site has over 20,000 brain teasers, riddles, logic problems, quizzes and mind puzzles submitted and ranked by users like you, Braingle has the largest collection anywhere on the internet. Our large array of unique online multiplayer games will keep you entertained for hours, and if you want to improve your brain, check out the Mentalrobics section. A useful teaching tool for all educators. 10. Web2.0 Tools Projects booklet |
11. Office Software Google Drive (formerly Google Docs - requires Google account) office.live.com Microsoft is now offering its new Office Web Apps. These are online versions of its popular programs, like Word and Excel. The programs have limited features, but will still work for most people. Open Office 12. Online Classroom Software CourseCracker
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13. Online Whiteboards 14. PDF Creation PDF escape - free, online PDF reader, editor, PDF to Word - convert PDFs to editable Word documents 15. Presentation Software Empressr - The rich media presentation tool. Jux - Simply the best showcase for your content 16. Screencasting & Screen Capture Screen Flow (MAC) - Simply the best, most robust ScreenCastle - One of the best and easiest 17. Social Bookmarking, Notes, 17. and Research Digg 18. Video Download YouTube Videos: Creating & Editing, Sharing, etc. ezvid* -presentation, video, AND screencasting! (download) SchoolTube AnMisH - create, send, and share animations. WeVideo - bringing the world’s stories to life in video.
no software installation needed. SoThink (free, but requires download & installation) More Free Video Converters (all require downloads) SWF/FLV Converters (Bing search results) 19. Website Creation Jimdo Webnode Webs Webstarts 20. Wikis 21. Web Accessibility for People with Disabilities Google Chrome Extension: Speech Recognizer Text to Speech iSpeech: free program allows unlimited 1 minute recordings; natural-sounding voices; OdioGo near human quality voices 19 Free Websites That Convert Text to Speech Natural Readers (download) ReadtheWords www.readthewords.com This site features text to speech with a variety of voices. This site allows a teacher to download papers and exams into Read the Words. This site can also read many documents such as websites, publisher, and word. Students can use this website to have any text read to them and it is very easy to learn to use. The website does an excellent job at describing the function of the tutorial as well as audible pronunciation. How to Use ReadtheWords YouTube video 22. Free Online File Converters Online-Convert Convert media files online from one format into another. Free, fast and online; no software installation needed.
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