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Web 2.0 Tools |
Aggregators | Animation | Blogging | Calendars | Collaboration | Content Management | File Sharing | Graphic Organizers | Graphs & Charts | Mapping | Note-Taking | Online Productivity | Personalized Homepages | Photo Editing - Drawing - Cartooning | Photo Sharing | Presentation | Research | Screen Capture | Social Bookmarking | Social Networking | Spreadsheets | Surveys and Polls | Teaching Tools | Video | Website Creation | Wikis | Word Processing
| WebTools4U2Use Wiki | Learn about the huge
variety of Web 2.0 resources. Just scroll down and you'll see an extensive
list of categories of tools for you to click on and investigate. Each
category includes a detailed explanation of the purpose and uses of that
type of Web 2.0 tool. This is a great place to start! http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/ |
Aggregators
An aggregator is a tool for gathering, reading, and sharing the feeds from all the blogs and websites you read on the web.
| Bloglines | An All-in-one Blog and
news feed search, online subscriptions, news reader, blog publishing and
social sharing tools - and it's all free! http://www.bloglines.com/ |
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| Google Reader |
This easy-to-use tool constantly checks sites (blogs, news sites, and webpages) that have been selected by you, scans them for updates and new content, and then organizes them in the Reader for easy access. Reader is a great organization tool to keep current with educational trends, research, and news! |
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| Pageflakes | This is another popular
aggregator. http://www.pageflakes.com/ |
| Gickr | Instantly create animate
GIFs with images you upload or grab them from your Flickr account. http://gickr.com/ |
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| GoAnimate | "You can make your own
animated characters, direct your own cartoons and watch others' creations.
It's easy, fun and free!" http://goanimate.com/ |
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| Voki | This free site enables
users to express themselves on the web in their own voice using a customized
talking character. http://www.voki.com/ |
| Class Blogmeister | With the tagline "Learning
as conversation," this site was developed specifically for teachers to
create class blogs. You can browse through existing blogs to see what others
are doing and get some great ideas. http://classblogmeister.com/ |
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| Edmodo | Edmodo is a "private
microblogging platform for teachers and students to share ideas, files,
events and assignments." http://www.edmodo.com/ |
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| Edublogs | This is a free blogging
site that is intended for the use of anyone involved in education. http://edublogs.org/ |
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| WordPress | This is another popular
blogging site, but is broader in use than Edublogs, which is aimed strictly
at the educational market. http://wordpress.com/ |
| 30 Boxes | 30 Boxes is an easy way
"to share your calendar and your web
stuff online. Organize your life, share
all or parts of it with friends." http://30boxes.com/ |
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| Famundo | This site offers "free
online calendar and other tools for schools, churches, and clubs, to easily
share events with members." http://www.famundo.com/ |
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| Google Calendar | If you have a free Google
account, you can use this great feature to organize your schedule,
access your calendar from anywhere, send invitations and track R.S.V.P.'s,
and more! http://www.google.com/calendar/ |
| CogDogRoo | This "Story Tools" page
includes an impressive list of Web 2.0 Tools for creating, editing, and
presenting digital stories. http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryTools |
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| CoSketch | "CoSketch is a multi-user
online whiteboard designed to give you the ability to quickly visualize and
share your ideas as images." http://cosketch.com/ |
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| Dabbleboard | Imagine using an online,
collaborative whiteboard with your class! http://www.dabbleboard.com/ |
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| Google Tools for Educators | Among its many great
features, Google offers these apps which can be used for collaborative online
creation of word processed documents, presentations, spreadsheets. http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html |
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| MixedInk | Add a democratic element
to your collaboration by gathering opinions, voting for the best, and
combining into one document. http://www.mixedink.com/main.php |
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| Prezi Meeting | This online presentation
site offers a "Meeting" feature that allows up to 10 people to create a
presentation together. http://prezi.com/ |
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| Rock Our World | This is an international
project in which students on every continent collaborate to compose original
music, make movies, and meet each other in live videoconferences. http://rockourworld.ning.com/ |
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| Scribblar | Scribblar serves as a
free, multi-user white board, with "live audio, image collaboration,
text-chat and more." It's great for promoting collaboration. http://www.scribblar.com/index.cfm |
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| Springnote | This Web application
"combines the elements of wiki, word processing, and file organization into
an easy, simple, and intuitive user experience." http://springnote.com/ |
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| Stixy | You can use this site as
an "online bulletin board" - share notes, files, photos, and to-do lists. http://www.stixy.com/ |
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| Storybird | Use your imagination to
create a story inspired by the wonderful artwork on the site. Teachers can
even set up a class account in a controlled environment for collaborative
storytelling. http://storybird.com/ |
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| ThinkQuest | This project-management
site provides an environment in which teachers and students can collaborate.
Check out the archive of existing projects, and consider entering your class
projects in the annual competition. http://www.thinkquest.org/en/ |
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| VoiceThread | Intended strictly for the
K-12 community, this is a website at which teachers and students can create
and share conversations. The site defines a VoiceThread as "a collaborative,
multimedia slideshow that holds images, documents, and videos" and allows
people to leave comments in various ways. http://ed.voicethread.com/#home |
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| Wallwisher | This free "online notice
board maker" on which you and others can post messages on a common topic. http://www.wallwisher.com/ |
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| Wiggio | "Wiggio is a free, online
toolkit that makes it easy to work in groups." "You can share and edit
files, manage a group calendar, poll your group, post links, set up
conference calls, chat online and send mass text, voice and email messages
to your group members." http://wiggio.com/ |
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| Writeboard | This free collaborative
authoring tool offers "sharable, web-based text documents that let you save
every edit, roll back to any version, and easily compare changes." http://writeboard.com/ |
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| Zoho | Here you will find a
"comprehensive suite of ... applications," including spreadsheets,
presentations, word processing, email, wiki, note taker, and more. http://www.zoho.com/ |
| Joomla | This freely downloadable
software enables anyone to build websites and manage text, photos, videos,
documents, or any other type of file. http://www.joomla.org/ |
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| Moodle | "Moodle is a Course
Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or
a Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a free web application that
educators can use to create effective online learning sites." http://moodle.org/ |
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| WordPress | While this is actually a
blogging site, it allows you to create basic web pages with manageable
content. http://wordpress.com/ |
| 4Shared | Upload your photo, video,
and music files to this site and then share them with others - even people
who have not registered on the site. Just email them the document link. http://www.4shared.com/ |
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| Google Docs | You can collaborate on creation of word processed documents, presentations,
and spreadsheets, or you can upload pre-existing files to share with
selected people. http://docs.google.com/ |
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| JustPaste.It | This free, online text
editor allows you to easily upload and share text, images, video, etc. You
can even download your documents as PDF files. http://justpaste.it/ |
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| SlideShare | "Upload and share your
PowerPoint presentations, Word documents and Adobe PDF" files to share
publicly or privately. http://www.slideshare.net/ |
| Mindomo | On this site, you and your
classes can create, edit, and share mind maps. http://www.mindomo.com/ |
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| TagGalaxy | By selecting tags
(keywords associated with various topics), you can form photos into a visual
representation of a shared concept. http://taggalaxy.com/ |
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| Verifiable | Verifiable is an online
tool that allows you to generate graphs and charts - what they call
"verifiable visualizations" to communicate information. http://verifiable.com/ |
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| Webspiration | The people who brought us
Inspiration software have created this web-based resource that allows you to
"map out ideas, organize with outlines and collaborate online with teams or
colleagues." http://mywebspiration.com/ |
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| Wordle | General "word clouds" from
text you supply, giving emphasis to terms that appear most often. You can
customize the font, layout, and color scheme for each cloud. http://www.wordle.net/ |
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| XMind | This is brainstorming and
mind mapping software that is free to download. http://www.xmind.net/ |
| ChartGizmo | With the free
registration, you get lots of chart types to create, and a manual if you
have a problem. You can even import data directly from Excel! http://chartgizmo.com/ |
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| ChartPart | This is Google's very
basic chart generator. http://www.chartpart.com/ |
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| ChartTool | Design and share your own
graphs with this free online tool. http://www.onlinecharttool.com/ |
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| Create A Graph | This basic tool allows you
to create 5 different types of graphs, using your own data. http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/ |
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| Hohli | This user-friendly chart
builder walks you through a series of options (choosing chart type and size,
inserting data, adding a title, etc.) and you’re done. http://charts.hohli.com/ |
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| PieColor | If you want to create a
pie chart, this site makes it easy to do. http://piecolor.com/ |
| Google Earth | Once the free software is
downloaded, you can travel the globe via satellite imagery - from outer
space to under the ocean - and even create your own maps to share. http://earth.google.com/intl/en/ |
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| NASA's Global Maps | "NASA's interactive global
maps allow you to explore how key parts of Earth?s climate system change
from month to month." http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/GlobalMaps/ |
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| MultiMap | "Offers online mapping
services. Search for addresses, get travel directions, view aerial photos,
or link to local information." http://www.multimap.com/ |
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| National Geographic MapMachine | Using this site, you can
add highly visual, interactive charts to your website. http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/map-machine |
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| Evernote | This note-creating website
allows you to "[p]ut your thoughts, ideas, inspiration, and things to
remember all in one place." http://www.evernote.com/about/learn_more/ |
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| Helipad | Write your notes online,
then search, tag, and share. http://pad.helicoid.net/home.html |
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| Notefish | "Save information from the
web into a single online Notefish page, then organize and share!" http://www.notefish.com/ |
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| UberNote | Create online notes that
you can store and search. http://www.ubernote.com/webnote/pages/default.aspx |
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| WebAsyst | This "free online notepad
service" lets you organize your notes into folders and share them, too. http://www.webasyst.net/notes/ |
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| WebNote | Once you create a
workspace, you can take notes online, save them, return to them, and even
share them with others. http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/ |
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| ZohoNotebook | With this great site you
can create notes, collaborate, and track the changes. You can even add
images, audio, and other files. http://notebook.zoho.com/ |
Online Productivity - Here you will find suites of tools - word processing, spreadsheets, databases, and presentation tools - all of which are accessible online from anywhere.
| Google Docs | Among its many great
features, Google offers this one which can be used for collaborative online
creation of word processed documents, presentations, spreadsheets. http://docs.google.com/ |
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| ThinkFree | "ThinkFree Office is a
Microsoft® Office compatible application suite comprised of word processing,
spreadsheet, and presentation graphics software - all usable online and
offline." http://member.thinkfree.com/ |
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| Zoho | Here you will find a
"comprehensive suite of ... applications," including spreadsheets,
presentations, word processing, email, wiki, note taker, and more. http://www.zoho.com/ |
| Google Docs | Among its many great
features, Google offers this one which can be used for collaborative online
creation of word processed documents, presentations, spreadsheets. http://docs.google.com/ |
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| Netvibes | Create a public or private
home page, personalized with widgets, dashboards, themes, RSS feeds, etc. http://www.netvibes.com/en |
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| Pageflakes | Here you can easily
customize the Internet and make it yours using ‘”Flakes” – small, movable
versions of all of your web favorites that you can arrange on your personal
homepage. You can also participate in the Pageflakes community, sharing your
page as a “Pagecast” with a private group or with the world, and connecting
with other users across the globe. http://www.pageflakes.com/ |
Photo Editing - Drawing - Cartooning
| Glogster EDU | Try this "web 2.0 platform
that easily allows users to upload photos, videos, text, audio and more to
create a unique online, interactive poster." http://edu.glogster.com/ |
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| Pixlr | "An online advanced image
editor, including layering. You won't believe you're working on the Web"
(Hargedon, Steve. "Cool Tools: Picture This." School
Library Journal. April 2010. p. 17.). http://www.pixlr.com/ |
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| Sumo Paint | Similar to PhotoShop, this
is free online image editing software. http://sumopaint.com/web/ |
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| ToonDoo | On this site, you can
"create your own comic strips," as well as publish, share, and discuss
them." http://www.toondoo.com/ |
| EarthTunnel | "Earthtunnel.com is a
virtual project aimed at the creation of a 3D tunnel" constructed out of
images you embed in its walls. http://www.earthtunnel.com/ |
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| Flickr | Flickr is an "online photo
management and sharing application." http://www.flickr.com/ |
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| Photobucket | "Upload, manage, and share your photos and
videos for FREE!" http://photobucket.com/ |
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| Picasa |
"Free photo editing software from Google, now
with name tags." http://picasa.google.com/ |
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| Shutterfly | Membership on Shutterfly
will give you free, unlimited photo storage. http://www.shutterfly.com/ |
| 280 Slides | Using this site, you can
create presentations easily, import existing PowerPoint slideshows, export
to PowerPoint, and even publish to a website. http://280slides.com/ |
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| Empressr | Add photos, music, video,
and audio to your presentation - then share it publicly or privately in an
instant - with this free resource. http://www.empressr.com/ |
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| Google Docs Presentations | Among its many great
features, Google offers this one which can be used for collaborative online
creation of presentations. http://www.google.com/google-d-s/presentations/ |
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| Prezi | Prezi is like a virtual
white board. Rather than moving from slide to slide in the traditional way,
users can zoom in and out of the slides. It includes step-by-step
instructions, as well as a full user's manual. You can also explore existing
presentations and use keywords to search the collection. For collaborative
work, you can use the Meeting feature. http://prezi.com/ |
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| VoiceThread | Intended strictly for the
K-12 community, this is a website at which teachers and students can create
and share conversations. The site defines a VoiceThread as "a collaborative,
multimedia slideshow that holds images, documents, and videos" and allows
people to leave comments in various ways. http://ed.voicethread.com/#home |
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| Zoho Show | "Pre-built themes, clipart
and shapes coupled with features like drag-and-drop makes [this] an easy
application to use." You can even embed your presentation into your blog or
website. http://show.zoho.com/login.do |
| CiteULike | Create your own research
library! "CiteULike is a free service to help you store, organise and share
the scholarly papers you are reading." And citation details are
automatically extracted for each article added. http://www.citeulike.org/ |
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| Diigo | Diigo is a collaborative
research and knowledge-sharing resource, that allows you to actually use a
virtual highlighter on the web. Educator accounts are available. http://www.diigo.com/education |
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| Zotero | "Zotero is an easy-to-use
yet powerful research tool that helps you gather, organize, and analyze
sources (citations, full texts, web pages, images, and other objects), and
lets you share the results of your research in a variety of ways." http://www.zotero.org/ |
| Jing | A free online screen
capture resource, Jing can let you snap pictures of your screen, record
video of onscreen action, and share your videos instantly on the web. http://www.jingproject.com/ |
| Delicious | This is a social
bookmarking site, which means that you can create a collection of your
favorite sites, and then share them with others - and vice versa. http://delicious.com/ |
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| Diigo |
Diigo allows users to save websites, as
well as tag them, add sticky notes and annotations, and share them with
other users in various groups. Educator accounts are available. |
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| Simply Box |
For the visual learner, this tool
tat allows users to capture, share, and organize anything found on the web
into an unlimited number of "boxes" and then share with friends, groups,
students, or the world. As students collaborate on projects, Simply Box
makes it easy to organize, cite, and keep track of the individual
resources culled from various websites. |
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| StumbeUpon |
"Discover photos, videos, and web pages recommended by
friends and people sharing your interests." |
| Dweeber | This site utilizes social
networking to connect students and "helps them get their homework done
faster by working with their school friends online." http://www.dweeber.com/ |
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| Edmodo | Edmodo is a "free, secure
social networking site for schools." http://www.edmodo.com/ |
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| Elgg | This Open Source
networking engine provides "the core components you need to build out socially aware applications." http://elgg.org/index.php |
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| Imbee | This is "the first secure
social network for kids! Share photos, videos, blog and much more!" http://imbee.com/ |
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| Ning | Describing itself as a
"social platform for the world’s interests and passions online," Ning allows
people to join and/or create a network based on shared interests. http://www.ning.com/ |
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| Second Life | This is a "3-D virtual world entirely built and owned by its Residents. http://secondlife.com/ |
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| VoiceThread | Intended strictly for the
K-12 community, this is a website at which teachers and students can create
and share conversations. The site defines a VoiceThread as "a collaborative,
multimedia slideshow that holds images, documents, and videos" and allows
people to leave comments in various ways. http://ed.voicethread.com/#home |
| EditGrid | With this free site, you
can create and share your spreadsheet documents. http://www.editgrid.com/ |
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| Google Docs: Spreadsheets | Create, collaborate, and
store your spreadsheets. http://www.google.com/google-d-s/spreadsheets/ |
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| Zoho Sheet | This is another great site
for creating and sharing online spreadsheets. http://sheet.zoho.com/login.do?serviceurl=%2Fhome.do |
| PollDaddy | This free site lets you
easily create online surveys and polls. http://www.polldaddy.com/ |
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| SurveyMonkey | SurveyMonkey's purpose is
"to enable anyone to create professional online surveys quickly and
easily." http://www.surveymonkey.com/ |
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| Zoomerang | For small, limited
surveys, Zoomerang works very well at the free level. http://www.zoomerang.com/online-surveys/ |
| 100 Helpful Web Tools for Every Kind of Learner | On this website, Web 2.0
resources are organized according to the learning style of the students who
will be using them (visual learners, auditory learners, etc.). http://www.collegeathome.com/blog/2008/06/10/100-helpful-web-tools--for-every-kind-of-learner/ |
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| Classroom 2.0 | This is an online
community aimed at helping teachers learn to use Web 2.0 tools in their
practice. http://www.classroom20.com/ |
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| ClassTools | This resource allows you
"to create free educational games. activities and diagrams." http://classtools.net/ |
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| EasyTestMaker | Here you can generate
tests for free, including multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, matching,
short answer, and true-and-false questions - all in the same test. http://www.easytestmaker.com/default.aspx |
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| Animoto | Animoto is a web
application that generates professional-looking videos from your own images,
video, and music. http://animoto.com/ |
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| Eyejot | Now there is an "online
video messaging platform" where you can "create and receive video messages
in a self-contained, spam-free environment" - for free. http://www.eyejot.com/ |
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| Wetoku | Now you can record an
interview online, play it back, and share it with the world! http://wetoku.com/ |
| Google Sites | This is a free and easy
way to create and share webpages. http://sites.google.com |
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| Weebly | Weebly lets you create a
free website and blog with an easy drag-and-drop interface, dozens of
professional designs, and free domain hosting. And you don't need any
technical skills! http://www.weebly.com/ |
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| Web Site Creation | This straightfoward page
is subtitled, "Create a Web Site in 7 Steps!" http://www.davesite.com/webstation/free-web-site-creation/ |
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| WordPress | On this site, you can
freely download WordPress open source software, and then you can create your
own site or blog. http://wordpress.org/ |
| Educational Wikis | Any teacher interested in
the use of wikis in education should take a look at the articles, sample
wikis, and discussion held at this website. http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/ |
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| PBWorks | It's easy to create a
professional-looking wiki on this site, which provides all the safeguards
you might need. http://pbworks.com/content/edu+overview |
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| Wikidot | Here a teacher can create
a free wiki with many wonderful features. http://www.wikidot.com/ |
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| Wikispaces | This major corporate wiki
site offers ad-free wikis at no charge for educators. http://www.wikispaces.com/ |
| Google Docs | This is one of the best
resources for creating, saving, and sharing word-processed documents. http://www.google.com/google-d-s/documents/ |
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| iNetWord | This fairly new resources
has all of the functionality you'd want from a word processing program. http://www.inetword.com/ |
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| Zoho Writer | Zoho Writer also offers
free online word processing, along with some great features, such as the
ability to access your files offline, and then have them automatically
synchronize when you go back online. https://writer.zoho.com/home?serviceurl=%2Findex.do |