Web+2.0+Tools+and+Resources

Many of these can be embedded into wikis. Check the sites for an embed code to see. This list is a work in progress. Animoto [|Babbl.us] Mind/concept mapping tool Blogs Blogs provide opportunities to reach out to a range of community stakeholders including administrators, other teachers and students, parents, and the community at large. Blogs have the potential to give kids an authentic voice. [|Create-A-Graph] Create-A-Graph is a Web-based tool aimed at giving students an accessible way to learn graphing fundamentals. The tool is easy and flexible, according to Lovely, and allows them to learn important concepts using their own information [|Delicious] Diigo Digital Storytelling Drop Boxes [|Evernote] [|Gimp] [|GoogleApps] [|Google Calendar] (See [|link] for ideas). <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|Google Docs] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Upload your files, edit anytime from anywhere, choose who can access your documents share and collaborate online. You can also create presentations than can be uploaded as widgets to the wiki. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|Google Forms] (could be used to create list of email addresses, addresses, volunteers, sign-ups for events, permission forms, emergency contact person etc., or the other items are endless). See [|link]for ideas. These can be embedded or emailed also. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Google Tools <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|Jogtheweb] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Mind Mapping Tools <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Ning <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|PhotoPeach] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|PhotoStory] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|Picasa] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Poll Daddy <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Polling <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Presentation Tools <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Prezi <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Quiz Tools <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SchoolTube <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|Shelfari] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|Slideshare] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|Skype] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">This tool can be used to improve class participation and collaboration by providing free voice and video calling to other Skype users worldwide. Some uses of the platform include multi-class and cross-district collaboration, professional development, and virtual field trips. Click[| link] for other ideas. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|Shoutmix] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">A widget that allows you to interact with others instantly. A shoutbox can be placed on your blog or website. Your visitors can then easily post comments in it. They can also use the shoutbox to chat with you and other visitors at the same time. You will be able to customize the sizes, styles, fonts, colors and labels. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Social Networking <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">SurveyMonkey <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">TagCrowdTeacherTube <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Vimeo <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Voicethread <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Voicethread is audiovisual tool that gives users the ability to upload images or video files and then add audio or text comments.[|Voki] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">A text to speech generator that could be used for speaking and listening skills through a student-generated avatar that reads a list of spelling words. What if kids used Voki to say something important? The site offers the ability to customize the look of the Voki and the sound of the voice. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[|Wallwisher] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Create notes in your own workspace wall. You can also share notes with others by providing the workspace name (or url) to a friend. Great for collaborative ideas and brainstorming as many students can work on the same page at the same time. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Wikispaces <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">One of the most powerful web 2.0 tools in education. You can do alot with a wiki including embedding all kinds of content to promoting collaboration to creating an entire community all on a single platform. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Word Clouds <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">WordItOut <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">Wordle
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Web2.0 Tools & Resources **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Other Sites That Include Other Web2.0 Tool Examples: ** <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">http://teachweb2.wikispaces.com/ <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">[] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">http://60in60.wikispaces.com/ <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">http://theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com/ ||  || =<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">Web2.0 Arts Tools (and Sites) = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Many of these can be embedded into wikis. Check the sites for an embed code to see. This list is a work in progress. Feel free to add your own favorites. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Art Pad] - A great painting site that records a picture while it's created to create a time lapse effect. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Arts Web2.0 Tools

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Artistic-i Online Seeing System Viewer: Image]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Artist's Toolkit]

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|ArtRage 2.5 Home]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Artsonia] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Audacity]

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Audacity Tip Sheet]
====<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|10 Great ways to use Audacity with your Students | Tip of the Iceberg] ====

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Aviary]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|BeFunky] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">BeFunky simplifies photo editing and effects. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Bomomo] - A fun site where users can create unique pictures with different templates (ie, Pixie).

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Gallery - Picassohead]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">GarageBand <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Glogster] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> "Interactive posters" that can include embedded media links, sound, and video capabilities. Students can work with Glogster individually or as a group to create presentations, share information, and interact with their peers. Make sure to look at the "EDU" version, which prevents other users from viewing class-specific "Glogs."

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Google SketchUp]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kerpoof <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Kerpoof is a site that provides a variety of creative tools for animation, drawing, and movie creation. Users can choose from a range of preset characters and environmental options, or they can create their own. The site offers drag-and-drop simplicity coupled with advanced animation and editing capabilities that, according to Lovely, open the platform up to a range of curricular applications. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Kisstunes <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|KissTunes] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">KissTunes turns the home row and a few secondary keys above the home row, into a keyboard-like tool for composing simple tunes. You can edit your work, share it, and even back up the tunes you create to your computer. Check out the video below, which covers just about everything you can do with <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Live Brush] - A wonderful free application that lets users create some beautiful designs. Includes a gallery of examples to view, too.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|MeArt.com]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Museum Box] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> This site provides the tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. What items, for example, would you put in a box to describe your life; the life of a Victorian Servant or Roman soldier; or to show that slavery was wrong and unnecessary? You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view and comment on the museum boxes submitted by others. Have a look at this [|Museum Box ISTE article] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Music Tools] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Odosketch]- A wonderful site for creating beautiful sketches with colored pencils.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Q-BLOCK : Create 3D Pixel Art Online]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Queeky] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Scrapblog] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Combine your photos, audio, video and text to create multimedia pages and mix things up with a bunch of creative elements. Share your creations with family and friends or post them directly to your favorite sites. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Scratch] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Create your own stories, art, music and games

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Sketchcast.com]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Sketchpad] - Create excellent paintings and drawings with this cool site. Many styles, effects and gradients for users to choose.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Slideshow Maker, Free Online Slideshows, Edit Photos]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Slimber] - An excellent site for drawing & painting with some beautiful examples. <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Sumo Paint] - One of the most popular digital art creators on the web, very similar to Photoshop.

<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Visual Acoustics]
<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">[|Voice Draw] - A unique site that lets users create art with their voice/sound.

=<span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">More Ideas: = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|45 Websites For Students To Create Original Artwork Online] <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">http://artseducator20.wikispaces.com/Web+2.0 ||  ||