Web 2.0

Web 2.0 is a term describing the trend in the use of World Wide Web technology and web design that aims to enhance creativity, information sharing, and, most notably, collaboration among users. These concepts have led to the development and evolution of web-based communities and hosted services, such as social-networking sites, wikis, blogs, and folksonomies (collaborative tagging, social classification, social indexing, and social tagging) .

Interactive Desktop Publishing Tools1. Zoho – docs, presentations, and collaboration

http://writer.zoho.com2. Letterpop – create free newsletters

http://www.letterpop.com/3. MaiNada – fun, animated comic strips

http://www.mainada.net/comics4. ToonDoo – create comics and comic strips

http://www.toondoo.com/5. Comiqs – comic strips

http://comiqs.com/6. Bookbuilder – create kids ebooks

http://bookbuilder.cast.org/7. Writing is Fun – various text types, tips, and examples

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jeather/writingfun/writingfun.html8. Comic creation

www.bitstrips.com

Collaboration Tools

1. Scriblink – take online notes togetherhttp://www.scriblink.com/

2. Writeboard – share a web-based notepadhttp://www.writeboard.com/

3.Voice Thread – photo content and discusshttp://voicethread.com/

4. Kaltura – create and collaborate videohttp://www.kaltura.com/

5. Solodox – create, share, and collaborate docshttp://www.solodox.com/

Presentation Tools

1. Zoho Show - http://show.zoho.com/

2. Preezo - http://www.preezo.com/

3. Prezentit - http://www.prezentit.com/

4. Empressr - http://www.empressr.com/

5. Spresent - http://www.spresent.com/v2/

6. Slideshare - http://www.slideshare.net/

Note Taking Tools

1. Zoho Notebook – notetaking with a punchhttp://notebook.zoho.com/

2. Webnote – share notes with no accountshttp://www.aypwip.org/webnote/

3. Scriblink – instant interactive whiteboardhttp://www.scriblink.com/

4. Skrbl – a web whiteboard http://www.skrbl.com/

5. Writewith – online docs for members to create, edit, revisehttp://www.writewith.com/

6. Notesake – individual and group notes to sharehttp://notesake.com/

7. Helipad – share notes with a url linkhttp://pad.helicoid.net/home.html

Mind Mapping Tools

1. Drawanywhere – graphical concept mapshttp://www.drawanywhere.com/

2. Mind42 – interactive concept mapshttp://www.mind42.com/

3. Gliffy – simple concept mapshttp://www.gliffy.com/

4. Mindmeister – simple concept mapshttp://www.mindmeister.com/

5. Exploretree – excellent for mind maps and graphic organizershttp://www.exploratree.org.uk/

Forms, Polls, and Survey Tools

1. Surveymonkey - http://www.surveymonkey.com/

2. Zoomerang - http://www.zoomerang.com/3. Questionform - http://questionform.com/4. Buzzvote - http://www.buzzvote.com/5. 99Polls - http://www.99polls.com/6. Polldaddy - http://polldaddy.com/7. Wufoo - https://secure.wufoo.com/

Podcast Tools

1. Gabcast – call from any phone 1-888http://www.gabcast.com/

2. Splashcast – audio cast channelhttp://web.splashcast.net/

3. Evoca – create audio streamshttp://www.evoca.com/

4. Podomatic – create, send, and sharehttp://www.podomatic.com/

5. Odeo – record and share audiohttp://odeo.com/

6. Gcast – create and mix audio podcastshttp://www.gcast.com/

7. Gabcasthttp://www.gabcast.com/

Vodcast Tools

1. Ustream.tv – create your own live video broadcastshttp://www.ustream.tv/

2. Mogulus – create video broadcastshttp://www.mogulus.com/

3. Viddler – upload, enhance, and share videoshttp://www.viddler.com/

4. Teachertube.comhttp://www.teachertube.com/

5. Schooltube.comhttp://www.schooltube.com/

6. Youtube.comhttp://www.youtube.com/

Blog Tools

1. Wordpress – a favoritehttp://wordpress.com/

2. Blogsterhttp://www.blogster.com/

3. Blogcheese – awesome video bloghttp://www.blogcheese.com/

4. Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/start

5. Edublogshttp://edublogs.org/

6. Blogsomehttp://www.blogsome.com/

7. Vox – free and simple blog creationhttp://www.vox.com/

Wiki Tools

1. Wikispaces – ad free for educatorshttp://www.wikispaces.com/

2. Wetpaint – ad free for educatorshttp://www.wetpaint.com/

3. Wikiahttp://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia

4. Pbwiki – ad free for educatorshttp://pbwiki.com/education.wiki

5. Bluwiki – free wiki with tons of toolshttp://www.bluwiki.com/

Web Page Construction Tools

1. Webnode – easy drag and drophttp://www.webnode.com/en/

2. Doodlekit – easy and freehttp://www.doodlekit.com/home

3. Weebly – simple and great templateshttp://www.weebly.com/

4. Freewebs – add blog page and musichttp://members.freewebs.com/

5. Bravenet – add info and gameshttp://www.bravenet.com/

6. Glogster – poster web siteshttp://www.glogster.com/

7. Roxer – click and draghttp://www.roxer.com/

Communication Tools

1.Yaplet – allows visitors to chat on your sitehttp://www.yaplet.com/

2.GeeSee – allows visitors to chathttp://www.geesee.com/

3. MeBeam – instant chat and video roomshttp://www.mebeam.com/

4. Chatmaker – instant free chat roomshttp://www.chatmaker.net/

5. Karzi – create free chat rooms with linkshttp://www.karzi.com/explore.php

Webinar Tools

1. Adobe Brio – excellent webinar toolhttp://www.adobe.com/acom/connectnow/

2. WizIQ – online training or webinarhttp://www.wiziq.com/

3. Vyew – great webinar applicationhttp://vyew.com/site/

4. Zoho Meeting – simple web meetinghttp://meeting.zoho.com

5. PalBee – meet with up to four people freehttp://www.palbee.com/

6. http://elluminate.com/vroom/index.jsp

Multimedia Tools

1. Animoto – animate your photoshttp://animoto.com/

2. Kerpoof – build cartoons like stories and movieshttp://www.kerpoof.com/

3. SCRATCH – build flash animationshttp://scratch.mit.edu/

4. Cellblock – edit images and videoshttp://cellblock.com/home.htm

5. VozMe – convert text to mp3http://vozme.com/

6. Kaltura – collaborative video editinghttp://www.kaltura.com/

Photo Sharing Tools

1. Tuxpaint – create and edit imageshttp://www.tuxpaint.org/screenshots/

2. Vuvox – cool cutouts for photoshttp://www.vuvox.com/

3. Fotowoosh – create 3d imageshttp://www.fotowoosh.com/

4. Mixbook – create online ebooks and order hard copieshttp://www.mixbook.com/

5. ScrapEase – create an online scrapbookhttp://scrapease.com/

6. Flickr – upload, store, and share photoshttp://www.flickr.com/

Simulation Tools

1. PhET – research based simulationshttp://phet.colorado.edu/new/simulations/index.php

2. Explore Learning – Gizmoswww.explorelearning.com

3. Rainforest Mathhttp://www.rainforestmaths.com/

4. Interactive Timershttp://www.fieryideas.com/freebies.php

5. Thatquizhttp://www.thatquiz.org/

6. Quizlethttp://quizlet.com/

Personalized Browser Tools

1. Pageflakeshttp://www.pageflakes.com/

2. iGooglehttp://www.google.com/ig

3. MyGetGohttp://mygetgo.com/index.html

4. AwesomeStarthttp://www.awesomestart.com/

5. Speedymarkshttp://www.speedymarks.com/

6. Netvibeshttp://www.netvibes.com/

7. Webwaghttp://www.webwag.com/

Global Network Connections

1. Educatorslog.inhttp://educatorslogin.com/

2. Classroom 2.0http://www.classroom20.com/

3. WikiEducatorhttp://wikieducator.org/

4. The Educators Networkhttp://www.theeducatorsnetwork.com/

5. Taking it Globalhttp://takingitglobal.org/

6. The Applehttp://www.theapple.com/

Digital Photo Tools

1. www.flickr.com

2. www.buzznet.com

3. www.fotki.com

4. www.dotphoto.com

5. www.shutterfly.com

6. www.kodakgallery.com

7. http://smugmug.com

Video Streaming

1. http://www.learner.org/channel/channel.html - Annenberg Media

2. http://www.history.com/media.do

3. http://www.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/

4. http://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/videogallery/index.html

5. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/programs/index.html

Social Bookmarks

1. del.icio.us - http://del.icio.us

2. BlinkList - http://www.blinklist.com

3. Simpy- http://simpy.com

Extras

1. e-Missions – distance learninghttp://www.e-missions.net/

2. Online graphing toolhttp://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

3. Learn Out Loud http://www.learnoutloud.com/ 4. Says It http://www.says-it.com/ 5. e-Missions – distance learning

http://www.e-missions.net/6. Online graphing tool

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx7. Video Creation Software

http://animoto.com/