WEB 2.0 TOOLS FOR EDUCATION

GLOGSTER

Create media rich posters with images, video, audio (uploaded or recorded) and apply a wide range of visual effects- size, rotation, scaling, as well as for text. Web links can be added for any item. Any embedded media can be viewed via a built in player. Does require student accounts.

Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds”

from text that you provide. The clouds give greater

prominence to words that appear more frequently in

the source text. You can tweak your clouds with

different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.

WORDLE

Tagxedo turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.

TAGXEDO

Doodle Buddy is an app that allows you to type, draw, stamp, and upload pics (much like Kid Pix). I like to use it with PDFs that you add to iBooks. It also comes with many background images that would be great for generating writing prompts. You can use your finger, however, I have found it is easier to use the iPad stylus.

STORYBIRD

ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that is designed to let anyone easily create their own customized 3D pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life.

ZOOBURST

Fodey’s Newspaper Clip Generator is a great solution for enticing reluctant writers.

After completing the online template for a newspaper

name, date, article heading and the text of the article,

students click the Generate button and the site renders

what looks like an authentic newspaper clipping. To save

the jpg, click the link below the picture.

FODEY

Wallwisher is a free internet application that allows you to build a wall that then you or you and others can post notes on.   To build a wall you will need to log in with an email account but an email account is not needed to post notes on that wall.  Good news for those of us working with students under the age of 14.

WALLWISHER

Blabberize allows you to quickly animate any image to make it talk, by simply adding

audio and specifying the bottom lip or jaw section.

Within minutes you have a talking photo and the novelty factor of this will never wear

thin for students. 

BLABBERIZE

Timetoast is a free Web 2.0 tool which allows its users to create interactive timelines online!  All that is required to sign up for this tool is a valid email address or a Facebook account, which will be used  in order to create a log in for the web page.  Once registered and logged in the tool is easy to use. 

TIMETOAST

 This tool analyzes an uploaded/imported set of

images and creates a "professional" video. You can also upload your own music. The end result features video effects not even possible with

most desktop editing software. The free version

allows you to create 30 second videos.

ANIMOTO

Voki is an application that lets you create personalized avatars to use on your wikis, blogs or websites. You can also e-mail these wonderful characters. This free web 2.0 tool is a great way to motivate learners of any age, because they are very interactive and provide various options for students to customize them. 

VOKI

Voicethread is a digital storytelling tool to share stories using

different kind of media. It 

allows users to leave their comments

by audio, text or video. 

VOICETHREAD

Whether you want the world or just a tiny corner of it, Google Earth gives it all to you. You can twirl the planet like a globe and turn it every which way. Zoom in for a better look at what interests you. The images show every landmark and every urban center in exquisite detail. You even can find your own house. 

GOOGLE EARTH

Big Huge Labs has lots of fun things to do with your

photographs. Many of these activities have great applications for the

classroom. Big Huge Labs has a Trading Card Generator that

can be used for biographies, Biomes/Habitats, Geometric

Shapes, Animal Research, and other concepts that have

multiple components. 

BIG HUGE LABS

Providing educators and students access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction. Find high interest student interactives that support a variety of comprehension strategies.

READ WRITE THINK

 ToonDoo.com is a free web-based program that allows users to create comic strips and books. Toondoo.com

utilizes a drag and drop layout that is easy for all users to use. This program can adapted to be used with any

student level and can be used in many different ways.

TOONDOO

Livebinders is a digital 3 ring binder that you can put virtually anything into; webpage, PDF, document,

image, or video. Everything is organized by tab and you can even have subtabs within those tabs. 

LIVEBINDER