Web 2.0 Resources to Explore

 

Please share favorite web based applications here. Try to  include page title, brief description and of course, the URL

We can sort them into categories at the meeting ... or set up a delicious or furl account. hmmmm

(most added during the December 2007 and January 2008 meetings)

 

About Web 2.0

Web2.0 ... the Machine is Us/ing us on YouTube  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gmP4nk0EOE

 

Web 2.0     YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsa5ZTRJQ5w 

 

Common Craft Videos - http://www.commoncraft.com/show The Common Craft Show is a series of short explanatory videos about social media.

 

Web20 in Education http://web20ineducation.wikispaces.com/Intro nice introduction

Classroom 2.0 http://classroom20.ning.com/  a social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education.

 

Top 100 Tools for Learning:  http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/recommended/top100.html

 

"CoSN to school leaders: 'Think before you ban' When it comes to Web 2.0 technologies, educators should find a balance that allows for creativity, collaboration, and safety" 1-21-08 http://www.eschoolnews.com/search/?id=51725;_hbguid=c1a58625-fbae-4f33-bdee-79c2b9a824a1

By Laura Devaney, Associate Editor, eSchool News

 

Create a feed for your blog or podcast

Feedburner - http://www.feedburner.com/fb/a/home

 

Social Bookmarking

Furl  http://furl.net/

 

Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/   very informative "About" page at http://del.icio.us/about/   Example: http://del.icio.us/julielibrarian

 

Diigo http://www.diigo.com/help/why_diigo  (Mary Bullard)  After downloading the toolbar or adding to favorites, you can highlight notetake, send pieces of web pages…nice for research or just remembering where you found good stuff.  Highlight, Clip and Sticky-Note any webpage just as you would on paper. Play video clips or flash files from a variety of sources. Make them private or public. Interact on any webpage! Share your online findings with your friends and colleagues as lists, blogs, albums, feeds, or via email. Collect and compile your research findings with your group. Allow groups to collaborate on research or web design. Flash tutorials online and a user forum provide support. See this page, http://www.diigo.com/help/why_diigo, for an overview of features. May involve a bit of a learning curve before you are able to use all of the tools.

 

Web-Based File Conversion

Zamzar - http://www.zamzar.com  - offers file conversion for documents, images, videos, plus URL conversion from YouTube and Teachertube.  Mary Bullard adds: "While YouTube is blocked on our network for some very good reasons, you can still use the appropriate clips by going to the above site at home…put in the YouTube clip url and zamzar converts the clip to an avi or wmv file that can be burned on a CD or put on a flash drive.  Very easy…FREE."

 

Cutepdf - http://www.cutepdf.com/ - Download this program for free and use it in lieu of Adobe Acrobat to create pdf documents. Icon will appear in your printer panel. To create the pdf, click on the print command, select cutepdf, and print. You don't end up with a printed document but rather a pdf of your document which you can then print if you wish.

 

Jing Project - http://www.jingproject.com/ (Mary Bullard) Very interesting (free from Techsmith in beta) way to share directions (or other images, screen shots etc ) on your teacher web page.  You are a mini-producer! The concept of Jing is the always-ready program that instantly captures and shares images and video…from your computer to anywhere.It’s something we want to give you, along with some online media hosting, to see how you use it. The project will eventually turn into something else. http://www.jingproject.com/ (Jane) I tried out Jing and found it amazingly simple to use. It's perfect to help someone navigate a web page or software menu. Here's a quick example which takes literally 1 minutes to create. The only downside I can see is that thereis no embed code, so you would need to paste or email a link to the Jingcast. - http://www.screencast.com/users/MI-LIFE/folders/Jing/media/fc9e930e-4d78-494b-b2a5-53405a7d1f50

 

new  vozMe -  http://vozme.com/index.php?lang=en    Check out this tool recommended by Mary Bullard. Type in the box and the text is converted to speech (including Spanish or Italian)!  You can download the mp3 right away. It a dull male monotone, but it's your words. Note from Jane: this site does not translate English to Italian/Spanish or vice versa. It does voice to text in those three languages. (The male voice seems to be that of an Irishman!)

 

new CoverItLive - http://www.coveritlive.com - Liveblogging with this free software streams your remarks live onto your web pages or blog so your readers hear from your immediately and permits others with access to ask questions. Very simple to use; provides embed code for your Protopage, wiki, or website. (Jane P.)

 

 

Web-Based Graphic Organizers

Bubbl.us - http://bubbl.us/

Gliffy - http://www.gliffy.com - See a sample Gliffy

 

Web-Based Document Creation

Buzzword - http://www.buzzword.com - Flash-based word processor

Writeboard - http://www.writeboard.com/ - Almost like a wiki - simple one-page documents

Google Docs - https://www.google.com/accounts/ServiceLogin?service=writely&passive=true&continue=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F&followup=http%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2F<mpl=homepage&nui=1 

Comic strip creator - http://makebeliefscomix.com/

 

Web-based Calendars

30 Boxes - http://www.30boxes.com - Share online calendar with others who also can input dates and events

Doodle - http://www.doodle.ch - Use to schedule meetings

 

Dictionaries

Visuwords - http://www.visuwords.com - online graphical dictionary offering synonyms and antonyms in mind map format

 

Personal Start Pages

Netvibes - http://www.netvibes.com

Pageflakes - http://www.pageflakes.com

Protopage - http://www.protopage.com - See http://www.protopage.com/janeperzyk

iGoogle - http://google.com sign up for an account with iGoogle

 

Free Software Website (Social Networking for Freebies)

Giveaway of the Day - http://www.giveawayoftheday.com  Welcome to Giveaway of the day project, the new initiative in the software distribution world! Every day they offer for FREE licensed software you’d have to buy otherwise!

 

Online File Storage

Usendit - http://www.usendit.com - upload your file and share the private link; you can select the period of time you wish the file to be available up to 1 week.

Web-Based Photo Fun

Photo Fiddle http://photofiddle.com/index.php?act=log (recommended by Mary Bullard "one of my son’s friends coordinates this project") Photofiddle.com allows users to create art from photos with free online photo effects software. Photofiddle will transform any picture into art with over 50 photo art styles to choose. Select from oil painting, Warhol pop art, watercolor painting, modern art, abstract art, Leroy neiman art style, Lichtenstein art style, outline sketches, color pencil sketches, photo collages, impasto art, film strip photo collages and more. Have us add a photographic tint like a sepia tint, blue tint, red tint, or green tint to any photograph. If you prefer have Photofiddle can put your photo to canvas.