Web 2.0 Tools

"Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time. Our mission: To make learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age. Shmoop is currently a Beta Test. To paraphrase Robert Frost, we know that we still have miles to go before we sleep. Who Writes Shmoop? We're educators and experts. We're from Ph.D. and Masters programs at Stanford, Harvard, UC Berkeley (and other top universities). The vast majority of our writers have taught at the high school or college levels."

"The easiest and most entertaining way to collect feedback from your audience: Project polls or message boards on a large screen, have everyone send their input via their cell phones and see results instantly!"

"make polls in NO TIME, get answers in REAL TIME"

"Our mission is to provide Americans of all backgrounds and beliefs with the opportunity to record, share, and preserve the stories of our lives. Since 2003, StoryCorps has collected and archived more than 30,000 interviews from more than 60,000 participants. Each conversation is recorded on a free CD to share, and is preserved at the American Folklife Center at the Library of Congress. StoryCorps is one of the largest oral history projects of its kind, and millions listen to our broadcasts on public radio and the web. "

"The driving force behind the Web 2.0 revolution is a spirit of intellectual philanthropy and collective intelligence that is made possible by new technologies for communication, collaboration and information management. One of the best examples of collective intelligence in action are the wide range of social bookmarking applications that have been embraced in recent years."

"The Khan Academy is a not-for-profit organization with the mission of providing a high quality education to anyone, anywhere. We have 1400+ videos on YouTube covering everything from basic arithmetic and algebra to differential equations, physics, chemistry, biology and finance which have been recorded by Salman Khan."

"Online degrees and video courses from leading universities." Free streaming of actual course lectures form some of the top universities.

"Learning Management + Social Networking Schoology is a free, or upgraded to pay, web-based learning management system (LMS) built on a social network. Schoology leverages the familiarity of popular social media tools to improve communication and collaboration."

"With Version 5.0, Diigo moves one step further towards its vision of providing the best cloud-based information management service that enables users to collect, highlight, access and share a variety of information, on a variety of devices."

"David Warlick wrote a post the other day about being able to zip up or turn off your Personal Learning Network (PLN). I too have been thinking about how one goes about starting a PLN, how do you monitor it, and how do you learn to shut it off. We all continue to push teachers to start PLNs if they haven't already. Learning from the collective knowledge of educators around the world."

The largest free stock photos search engine available on the Internet.

Video Gallery, Education Themes, Learn From the Makers, Production Resources, Free Media Library

Great resource for tons of Google tools

"Podcasts are a fantastic way to gain new information from the Internet quickly and efficiently. With a huge variety of topics available, podcasts offer something for everybody. We've scoured the Internet and picked out the ten best podcasts specifically for teachers."

"The latest facts and figures on the effect of Social Media on our society. Set to the blaring soundtrack stating RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW."

"A lot has been written about the implications for Google Street View in terms of privacy; I don't think that there's much to be added to that discussion, and the implications are probably still not clear ... Having said that, even I can't really tell if that face in the crowd is me - So I won't be losing any sleep over it yet. If you know where to look, you can find my flat - but to be fair, I'd be more worried, if you just came down the road and found it for real, so I'm probably OK. What I'm more interested in is how this tool can be used in language classes; as you will see from this page:http://classroom201x.wordpress.com/teaching-links/authentic-materials/ , I'm really interested in using authentic materials in language teaching. What could be more authentic that looking at the real streets outside! "

"If you're not an avid follower of #edchat on Twitter, you may be missing out on a great opportunity to learn about some new Web 2.0 tools that are currently being used in classrooms around the world. "

"One of the goals of Prof. Hacker is to introduce to you some of the tools we use so that the tools become less intimidating. Face it, changing one's preferred word processing program can be pretty intimidating-not only for you but for students as well. In this post, you'll get a quick introduction to Google Docs as well as some "lessons learned" by yours truly. In the comments, I hope others will share their experiences using Google Docs in the classroom."

"Welcome to the ultimate guide to YouTube. Unless you've been living under rock throughout the 'Noughties' YouTube is quite simply the world's largest collection of video content and as an educator it is an amazing resource that you SHOULD NOT be without. I say should because I appreciate that not all teachers can access YouTube at your school for either political or technical reasons. "

Excellent Wiki Site of Google Tools (links)