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Web2.0 tools LIST-excellent!!!

excellent site for teacher tools; liked sites for drawing

This site has current information related to technology, education, leadership, and Web2.0 Tools which is what we are studying in class.

Makes it so easy for student researchers to properly cite their information sources Web application

Readability™ is a simple tool that makes reading on the Web more enjoyable by removing the clutter around what you're reading. You can set t he style, size, margin, and individualize to each student

This is a collection of free, easy-to-read, and accessible books on a wide range of topics. The books may be downloaded as slide shows in PowerPoint, Impress, or Flash format. Each book can be speech enabled and accessed using multiple interfaces, including touch screens, the IntelliKeys with custom overlays, and 1 to 3 switches. You may write your own books using pictures from the huge collection at Flickr or pictures you upload.

This is a free web application that enables users to create interactive web-based study flash cards and share them with others. For Students - Create flash cards to help you study for the next exam. Share them with either your classmates or the entire community. Teachers - Create flash cards for your students. Build customized pages for each of your classes to better organize your cards. Professionals - Create flashcards for your graduate course exam. Share them with your colleagues.

There are some resources listed that we may explore and still some that I have never heard of before.

This presentation tool is very interesting. It certainly is different from the standard powerpoint. I find the movement from one slide to another to be very engaging. I viewed a presentation that a teacher used to introduce herself to her class. I could see using this with my 2nd grade class as a way to introduce myself or to tell them about my 10 favorite books.

Create multi-media slide shows that contain images, documents, and video. Comments can be left on each slide in 5 different ways. his could be use with students to create all kinds of presentations and ways to display their learning. They could video tape a science lab and then use this to narrate their learning as they go through the video. Teachers could use this tool to video their classroom and then collaborate with one another using this tool. The collaboration could take place with teacher from different districts, states, even countries.

I chose YouTube as a business education web 2.0 tool because many businesses use YouTube to launch alternate marketing campaigns. A recent example is Old Spice. The "Old Spice Guy" responded to messages that were submitted via Twitter. The result was both personal and entertaining.

Google Docs is an online alternative to Microsoft Office applications. It includes word processing, presentation, spreadsheet, form, and drawing tools. All documents can be shared with other users to just view, or to collaborate.

This would be a fun resource for students for something like writing an article or book summary. They can write a very succinct "newspaper" article, save the resulting image, and then students can read summaries written by classmates.

This blog is written by the same person that did this list of web 2.0 tools: http://school.discoveryeducation.com/schrockguide/edtools.html.\n\nIt's her recent thoughts on all things technology, and a little bit education.

List of web 2.0 tools specifically for use in a Spanish classroom.

I know that this isn't the newest Web 2.0 tool, but I love it. I can see using this with older students to create a autobiographical image of themselves. Students could also create a Wordle for their favorite poem or a series of quotes. At a conference someone did a wordle for their library mission statement.

This tool allows you to upload images, video and music. It combines your uploads and presents them in a professional quality video. This would be great for end of year programs and parent-teacher conferences.

This tool allows your images to "talk" in that you upload pictures, choose where you want to place a mouth and then choose your audio (phone, microphone,etc). Easy to use with laptop microphone. Great for word study, kids that need audio with text. Fun!

This is an online bulletin board that allows users to post individual comments, etc. Great idea for teachers to post a question and have students make comments/ask or answer questions. Very collaborative and easy to use. Could be used with teachers/PLC's. Graphics are great!

This video-sharing site is for educational videos that students have created to teach something. It is similar to YouTube and TeacherTube. For those students who are interested in YouTube, this provides a safer area with the focus on education - could be very motivating for some. It lets students work on a group video as well as independent videos online with possibilities to comment and discuss. Teachers could use it to view what their actual teaching looks like as a way to increase their effectiveness in the classroom as a professional development activity. Has contests, tutorials, tips, and videos on increasing effectiveness in producing videos.

This is an online tool that you can access anywhere through an Internet browser. It allows you to take notes, tag them and then sort them whether by class or project. The sorting feature will be useful to both teachers and students and could be used collaboratively, but can also be used privately by using password protection. Has a tutorial for help with FAQs.