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Of course, this ridiculously easy to use free survey tool, which many are already familiar with, could be used to vote as well. I have used this on class projects and it just doesn't get any simplier. A must. Create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time. SurveyMonkey provides free online questionnaire and survey software.

What about Google Form? I never created any survey with SurveyMonkey, but worked with Google Form with my students, I always had a positive experience.

I've used both, numerous times, and I have to say I think Qualtrics is a much better product with greater functionality. :)

This blog post introduces tools for social media analytics (particularly Twitter). Some of them may support cross platform analysis (not just Twitter). Have you played with any of them before? I've explored TAGS and Socioviz just a little bit.

Animoto turns your photos and video clips into professional video slideshows in minutes. Fast, free and shockingly simple - we make awesome easy.

Sounds really cool. I'll have to play with this one. Thanks for sharing.

I used it for a goodbye message to a friend of mine and it's pretty cool. However, the free 30" are not enough for any project. I think that, if you have a big presentation, it's worth the small fee.

Mobile Moodle app moving to HTML5 more... Upcoming MoodleMoots around the world more... 1st Moodle Research Conference - September 2012 more...

I have checked out Moodle before and have read articles that seems to favor this over Blackboard. However, even though its free, it may be a challenge for some universities to switch over. The hidden costs are high.

I used Moodle for several years at my former school, in Spain. It's a great LMS, not too different from Blackboard. It's free but, at a school level you still have to have an IT department for the maintenance, or pay an external administrator. If I were a principal, I would choose Moodle over Blackboard.

Piazza is a free online gathering place where students can ask, answer, and explore 24/7, under the guidance of their instructors. Students as well as instructors can answer questions, fueling a healthy, collaborative discussion.

Thought this was a neat tool, and free, for those wishing to research content. Simply give us an address, we'll scan the website and provide reports on each page for all the major social networks that are easy to understand. Track your own website's progression or see how you stack up against another website, why not? It's free and easy to get started within a minute!

Its just amazing how easily we can all create a mobile website. Great communication tool, great for business, etc. Onbile is a free online platform to create easily mobile websites. Without programming knowledge. Using premium templates with high quality design. With the best prices and suitable for every phone screen resolution. Mobile websites available for iPhone, Android phones, Blackberry and tablets. Free and professional plans to create your mobile site with affordable prices.

Just one of many sites that share knowledge on free tools.

Use this tool to create and share podcasts. Find and use existing podcast mixes to enhance your online classroom.

Hangouts let you video chat with up to 9 people, face-to-face-to-face. You can watch YouTube videos, wear pirate hats, or even doodle together.

I did not write the original comment. Google hangouts is a new communication tool that is free. It is like Facetime except that you can have up to 9 people on your call. It is suppose to be better then Skype because there is a screen sharing tool that you can use during the call. I just discovered this last night! I plan on trying it out when my hubby leaves for South Africa in a couple of weeks.

It is better than Skype, great quality and an interactive screen. I love it, and use it a lot to communicate with my family (I wrote a post about that!).

The World Bank announces new Open Access Policy and Open Knowledge Repository The World Bank has announced a new Open Access Policy! Effective July 1, 2012, the Open Access Policy requires that all research outputs and knowledge products published by the Bank be licensed Creative Commons Attribution license (CC BY) as a default.

I am not sure if its Web 2.0 either, although I suspect not, but its awesome. Indespensible. Thanks for sharing.

This is a repeat! Sorry! Vanessa posted this earlier in the course.

This is a nice alternative to WebEx. It gives you a virtual classroom to work in where you can store documents of most types, present them in class, do all the things Web Ex does like web conferencing, whiteboard, etc. I am posting this in their virtual classroom where you can access the web collectively. I found this to explore Web 2.0 tools used for learning.

Alyn, Thank you for sharing all this valuable information. I'm taking notes. In my "free" time, I'm going to be figuring how to implement all these new technologies into my classroom. I'm feeling submerged by technology at this point, but like it!!!

Not Web 2.0, but a cool tool to have when you want to design presentations. I have used this numerous times when I want to match a color on a website (e.g. FSU) and put the same color in my presentation. When you get the RGB or hex value, you just go to Custom color and input data, and bingo!! Download Color Detector - Point mouse cursor anywhere on the screen, to obtain RGB, & hex code of pixel

No, its just a handy tool that I think would help all of us designers. For years I used to struggle trying to guess what color comes closet to FSU's Garnet and Gold. Then all of a sudden, one day earlier this year, I googled "how to detect a color" and bingo, this came up. Been using it ever since. Glad you like it.

Hi Alyn, I frequently have to develop artwork, etc and match colors. It is a challenge to get the right colors from Microsoft program colors to match Adobe program color pallets without wasting a lot of time. The results when printing can be drastically different. So this tool looked very appealing to me and I attempted to download. However, my McAfee automatically removed the download with a message that it contained a Trojan virus. Have you had any problems?

What is Poll Everywhere? The fastest way to create stylish real-time experiences for events using mobile devices Poll Everywhere replaces expensive proprietary audience response hardware with standard web technology. It's the easiest way to gather live responses in any venue: conferences, presentations, classrooms, radio, tv, print - anywhere.

I think the basic "free" features allow you just to poll one survey question at a time. What's really cool about it is that students can text their answers in. I am not familiar with it, but it is a great way to generate discussion within a classroom, blog, or website.

Thanks Dana!

100 Ways to Use VoiceThread in EDU is the title of a collaborative effort to gather educators' ideas for using VoiceThread in the classroom. This site has a live Voice Thread where you can listen to educators as well as leave your own VT comment. It looks interesting. I just liked the idea of leaving a comment for others to listen to if they're interested.

So I guess its time for me to jump on the VoiceThread bandwagon. This is officially my next "exploration" project.

Jennifer, Warning! Once you get on the bandwagon, you'll never want to get off....lol. :)

Has anyone worked with this before? Would love to get some input. Thanks. Start right away. It's easy. With its familiar user interface and highly intuitive features, Storyline works the way you expect. Learn more Create interactivity like never before. Introducing slide layers, the all-new way to create interactivity with unrivaled speed and ease. Learn more Get all the features you could ever want-in one tool.

Hi Alyn! You must have been in Dr. Dennen's Web 2.0 class! Great to see you. I know ths is a slow response, but our organization has looked at Articulate. I have no experience with it, but it sounds like an awesome course developer tool... I hope you are doing great!

Hi Alyn, Articulate is a fantastic product. I have used Articulate Studio for several years now and find the interface easy, the output quality very good, and the on demand learning features such as tutorials and group blogs exceptional. The product is also very affordable. You don't need to know flash or html to be able to use Articulate. It works as an add-in to PowerPoint, but you can also encode video, create interactive learning components and develop quizzes within the software. In addition to being able to develop content, you can publish it to an LMS or Articulate has their own e-learning hosting service for those who don't need to full scope of an LMS. Articulate Storyline is a new product that has tempted me. It works outside the PowerPoint environment and allows the creation of standalone online instructional content with many different types of interactive objects. Storyline takes the Studio I have been using up a notch. While I have no experience with Storyline, I would recommend you at least try the free trial they offer. Based on my previous experience with Articulate Studio, I think you will be very pleased with the product.