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This site offers some fun widgets for your website/blog. Its so easy to use, just customize, cut and paste the code and you're done. I added the weather and my tweets to my class blog.

Checking out QR Coders, this one takes the cake. Can this be used for learning? Is it Web 2.0? About QR Droid Zapper The QR Droid (Android) and Zapper Scanner (iPhone) apps change your smartphone into a powerful QR Code and Barcode scanning utility, allowing you to import, use and share data in a matter of taps.

A fantastic site for teachers and educators. There are several tools that are listed by category including presentation tools, mobile tools, video tools, community tools, and related tools.

The site is fantastic. So many good tools to use, all in one place. This is worth checking out. While I am not a teacher, I think the way its organized and the tools it offers can be used in our field of ISD. Thanks once again for digging up some good stuff. :)

I had to share because I know my daughter will love this when she is a bit older. You can draw, create a store, make a movie, color a picture, and much more. You can share your creation through Facebook, MySpace etc.

This looks like a lot of fun. I am going to check it out with my daughter and see if she takes to it. Thanks.

I love the visuals and the ability to create a storyboard. Looks like great learning fun. Thanks for sharing!

I don't know much about Second Life, and while it might have some elements that I could do without, I was thinking that this could tie nicely into a formal or informal Web 2.0 learning platform, game based learning, and Produsage. What do you think?

Second Life creeps me out too. I've tried exploring what it is, but I think it just boils down to me thinking that I would have to be dissatisfied with my first life to indulge in a second one. There was a season of The Office devoted to this, I think. It also doesn't help that the only Second Life example I have ever seen was the one that shares the thoughts and visuals of a schizophrenic and that the graphics look like the Grand Theft Auto video game (one that my little brother played WAY too much). I know all of what I just typed is silly (although true for me) because some really great things are coming out of Second Life. I have a friend who is working on her doctorate in ISD at the University of Southern Alabama, and she put a lot of work into a research on using Second Life to rehabilitate long-term prison inmates, prior to their release. She ultimately chose another topic for her thesis, but her work showed astounding results. Before learning about her work, I assumed Second Life was nothing more than a glorified Sims game.

To some degree, I agree Denise that its a little creepy. Especially since there are a lot of undesireable elements (at least to me) that seem to permeate the S.L. landscape. However, I am fascinated with using a virtual world setting to encourage learning because people tend to "get in to it" better when its in an environment that they can relate too.

Just getting warmed up again with Diigo. I googled Web 2.0 and Instructional Design and found this interesting website about informal learning. Check out the video on the home page.

Great use of Evernote to create lesson plans accessible from everywhere and to share assignments with students.

Couldn't reply to Vanessa's Post, created new one....It makes sense that researchers are taking steps to understand the role of the educator when considering Web 2.0 tools. I don't think this is a simple task for an educator to incorporate these tools into their cirriculum. In addition, I think great thought is needed to make sure that the tools are not just being used for the sake of using them but that they add/enhance learning. While the article suggests that the burden has fallen on the teacher to make use of this, I think it would be wise for institutions to develop a support system that works with the educators. After all, the institution provides them with a chalk board, a classroom, an overhead projector, etc. Why not provide them with proper training and course design suggestions using Web 2.0 technology?

calibre: The one stop solution for all your e-book needs. Comprehensive e-book software.

Thanks for sharing this tool! One of my biggest frustrations with e-books is the lack of compatibility with different readers. I would also like to find a better way to "share" a good e-book with friends and colleagues (like a hardcopy book) without having time limitations or additional fees for another download. Any suggestions that work and stay within fair use of copyrighted materials?

Good journal for some articles on Web 2.0 use in higher education settings.

We are introducing a new module, the XPATH Fetch Page. We are also going to deprecate the Fetch Page module at the end of June. So please convert your existing Pipes that use the Fetch Page module to the XPATH Fetch Page module...more In this talk from YUIConf 2011, we demonstrate the features of the Yahoo!

This was recommended by the professor at the beginning of this week. I tried it out. I think it has a lot of good uses. It has a bit of a learning curve as I had trouble getting to work the filters. However, I think once I master this, it could be a very good tool for social interaction perhaps in a community of practice, on a blog. I have one on my blog, it was meant to only filter articles about global warming and going green, but didn't work just yet.

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!

How to Participate in a VoiceThread - Shared with a Creative Commons license This is a how-to guide explaining how to leave a comment in a Voicethread. VoiceThread is an online discussion tool that provides opportunities for community building and learning, centered around visual media.

Ran into this as I was researching stuff for a project. The Interesting Ways series continues to be a great example of crowdsourcing good quality classroom ideas and it has been a privilege connecting with all of

Just came across this journal - some important folks involved. I want to check it out more closely, and perhaps you will, too.

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?

As a blogger put it, its social bookmarking blended with mind mapping. Trailmeme is a new kind of publishing that allows you to blaze and walk trails through the web.

Thank you for sharing!

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!