Web 2.0 Tools
Go!Animate – Create a story using online cartoon strips A great tool to foster creativity with students. http://goanimate.com/
http://animoto.com/education/ Teachers and students can uploas pictures and create professional looking videos that can be shared online.
Box.net – You can easily share files using this tool: http://www.box.com/
Google Video – Allows you to search, upload, and share videos. There is an educational category providing hour long videos.http://video.google.com/?hl=en&tab=wv
Smilebox – Especially good for class blogs, this tool has templates. http://smilebox.com/
http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Language Arts Teachers – this encourages writing, reading, and storytelling. Students create online comics.
SimplyBox – Teach them to think “outside the box”. http://simplybox.com/
Shwup - With way cool effects, students can build video slideshows with their photos. They can then be embedded into a blog or downloaded as a MP4 video. http://cloud.muvee.com/
http://www.flickr.com/ A nice tool to get a stream of photos on any topic. Make the content available to only students.
http://quizlet.com/ Create your own study materials and quizzes. OK this looks really cool. Go to the site and watch the 30 second video.
http://tizmos.com/ This is a good place to put thumbnails of websites. It is a good way to get students to look at specific sites and reduce surfing.
http://www.onetruemedia.com/ A blast for doing presentations.
http://www.ediscio.com/ Another collaborative flashcard tool.
http://www.xtranormal.com/ OK really, this is great. If you can type you can make a movie. Check it out.
http://photopeach.com/ used by teachers for some time now. Students create themed stories and leave comments for others.
http://www.sliderocket.com/ Create stunning presentations that can be viewed anywhere!
The latest in digital books: http://www.ted.com/talks/mike_matas.html
Free online videos and curriculum: http://www.khanacademy.org/
http://www.discoveryeducation.com/
http://wordpress.com/ Use this site to create a free blog.
YouTube for teachers: http://www.youtube.com/teachers
Diigo Education: Any annotations you make on a web page can be saved and sent to students or colleagues. This tool is popular among teachers because it offers the ability to create accounts for a whole class and it protects the students’ privacy.http://www.diigo.com/
Jamendo: A good way to add some music to a class blog. Other ideas for using music in class. http://www.jamendo.com/en/
Bookr: Students and teachers can create their own photo book using this fun tool. Search for images, add text, and get it published. http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/
Wizlite: Allows you to highlight text just like on real paper. Find a page on the Internet and share it with students or classmates. http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/wizlite-com-highlight-online
Eyespot: Neat site where users can actually create video mixes online and share them with others. You can add up to 100 clips or photos to a movie as well as add transition and video effects. http://www.killerstartups.com/Web-App-Tools/eyespot-com-easy-video-editing
Voki: Allows students to create wacky avatars then record themselves speaking. Some teachers have found it to be a fantastic way to assess speaking in the target language. http://www.voki.com/
Glogster: Students can create multimedia online posters or “glogs which can then be shared on the internet. This tool can be used to assess both writing and speaking. http://www.glogster.com/
Delicious: Social bookmarking site where users can save bookmarks and organize them with tags. Add friends to your account and keep track of bookmarks left by each friend http://delicious.com/
Tokbox: A fun way to get students talking via video-mail. You can also use it for creating class presentations and you can even talk live. http://www.tokbox.com/
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