This document provides a summary of over 20 Web 2.0 tools that can be used for engaging, empowering, and evaluating students including Edmodo for private microblogging in the classroom, Edublogs for education blogging, VoiceThread for collaborative multimedia presentations, Glogster for creating interactive posters, Wallwisher for online discussions, and Animoto and Photopeach for creating video and photo slideshows. Many of these tools like Dropbox, Google Docs, and Survey Monkey allow sharing files, collaborating online, and collecting feedback.
2. Edmodo - Education 2.0 - Free Private Microblogging in the Classroom. www.edmodo.com/ edmodo
3. The World's most popular education blogging service... http://edublogs.org/ http://year5rc.edublogs.org edublogs
4. Postereous/weebly Posterous is the easiest publishing platform around. If you can email, you can manage a website and share it with small groups or the world. https://posterous.com/ Weebly Named one of TIME's 50 Best Websites, has an easy, drag & drop interface to create your own website. It's free, powerful, and professional. http://weebly.com
5. Stencylworkshelps you create Flash games in an instance. http://www.stencyl.com/ Atmosphiris a free platformer game / design tool hybrid for Mac or PC. Designers can create huge 3D interactive games. www.atmosphir.com Stencylworks/Atmosphir
6. Broadcast video LIVE to the world from a computer, mobile or iPhone in minutes, or watch thousands of shows from News to Entertainment to celebrities, 24/7. www.ustream.tv/ Ustream
7. A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate slides and leave comments in 5 ways - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. http://voicethread.com Voicethread
8. Glogster.com - Poster yourself - Make your interactive poster easily and share it with friends. Mix Images, Text, Music and Video. http://edu.glogster.com/ Glogster
9. is a Web 2.0 free online tool where anyone can build a “wall”. Discussing a new idea? Taking notes? Giving feedback? Voicing opinion? Wishing a happy birthday? http://wwww.wallwisher.com Wallwisher
10. Tagxedo can fill words nicely into shapes, from simple geometries to complex shapes Tagxedo
11. Animoto turns your photos and video clips into professional video slideshows in minutes. Fast, free and shockingly simple - we make awesome easy http://www.animoto.com. Animoto
12. Automatically make your own free slide show in seconds. Upload photos, pick music, add captions in the show, and more! http://www.photopeach.com Photopeach
13. Storyjumper is a safe and educational place for your kids. Our site teaches your children to write a story in just 7 steps using our StoryStarterprocess. Lulu.com lets you make, self-publish, print and sell print-on-demand books, e-books, photo books and calendars with free book publishing. Storyjumper and Lulu
14. Bitstrips/Toondoo Bitstrips is your online funny pages. Turn yourself & your friends into cartoon characters, and create & share your own awesome comic strips! http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/ Toondoo World's fastest way to create cartoons! http://www.toondoo.com
15. Create and publish online surveys in minutes, and view results graphically and in real time. SurveyMonkey provides free online questionnaire and survey ... www.surveymonkey.com/ Survey Monkey
16. Audioboo is a website (and an application iPhone OS, Symbian and an Android) which allows users to post and share sound files. Audacity: Free Sound Editor and Recording Software http://audioboo.fm/ http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Audioboo/Audacity
17. UJAM is a cloud-based platform that empowers everybody to easily create new music or enhance their existing musical talent and share it with friends. UJAM
18. Google docs Google wonder wheel Google timeline Gmail Google earth Google
19. Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. Never email yourself a file again! Dropbox