25 tools that I think are fun, interesting and helpful. All are free, and quick to learn. Try a new tool today!

1. 25 tools to entertain, educate, enthrall and excite! Phil Bradley http://www.philb.com

2. Tagxedo Next generation Wordle product Simple and easy to use Flexible You can add your own images to create your own wordcloud shapes

3. Two of my creations

4. Vuvox Media Creation, made easy, and Incorporate images, videos Create embedded content and hotspots Use photographs as frames for slideshows A nice alternative to Powerpoint

5. Web 1.0 and 2.0 compared: a worked example

6. Voxopop Discuss interests with others Interact quickly and easily Using your own voice Start your own talk groups

7. My worked example

8. Readability Readability makes it easier to read webpages It removes the clutter around what you’re reading Great for printing as well Install as a browser bar button

9. Before/after BBC news story

10. Wallwisher Online bulletin board with post-it notes Easy to create, maintain, and involve others Great for group use Embed video and image links too

11. Wallwisher demo wall

12. Trailmeme Create a ‘trail’ of websites/pages for people to explore Good way to introduce a subject Assisted learning, explored at own pace Easy to create

13. My Web 2.0 apps example

14. Animoto Create video compliations from images Produce professional looking products Free accounts limited to 30 second clips

15. My worked example

16. Whichbook Choose a book to read based on various criteria Use a simple sliding scale to emphasis elements Then choose your book and borrow from your library

17. Whichbook in action

18. YouSendIt Send large files easily Browser based Overcome email limitations Free and commercial versions

19. YouSendIt home page

20. Plugoo Plug a chatbox into your site/blog Links directly into your messenger Excellent for ‘Ask a librarian’ type service You have complete control over it

21. Me chatting to.... Me!

22. CopyTaste Create your own private URL with data Share with friends, colleagues, the world Include photos, video etc Easy way to collate data

23. Copytaste public pages

24. Flame Create wonderful flame/smoke type images Simple, easy and quick to create Beautiful! Sometimes just having fun is enough!

25. Flame creation page

26. Netvibes for home/start pages Pull all your links and content together in one place Save time as data flows to you Add RSS feeds, create dashboards, Share, or keep private

27. An example Web 2.0 subject dashboard

28. Google searchstories Create 30 second stories around Google search Choose 7 searches, add music, you’re done Upload to YouTube Simple and easy to use

29. My UK General Election example

30. Slideshare Add your presentations Keep them private, make them public Create your own network Excellent for training, distributing

31. My page at Slideshare

32. Tizmos Create a page of large thumbnails of resources Use as a start page, subject guide or trail Simple and easy to use

33. Search engines page example

34. Star Wars weather forecast Great fun if you like Star Wars, not so much if you don’t. A different answer to an obvious question Sometimes things are just fun

35. London weather, April 17

36. Tinychat Create a real time chat room in seconds Add video functionality to it Stream up to 12 people at once Make private video calls

37. Simple screenshot

38. TitsUp Checks to see if a site is down for everyone, or just a local problem Quick and easy It does what it does!

39. What it looks like:

40. Krunchd Quick way to share a lot of URLs Great for teaching, subject guidance, training Generate your own link

41. A worked example

42. ScreenToaster Free online screen recorder Works with a single click Add voice over Embed anywhere

43. Their demonstration

44. What do you suggest? Takes an idea from you Uses Google to make suggestions on improving the search Interesting concept – useful for teaching search

45. Web 2.0 worked example

46. Web Seer to compare suggestions Choose two different things Compare the Google suggestions Quickly see similarities/differences Fun and educational all at once!

47. Worked football team example

48. Zinepal Create printable PDFs and eBooks from any online content Quickly, easily produce your own material in a different format From blog, search results, website

49. UK General Election worked example

50. Glogster Poster yourself! Create online posters Incorporate text, images, music and video

51. Glogs related to ‘books’

52. Even more! If you found these interesting, you’ll probably find my other resources helpful: “I want to” is a collection of over 1,100 applications that help you do different things My “Web 2.0 weblog” which is updated most days with new resources.

53. Thanks You can contact me at philipbradley@gmail.com Or via my website at http://www.philb.com I’m happy to discuss working with you to update your staff or colleagues with tailor made courses on social media or internet search, from an hour to a day.