The document lists various Web 2.0 tools categorized into groups such as course management systems, wikis, free websites, social networking sites, videoconferencing, messaging, blogging, media creation tools, surveys, and more. Each tool is listed along with its website URL and potential uses for education. The tools could help teachers explore options for incorporating technology into their classrooms.
1. Web 2.0 Tools<br />Here is a list of tools that you can explore independently. You can use this organizer to brainstorm for possible applications in your classroom. The tools in the organizer are grouped with similar tools. The tools with an (*) are tools that we have tried.<br />Course Management Systems and Wikis (for organizing course content, delivering a course, etc.)<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational Mode Ideas for useMoodle*http://moodle.org/Edu 2.0http://www.edu20.org/Wikispaces*http://www.wikispaces.com/content/for/teachersPBworks*http://pbworks.com/content/edu-basic-edition<br />Free Websites and Social Networking Sites<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useNing* http://go.ning.com/pearsonsponsorship/Facebookhttp://facebookforeducators.org/Edmodo*http://www.edmodo.com/#Weebly*http://education.weebly.com/Hiperohttp://www.hipero.com/Yolahttp://www.yola.com/pricing Google Siteshttp://www.google.com/sites/help/intl/en/overview.htmlSchoolRackhttp://www.schoolrack.com/ Kafafahttps://kafafa.com/ Lifeyohttp://www.lifeyo.com/Webshttp://www.webs.com/ Snap Pageshttp://snappages.com/Webnodehttp://www.webnode.com/ Jimdohttp://www.jimdo.com/index.php<br />Videoconferencing and Messaging<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useSkype*http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/homepageTokboxwww.tokbox.comMailVUhttp://www.mailvu.com/TodaysMeethttp://todaysmeet.com/ <br />Blogging, Drop Boxes, Talk Groups and Online Notice Boards, and Voice Threads<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useEdublogshttp://edublogs.org/Wordpresshttp://en.wordpress.com/features/ CLEAR Dropboxes*http://clear.msu.edu/teaching/online/ria/index.php Google Voice*http://tinyurl.com/26t3hroVoxopophttp://www.voxopop.com/Wallwisher*http://www.wallwisher.com/ Lino It (for iPod and iPad as well)*http://en.linoit.com/Voicethread*http://ed.voicethread.com/http://voicethread.com/<br />Comics and Storytelling<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for usePixton*http://www.pixton.com/schools/overview ORhttp://www.pixton.com/for-funMake Beliefs Comixhttp://www.makebeliefscomix.com/ Be Funkyhttp://www.befunky.com/ Witty Comicshttp://www.wittycomics.com/ Strip Generatorhttp://stripgenerator.com/ PikiKidshttp://www.pikikids.com/ WriteComicshttp://writecomics.com/ Choggerhttp://chogger.com/ Storybirdhttp://storybird.com/Zoobursthttp://www.zooburst.com/<br />Virtual Posters and Other Media<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useGlogster*http://edu.glogster.com/Voki*http://www.voki.com/Blabberize*http://blabberize.com/Yodiohttp://www.yodio.com/Prezi*http://prezi.com/360cities*http://www.360cities.net/Google Earth*http://www.google.com/earth/index.htmlGoogle Maps*http://maps.google.com/Animapshttp://www.animaps.com/My Fake Wallhttp://www.myfakewall.com/ Fakebook*http://classtools.net/fb/home/page <br />Word Clouds<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useWordle*http://www.wordle.net/Word it Outhttp://worditout.com/Tagxedo*http://www.tagxedo.com/Tagulhttp://tagul.com/ <br />Editing Tools (photos, audio)<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useAviaryhttp://www.aviaryeducation.com/Picnikhttp://www.picnik.com/ <br />Creating online videos and screencasts<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useAnimoto for Education*http://animoto.com/educationStupeflixhttp://www.stupeflix.com/Shwuphttp://www.shwup.com/JayCuthttp://jaycut.com/Masherhttp://www.masher.com/Flixtimehttp://flixtime.com/ Xtranormalhttp://www.xtranormal.com/ Screenrhttp://www.screenr.com/ Photo Peachhttp://photopeach.com/ Zimmer Twinshttp://www.zimmertwins.com/movie/starters <br />Share and Publish<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useDiigo*http://www.diigo.com/Delicious*http://www.delicious.com/Fur.ly*http://fur.ly/TinyURL*http://tinyurl.com/QR code generator (Kaywa)http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ AppMakrhttp://www.appmakr.com/LiveBinders*http://livebinders.comSlideshare*http://www.slideshare.net/Slide*http://www.slide.com/Google Docs*http://tinyurl.com/37sg4ekScribdhttp://www.scribd.com/Docstochttp://www.docstoc.com/Teacher Tube*http://www1.teachertube.com/<br />Surveys and Polls<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useSurvey Monkey*http://www.surveymonkey.com/Poll Daddyhttp://polldaddy.com/Poll Everywherehttp://www.polleverywhere.com/<br />Mind Mapping, Outlines, and Note-taking<br />ToolInterpersonal ModeInterpretiveModePresentational ModeIdeas for useQuicklysthttp://www.quicklyst.com/ Knowcasehttp://knowcase.com/Spider Scribehttp://www.spiderscribe.net/ Folder Boyhttp://www.folderboy.com/welcome.htm Wise Mappinghttp://www.wisemapping.com/c/home.htm Exploratreehttp://www.exploratree.org.uk/ Slateboxhttp://www.slatebox.com/Index <br />