If
you’re not an avid follower of #edchat on Twitter, you may be missing
out on a great opportunity to learn about some new Web 2.0 tools that
are currently being used in classrooms around the world. That’s because @chickensaltash
posed a simple question to the PLN and there has been a huge swell of
support as hundreds of people have jumped in to answer the question
about which 5 Web 2.0 tools teachers are using in classrooms.
We scoured hundreds of responses and have come up with the following list. The following tools have not been verified and are simply based on the number of times each was mentioned on Twitter during this hashtag discussion.
The Best of the Best
You can view the live stream of #edchat here and see what people are saying at the hashtag #chickenweb2tools here.We scoured hundreds of responses and have come up with the following list. The following tools have not been verified and are simply based on the number of times each was mentioned on Twitter during this hashtag discussion.
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The List
- Glogster
Great way to share posters and images you’ve made with friends - Edmodo
Social learning environment and one of the best ways to teach with tech - Bubbl.us
Free application to brainstorm online - Twitter
The micro blogging service that many love or hate. - WordPress
Content publishing system. It’s gone way beyond just blogging. - Prezi
Innovative way to share presentations without PowerPoint - Wallwisher
An online notice board maker (or bulletin board if you choose) - Animoto
Make beautiful videos from images in a snap - Blabberize
Make your images talk…that’s right. - Weebly
Create your own website or blog, very easy to use - Flickr
Popular photo-sharing site now lets you print - Slideshare
Don’t waste your presentation after it’s over, share it with millions! - Audioboo
Easily record and share audio - VoiceThread
- GoogleDocs
The top real-time document creating and editing cloud-based system - GoogleSites
Make your own website while knowing nothing about websites! - Diigo
Popular social bookmarking site - GoogleEarth
View anywhere in the world anytime - Wordle
Create a beautiful aggregation of any amount of text - Wikis
Crowdsourcing at its finest. Like Wikipedia, Wikispaces is very helpful - Wix
Easily make your own flash-based website - Ning
Despite a new cost-based membership program, Ning allows you to have your own social network - Primarypad
Web-based word processor - Spicy Nodes
Innovative way to organize your web visits - Delicious
One of the top social bookmarking sites on the web - Myebook
Virtually publish your book and sell it - Voki
Get your own avatar and even have it talk with your voice - DoInk
Create animations using this simple website - Warning Sign Generator
Make your own caution and warning signs in a flash! - Scratch
Create and share stories, games, art, etc. - Kerpoof
Cool way to make a movie, card, picture, and share it all - Tagxedo
Like Wordle but a step farther as text can be used to build bigger images - SmartKiddies
Creative math and other educational problems to help everyone learn - Bitstrips
Make and share your own comic strips with thousands of others
- Popplet
An easy way to share visual ideas - Storyjumper
Easy way to create your own stories for kids and bring them to life - Aviary Myna
Make your own music or remix just about anything else - TimeToast
Fantastic timeline visualization tool to understand history - GoAnimate for schools
State of the art animation tools for schools - PBWorks
Thousands of educational wikis and workspaces (build your own!) - Schoology
Learning management, online education tools, and much more - Google Timeline
A unique way to view the news - Online-Convert
Convert anything to anything (audio, video, text, etc.) - ReadWriteThink
Tons of classroom resources and PD goodies - Storybird
Build your own stories (with images) and share them with others - Word Magnets
Phonics reinforcement and sentence building exercise - Museum Box
Innovative way to understand history - Atmosphir
A build-your-own video game - Empressr
Rich media presentation tool - Zoho
A great alternative to Google Apps - EasyBib
The free automatic bibliography and citation maker - ToonDooSpaces
Easily publish custom comic strips - Crocodoc
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