web 2.0

Web 2.0 for the Classroom Teacher

An Internet Hotlist on Web 2.0

created by Sue Summerford

Introduction | Blog-Podcast-Vlog-Screencast Resources | Collaboration-Wiki Sites | Online Productivity/Organization Tools | Online Teacher Resources & Fun Stuff To Try | Some really good blogs to start reading . . . | eLenawee Course Links

Introduction

The links below are categorized to help you find Web 2.0 tools that might be of use to the K-12 classroom teacher. (Disclaimer: It is highly recommended that the individual teacher carefully preview any sites before sharing materials in the classroom with students!)

10/1/2007

The Internet Resources

• Back to School With The Class of Web 2.0 Part 1 - categories of web 2.0 tools for school
• Go2Web20 - Complete Web 2.0 site - sort by date added, alphabetically, and by tags; links directly to sites from icons
• Google Homepage - Create your own customized home page with favorite links to fun content or sites used frequently
• Protopage - ssummerford's Protopage - create your own online page for sharing of information, links, photos, etc.
• RSS - A Quick Start Guide for Educators - by Will Richardson -
• Sue's FURL Page - Furl is a great resource - it is an online social bookmarking tool. It allows users to share pages categorized by keywords or 'tags' and also archives or caches the pages for future reference. Here are some of my recent bookmarked sites . . .
• TeachDigital - Wesley Fryer's web 2.0 wiki
• Web 2.0 in Education (Shambles Menu) - good web 2.0 classroom applications/ideas (from Keith Stanger's (EMU) 'Library Guy' page)
• Web Two Point Oh (Shambles Menu) - categorized links to web 2.0 applications

Blog-Podcast-Vlog-Screencast Resources

• ACIDplanet (8-pack every Tuesday) -
• ASCAP - Copyright Issues -
• Audacity 'How-To' Screencast - Matt Pasiewicz on using Audacity
• Audioblogger - audio posts from your phone
• Auto Screen Recorder - free download, record deskstop area, window, or full screen & pointer (sound recording $$)
• BMI - Copyright /Licensing -
• Basic Podcasting Gear - Jason VanOrden
• Beginner's Guide To Podcast Creation - good section on Converting Your Podcast & Compression
• Blip.tv - get video & podcasting on your blog
• CNET Podcast Tutorial - 4 hour tutorial via CNET.com
• Citing Sources in APA Style -
• Class BlogMeister - David Warlick's classroom blog site - new & improved
• ClassCaster - course blogging/podcasting system (must be member of CALI - Computer Assisted Legal Instruction)
• Creative Commons - Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization that offers flexible copyright licenses for creative works.
• Dave's Imaginary Sound Space - podcast-safe music resources (recommended by Tony V.)
• Edublogs.org - free blogs for educators
• Feed2JS - Feed to JavaScript code converter
• Feed2Podcast - instantly turns your blog's RSS feed into a podcast
• FeedJumbler - compile your students' 60+ blogs to read regularly in one place
• Free ACID Loops -
• Gcast - create your own podcast
• Google Blog Search -
• How to Plan Your Podcast - Jason VanOrden
• How-to-Podcast-tutorial.com -
• Jake Ludington's Mediablab - Podcasting Tutorial -
• Kirk's Eight Rules For Effective Podcasting -
• Learnerblogs - Directions for Setting up from Mike Hetherington -
• Making It Out Alive Podcast (mp3 file) - WGBH Morning Stories -
• Mediafire.com - podcast hosting
• My Podcast - Free podcast hosting
• MyPodcast.com - podcast hosting
• Odeo - listen, download, create your own "odeo" file podcast
• Pluck RSS Reader - Add a Feed Wizard
• Pod 101 - WGBH Morning Stories - both mp3 & video links
• Podcast Hosting - Jason VanOrden
• Podcasting 101 - Subscribing -
• Podcasting 102 - Recording Your Show -
• Podcasting 103 - Recording Interviews at a Distance -
• Podcasting 104 - Building Your RSS Feed -
• Podcasting Underground - Jason's Blog - Writing for the ears is different than writing for the eyes.
• Podcasts For Kids, By Kids - from Tony Vincent's site
• Publishing a Podcast - Yahoo Directions -
• Pushing Information to Others' iPods (Apple PDF) -
• Radio WillowWeb Guide To Podcasting (PDF) -
• Radio WillowWeb's FeedBurner Page -
• RadioWillowWeb - Tony Vincent's students in Omaha, Nebraska (listen to what students from other places had to say about Radio WillowWeb)
• Resources for Podcasting -
• Rubric for Blogging - Brenda Dyck's blogging evaluation
• Safety - Cyberethics for Kids -
• Safety - Ms. Frizzle's Classroom Blog Rules -
• Safety - MySpace Safety Tips - filtered on site
• Safety - NetSmartzKids - interactive for parents, teens, educators, kids & law enforcement
• Safety - SBC Internet Safety Game for Kids -
• Safety - SafeTeens.com -
• Safety - Web Wise Kids - Does your school have a program to promote Internet safety for kids?
• Safety - iSafe - Does your school have a program to promote Internet safety for kids?
• Samples & Loops - good resource - lots of links to free loops
• Screencast-O-Matic - free screencast creator online, post to your own blog or wikispace
• Scribd - Sign up for a free account, and upload a PDF, DOC, PPT, XLS, TXT, etc. to the Scribd library, where it is turned into an Adobe Flash Paper document Simply browse/upload your text document, publish, have the ability to have it read aloud, then download the doc as PDF, plain text, and the read-aloud audio can be downloaded as an MP3 file. However, it will become a PUBLIC document once it has been published. Simply upload to Scribd, download the MP3, and load it onto an iPod or other audio device. To check out a test doc go to: http://www.scribd.com/doc/27167?secret_password equals b6ta2iws7l71c
• Streamload - STREAMLOAD gives you a private and secure place to upload, store, access, and share your personal videos, photos, music, and files.
• Switchpod.com - podcast hosting
• Teach 42 - Steve Dembo on podcasting -
• Technorati - search the blogosphere
• The Carol and Steve Show - just for fun
• The Education Podcast Network - look for K-12 produced podcasts
• The Internet Public Library's List of Blogs -
• Voicethread - A place to capture the voices behind your pictures
• Working with Audio and Text Content on an iPod (Apple PDF) -

Collaboration-Wiki Sites

• Ajax-Write - web-based word processor - requires Mozilla Firefox browser
• BitTorrent - download - share files & bandwidth
• Blurb - create/publish your own book
• Dropload - FTP large files - up to 100MB - share with others
• Editing PBWiki -
• Elgg.net - online portfolio/learning community, embed files, repositories (install on server) - designed for university people but applicable to K-12
• Forumer - forums for free, phpBB Hosting
• Glypho Collab Book Writing - read/write novels collaboratively
• GroupSharp - provides hosted weblists, databases, documents & wikis for groups & businesses
• Jotspot - Wiki -
• Jotspotlive (JotNotes) - take one set of notes live in a collaborative meeting, see changes as they happen - everyone types on the same web page
• Lulu - be your own publish - publish a book, CD, or DVD in minutes
• PBWiki - create your own wiki
• Rallypoint - online collaboration tool
• SeeedWiki -
• Wiki Resources from Teach With Tech Blog - The official website for the 'Teach with Tech' podcast, presented by the Indiana University School of Education Instructional Consulting office. This podcast, and this blog, are designed to feature information and resources relevant to teaching with technology at the K-12 and higher education levels.
• WikiBooks - free, open-content textbooks that you can edit
• WikiCommons - everything 'media'
• WikiJunior Big Cats - Here's an example of a book for K-12 students that is being written collaboratively using a wiki:
• WikiMedia Commons - find some free-use music that's legal to add to your podcast
• WikiQuotes - quotes from notable people & creative works in every language
• WikiSource - The Free Library - Wiki Source - The Free Library - is an online collection of free content source texts built by its contributors.
• WikiSpaces - Create simple web pages that groups, friends, and families can edit together
• WikiSpecies - open, free directory of species
• WikiTour BusStop - starting point for Wiki newcomers
• Wikipedia - Metawiki Search Engine
• Wikis - How Stuff Works -
• Wikiville - worldwide community portal - share about your town/neighborhood and read about others
• Wiktionary - Wiktionary - free, collaborative multilingual dictionary resource
• Worldwide Wiki: SwitchWiki - Worldwide Wiki: SwitchWiki - effort to catalogue all wikis on the Web
• Writeboard - online whiteboard for sharing, Writeboard - online whiteboard for sharing, collaborating
• ZohoWriter - Zoho Writer - create, edit & share online documents from anywhere
• idPad - free download, collaborative authoring tool for kids

Online Productivity/Organization Tools

• 30boxes - online calendar
• 43Things - share your list of 43 life goals/priorities http://www.43things.com/
• Assign-A-Day Calendar Maker - online calendar
• Backpack - project/list organization tool
• Basecamp - project collaboration tool/communication - share files/schedules, & writeboards free, $$ limited free features
• Blue Host - web hosting, own domain name, $6.95/mo.
• Bubbleshare - your photos, your voice, your story - narrated slide show online
• BudgetTracker - online budget tracker, money manager
• Campfire - simple web-based group chat for businesses
• Carbonmade - free online portfolio site - show off your work
• Create a Graph - all kinds of graphs can be created - save, share, print
• Eyespot - mix & share video content - organize random clips - host & share out
• Flickr - sign in to share photos (part of Yahoo)
• Furl - save & retrieve web pages from anywhere, social bookmarks
• Google Docs & Spreadsheets - create/collaborate/share - free online word processing/spreadsheet creation tools from Google - tracks revisions
• Google Web Page Creator - Google Web Page Creator - create your own web pages quickly & easily (service not accepting new accounts at this time - sign up for gmail to join waiting list
• GoogleAlert - track your interests on the web
• JotSpot - take one set of notes live in a collaborative meeting, see changes as they happen
• Krunch (xfutureblog.com) - compress & uncompress files online
• Letterfu - one page fold & mail letter template
• LiveMarks - live del.icio.us feed - watch live updates, then go exploring
• Mindmeister - web-based collaboratiave mind-mapping tool
• Mob5 - create a mobile homepage
• MoonEdit - free download; multi-user collaborative text editor
• NumSum - online spreadsheet
• Pageflakes - your personalized startpage to the Web
• Photojojo - subscribe to photo newsletter for great tips http://www.photojojo.com/
• Picaboo - create online picture albums
• PrimoPDF - free PDF converter
• Projects (miscellaneous) - learn Chinese, collective poetry, other Google map related applications, shared programming apps
• RSS Calendar - share your calendar with others
• Remember the Milk - manage tasks & receive reminders (email, SMS, IM)
• Skobee - online planning/scheduline tool
• Skype - voice over IP - telephone through the computer (free calls within US/Canada)
• Snapfish - photosharing
• Springdoo - video email online made easy - no attachments
• SuperGlu - piecing your web content together in one place
• Ta-da List Maker - make lists & get stuff done!
• Tabblo - online photo sharing templates
• Think Free Office Suite Online - create MS Office compatible docs, spreadsheets presentations free online - 1 GB file storage
• Wridea - create pages & categories to manage your projects & ideas
• Writely - web word processor (currently closed to new registrants while being moved to Google servers)
• Zexer - free online address book
• Zoho Creator - Create an online database in minutes!
• Zoomerang - online survey tool (A limited-feature trial version of zPro surveys. Limited to 100 or fewer participants and 30 or fewer questions. Results expire after 10 days. Ongoing Membership: Free)
• del.icio.us - start storing your favorite websites on del.icio.us, access them from anywhere!
• gOFFICE - Word & limited desktop publishing online
• iOutliner - create online outline for projects
• iRows - online spreadsheet
• snipurl - snip your long URLS to make them easier to remember
• voo2do - track/organize/prioritize tasks & projects

Online Teacher Resources & Fun Stuff To Try

• Ajax Translator - online translator, multiple languages
• Animoto - upload your pics, select music, and have your own music video mixed in just minutes to email out to friends & family
• ArtPad - paint online, frame, hang in gallery, share with friends with save & send
• Ask.com - search engine - see "Ask for Kids" (replaces Jeeves)
• Assign-A-Day Calendar Maker - online assignment calendar
• CTC Music Mixer - fun to play with sounds, mixes
• CasaNotes - ALTEC's 4teachers.org - templates for notes to parents, etc.
• Citation Machine - select APA or MLA - interactive web tool to help you cite sources
• Citation Maker - bibliography maker APA or MLA
• Class Notes - free communication tool - syllabus, homework, messageboard, calendar, news, gradebook, etc.
• Class Set-up Tool (Scholastic) - design your class seating chart - interactive
• Comic Creator - Interactive Comic Strip Creator - ReadWriteThink(IRA/NCTE site)
• Community Maps - create community projects in geography & history
• Create-a-Graph - all kinds of graphs can be created - save, share, print
• Delivr - online digital postcards (image access denied at school)
• DigitalStoryteller - web-based, online tool from University of Virginia
• Dr. Hotlist's Emerging Web Technologies - When you get tired of THIS page, go to Dr. Hotlist's Emerging Web Technologies, by Odvard Egil Dyrli. Web technologies bring powerful new dimensions to K-12 education. Share our key resources in your district.
• E-Board - free trial, 30 days - calendar, iNote, Rich Text editing
• EasyBib - free automatic bibliography composer MLA
• Engrade - Online Teacher Gradebook Suite
• Flash Card Exchange - flash card exchange library - find what's already been done or create your own flash cards
• FreePlayMusic - copyright free resources for students' digital stories
• Gliffy - online charts & organizers to share
• Gmaps Pedometer - measure walking distance on the map
• Google Alerts -
• Google Earth - maps - free download - 3D planet interface
• Google Maps -
• Google Mars -
• Google News -
• Google Planimeter - measures area using Google maps
• GovTrack - independently tracking the U. S. Congress
• Graphic Organizer Maker - create customized graphic organizer worksheets
• Grokker - one search, many sources
• Homework Station - assignment calendar
• Hot Potatoes - free software download for educators; create online quizzes & exercises
• Jacuba - free online spellchecker
• Kartoo - search returns visual map
• Keep Toolkit - Knowledge Media Laboratory resources using multimedia representation as teaching tool
• Kozoru - question & answer search system
• Lesson Planner Discovery.com - Discovery School - create & store lesson plans online
• LessonPlanner - NCRTEC online lesson plan template
• Map Builder - tag locations and create your own custom map
• Moodle - Moodle - Open Source course management system/online learning community software - download
• Nicenet - Internet Classroom Assistant - create an online course site - no advertising!
• Noodle Tools - develop search strategies and cite information correctly
• NoteStar - create online research notes & organize
• Nuvvo - on demand learning, create online course (free or $$)
• Online Certificate Maker - Online Certificate Maker - templates for printing games, activities
• Postcard Creator - create an interactive timeline - ReadWriteThink(IRA/NCTE)
• Printing Press - create brochures, newspaper, booklet, flyer with this easy template from ReadWriteThink (IRA/NCTE site)
• ProjectBasedLearning - create rubrics/checklists for PBL projects (from 4teachers.org)
• QuizStar - online quiz generator
• RubiStar - online rubric generator for PBL
• Rubric Builder - David Warlick's Landmark Project - create effective assessment rubrics and share them over the web
• Rubric Maker - customized assessments for student work - choose and edit a variety of existing performances as well as create performances specific to your class content
• Sketch Swap - online sketch board
• Skrbl - online whiteboard p2p site
• Soapbx - create free public presentations online
• Soople - search engine - easy 'expert' search
• Spellmaster - download/create online flash vocabulary training aids
• Spurl - online social bookmarking service & search engine
• Survey Builder - build online interactive surveys, timelines, polls, etc.
• Talkr - online tool reads blogs aloud, converting them to podcasts
• Teacher Tools Generators - a variety of teacher tool generators from The Canadian Teacher
• Teacher's Report Assistant - free download - write professional assessment reports
• Teachers' Domain - multimedia resources for the classroom
• Think.com - free online learning community tool hosted by Oracle Education Foundation - many interactive tools
• Timeline Creator - ReadWriteThink Interactive Timeline (IRA/NCTE site)
• TrackStar - online interface that helps teachers organize and annotate Web sites into lessons (hotlist)
• Visual Thesaurus - find & visualize synonyms, 30 day free trial from ThinkMap, then $ subscription
• Vivisimo/ Velocity5 - categorized, clustered search returns
• WebNotes - online notes to share (Jim Wenzloff's practice site)
• Whole Wheat Radio - internet webcast originating from Talkeetna, Alaska - non-provit, featuring music of independent artists, tend to appeal to grownups average age 44
• a9 - a9 search engine
• fo.rtuito.us - place to meet people online, randomly (for the risk-taker in life - definitely NOT a place to send your STUDENTS!!!)
• idPad - free download, collaborative authoring tool for kids
• myprojectpages.com - build curriculum activities online - inquiry-based learning wizards

Some really good blogs to start reading . . .

• 2 Cents Worth - David Warlick -
• Bud Hunt - Bud the Teacher - veteran tech-savvy high school literature teacher
• Bud The Teacher -
• Byrd Links - Harry F. Byrd Middle School - links & resources blog for teachers
• CUOnline - Lynne Wolters -
• Clarence Fisher - Canadian elementary teacher - excellent example of maximizing blog effectiveness
• Darren Kuropatwa - Canadian math teacher - pick one of his many blogs!
• EdTech Insider - eSchool News bloggers -
• Educating Educators - Charlene Chausis -
• Education/Technology - Tim Lauer - principal in the northwest US - driving force behind change in his school!
• Example - Bob Sprankle's Room 208 Podcast -
• Jakes Online -
• Jo McLeay - Australian high school English teacher
• Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Wes Fryer -
• Ms. Frizzle - middle school science teacher
• Remote Access - Clarence Johnson -
• Speaking of History - 8th grade American History teacher uses blog as support for his podcasts
• The Blue Skunk Blog - Doug Johnson -
• The Savvy Technologist - Tim Wilson -
• The Strength of Weak Ties - David Jakes -
• The Thinking Stick - Jeff Utecht -
• Weblogg-ed News - Wil Richardson -
• Who Said? - literature game delivered as a podcast

eLenawee Course Links

• 2nd International Skypecast - (see 'Show Notes for the Podcast' for additional great links)
• About Google News Feeds -
• Bloglines - feed reader - subscribe to your own blog updates
• Cc Publisher - Creative Commons -
• ClustrMaps -
• Copyright 101 for Educators - Fryer (2003) -
• Creative Commons - Learn More Page -
• Customized Google News Feeds (Wes Fryer) -
• Customized Google News Feeds - Wes Fryer's Blog Notes -
• Danielle's Writing Space - 3rd grade blogger in Seattle
• David Warlick's SEARCH Strategy -
• Digital Literacy Now! - Wes Fryer article -
• Digital Literacy Now! - Wes Fryer -
• Digital Video Links - Greg Marten's iKeep Bookmarks -
• Example - Blog of Proximal Development - Konrad Glagowski, Canada, elementary language arts teacher
• Example - Effortless Language Acquisition - AJ - ESL instructor
• Example - Pine Brook Kinderblog - showcasing student work
• Example - Room 613 Student Blogs - exampler of learner blogs - students team up to comment
• Example - The Best Author Blogs - editors compiled a list of author blogs they believe are outstanding include PJParrish, Dave Barry & Laurel K. Hamilton,
• Example - The Daily Planet (Omaha, Nebraska) - not a traditional blog, but Tony Vincent's 5th graders became reporters online before the popularity of blogging
• Example - The Secret Life of Bees - questions for the author - students interact through blog with author Sue Monk Kidd as they are reading the book
• Example - The Simple Machine Blog - great example of collaboration between higher and lower grades (grade 4 class with grade 10 students)
• Findory - Feed aggregator
• Findory - set up your own news feeds
• Flickr Creative Commons Search (filtered in Lenawee) -
• From the Principal's Office - informational blog
• Furl Guide (PDF) - Jim Wenzloff's 'Why Furl?' -
• Gnosh (beta) Meta-Search Tool -
• Graphs of WikiPedia's growth (English only) -
• Graphs of WikiPedia's growth (all languages) -
• How Stuff Works: Wikis - read more about Wikis
• Interactive Periodic Table - see 'Rona's Ultimate Teacher Tools' at http://www.myteachertools.com/ for more
• Internet Archive -
• Internet Encyclopedias Go Head to Head - news@nature.com reports on comparison of Wikipedia with Encyclopedia Brittanica
• Lame MP3 Encoder - Download for Audacity -
• List of Peer Reviewed Articles - Comparison of 50 Encyclopedia Brittanica articles with Wikipedia entries for inaccuracies
• Magnatune - Search Magnatune's online library to license pre-cleared original music for broadcast media, audio-visual, and Web productions
• Mapbuilder - interactive site to build custom maps
• Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Wesley Fryer's Blog
• Mozilla Firefox browser -
• MyWeb (Beta) Yahoo -
• NewsIsFree - personal portal -
• October, 2005 Edutopia Responses - Sage Advice -
• Online Certificates -
• Photoshop Tutorials - great tutorials created by Mary Bertram's daughter - Thanks, Mary, for sharing!
• Podcasting 104 - Building Your RSS Feed -
• SEARCH Strategy - David Warlick -
• Safari Browser (Apple) - built-in RSS -
• Single Topic Example in Google: Lemurs - notice the URL
• Sketchswap - online b/w sketch tool for sharing ideas
• Successful and Safe Educational Blogging -
• Sue Summerford's Bloglines Subscriptions -
• Syndication -
• Thinkport - Instructional Computer Simulations -
• Two Word Phrase in Google News: 'Laptop Initiative' - notice output equals rss
• Weblogg-Ed: The Read/Write Classroom - Will Richardson -
• Wes Fryer's Bloglines Subscriptions -
• What Is RSS? (movie clip) -
• Will Richardson's Video About Blogging With Students -
• Yahoo Creative Commons Search -
• del.icio.us - social bookmarking site
• eLenawee Course Pre-Survey -