Web+2.0+Tools

Richard Byrne's: Best of the Web (Posted on Free Technology for Teachers)
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Super Book of Web Tools for Educators (Courtesy of: Free Tech 4 Teachers)
__Other Useful Web 2.0 Tools__ (in alphebetical order): >
 * 3D TextMaker (Create your own 3D text banner - Great for presentations!)
 * Ahead (Alternative to Prezi - Create presentations using multimedia resources and zooming and panning effects across the screen)
 * Ask 500 People (Get opinions of many others within minutes)
 * BannerSnack(Create your own 3D text banner - Great for presentations!)
 * Blabberize (Service that allows you to create your own talking picture, adding your voice to a picture w/ moving mouth)
 * BibMe (Fast and easy bibliography maker)
 * Bit.ly (Shortens Web addresses so it's easier to share with students)
 * BridgeURL(Easy way to share a group of Web addresses with students)
 * Bubbl.us (Quick and easy way to brainstorm online with friends)
 * Bundlenut (Create bundles of links with your own comments on each to share with your students)
 * Chatzy (Create a private, online chatroom to use for classroom collaboration - No registration required)
 * Cmap - Concept Mapping (Free download - students can use collaboratively)
 * Collaborize Classroom (Allows teachers to extend their classroom discussions to a structured and private online community)
 * Color Scheme Designer (Makes your presentations more eye-appealing by choosing colors pleasing to the eye - Also great when painting your house!)
 * Cover it Live (Excellent way to include every student in a classroom discussion)
 * Corkboard Me (Interactive corkboard where students can leave 'notes')
 * Crocodoc (Free online service that allows you to upload and markup documents, including PDF filees)
 * Delicious and Diigo (Social bookmarking sites)
 * Dipity (Find, create and embed interactive timelines)
 * DocsTeach (Bring history to life for your students - digital versions of actual documents in the National Archives w/ ready-to-use activities)
 * dotEPUB (Allows you to convert the content of a webpage into an ePub Document)
 * Dropbox (Enable users to store and share files with others across the Internet ) - Click HERE for guide
 * Dropitto.me (Securely receive files from anyone to your Dropbox - free service)
 * Edmodo(Social networking site for your school - Share assignments, polls and ideas with your students!) CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFO!
 * Edutopia (Connect with others improving education)
 * Etherpad (Real-time online collaboration for students - color codes student contributions) - Try typewith.me
 * Evernote (Save notes anywhere w/ text, files, pictures, and even snapshots of websites which can be accessed on your PC or Mac, smartphone, or on the web - automatically syncs between all devices)
 * Fakebook and My Fake Wall (Creates a "fake" facebook wall for a person/topic of interest....so many possibilities for students and teachers! See examples!)
 * Flaming Text (Jazzes up your presentations)
 * Flashcard Exchange (A program that allows students to study off of existing flashcards or create their own)
 * [|Flip Teaching Resources](Many tools for a flipped classroom)
 * FreeSFX (Download free sound effects and royalty-free music to use in multi-media projects)
 * Fur.ly (Link to multiple websites with one URL)
 * Geocube (Re-inventing the way to explore Geography)
 * Gliffy (Create professional looking flowcharts and diagrams for free)
 * Glogster (Make free, interactive online posters or "glogs")
 * Go!Animate (Make amazing animated videos for free!)
 * Graphic Organizers by Holt (in pdf form)
 * Graph Words (An instant visual thesaurus - provides a web of related words)
 * I Love PDF (Allows you to merge or split pdf files)
 * Image Chef (Generate creative "word clouds" from text you provide)
 * Jeopardy Labs (Free service to create your own online Jeopardy games)
 * Jigsaw Planet (Create a jigsaw from an image you have uploaded and get your students to put it back together!)
 * Jotform (Alternative to Google Forms - Lets you create highly specialized forms for your classroom)
 * [|K-12 Mobile Learning] (Resources that enhance mobile learning)
 * KeepVid (Allows you to download Youtube videos without the ads)
 * Kerpoof Studio (Owned by Walt Disney - Make artwork, animated movies, stories, greeting cards, and more. It includes a page for educators!)
 * Knovio (Turn old, boring Powerpoints into multimedia presentations)
 * Krunchd (Simple way to make one link to multiple sites to share with students)
 * Lexipedia ("Where words have meaning"- presents words with their semantic relationships displayed in an animated visual word web )
 * LinkBunch (Allows you to share a bundle of web links with one small link)
 * Live Binder (Virtual three-ring binder)
 * Media Converter (Converts audio/video files from your computer as well as online - works directly with YouTube)
 * Mind42 and MindMeister (Collaborative mind-mapping)
 * Museum Box (Build a description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box)
 * Newswordy (Website that features a new buzzword of the day picked from current trending topics)
 * Odosketch (Make sketches online and embed it in a wiki or blog)
 * Online Convert (Free online file converter - audio, video, image, document, ebook, archive)
 * Online Doodle Tools (Great homeroom activity - Fun to use on the Promethean boards!)
 * Online Stopwatch
 * [|Padlet] (Formally known as Wallwisher) - Create a wall for students to leave virtual "post-its"
 * Password Bird (Asks you 3 questions and uses your answers to help you to generate a strong password)
 * PDFescape (Free PDF editor and form filler - can easily "white out" portions of text and add your own!)
 * PDF to Word (Converts PDFs into editable Word documents for free)
 * PDFSplit (Split PDF files online for free! Really easy to use!)
 * PDFMerge (Merge multiple PDF files into one file)
 * Pegby (Online, collaborative task organizer - set up like a corkboard with index cards)
 * [|Pete's PowerPoint Station] (PowerPoints for any subject)
 * Pixton (Online comic maker that allows students the creativity to design their own characters, add sound, upload pictures and images, use a variety of speech bubbles, and print, download or embed the finished comic.)
 * Polldaddy (Create online polls and surveys which you can link to directly or embed in a wiki or blog)
 * Poll Everywhere (Get instant classroom feedback using the web or twitter - free if 30 responses or less)
 * Popplet (Bulletin board...meets sticky notes...meets technology - popplets can contain video, images, texts, links)
 * Prezi (Puts Powerpoint presentations to shame!) - Click HERE for more info on how to make a Prezi!
 * Promethean Planet (Contains flipcharts, resource packs, ActivTips videos, community forums, and more!)
 * ProProfs Quiz Maker(Easily create online tests and quizzes with automatic grading and reporting)
 * QR Code Generator (Converts information into a QR code graphic so it is scannable with a smart phone or iTouch - free app)
 * Quizlet (Largest flash cards and study games website - browse ones already made or create your own!)
 * Qwiki (Works different than a regular web search - comes back with a multimedia presentation for your search term)
 * Random Name Selector (Great for choosing order of presentations in your class)
 * RedKid Sign Generators (Generates fun title slides for your Promethean flipcharts)
 * Remind101 (Allows teachers to text message or e-mail students and parents safely)
 * Szoter - (Free online tool for uploading images and then drawing/typing text on them - can then be saved or shared!)
 * Screen Leap (Instant and easy screen sharing)
 * Scribble Maps (Quick and easy way to rapidly make and share maps)
 * Scrumblr (Online space to create and share sticky notes with a group - useful for brainstorming sessions in which students can quickly share a bunch of ideas with each other)
 * Sendtodropbox.com (Allows students to email files directly to your DropBox - Good alternative to Dropitto.me for iPads)
 * Shelfari (Great way to organize books that you've read - appear on a virtual shelf)
 * Skype in the Classroom (Meet new people, discover new cultures, and connect with classes from around the world, all without leaving your classroom)
 * SlideShare (Upload and share Powerpoint presentations - see example at the top of the page!)
 * [|Snag] (Documentary videos)
 * Snaplr (Simple way to capture and annotate images on your computer screen)
 * Snip.ly (Allows you to easily clip and share parts of websites - generates a new url for highlighted text)
 * Socrative (Student response system - alternative to using ActiVotes and ActivExpressions. It works well with iPads & iPods. See video for more info!)
 * Speaker Deck (Great way to share presentations online...upload a PDF & it turns it into a slideshow)
 * [|Spicynodes] (Innovative way to organize your web visits)
 * SpiderScribe (Online mind-mapping and brainstorming tool)
 * StencylWorks (Make Flash games for free!)
 * StoryBird (Create stories with art and figures)
 * StudyBlue (Online tool for making flashcards w/ video and audio elements, taking notes, and preparing for exams)
 * Study Jams (Scholastic website designed to help elementary students learn and review math and science)
 * Survey Monkey (Web based survey tool that gathers responses and analyzes data)
 * Sweet Search (A search engine for students that searches only credible websites)
 * Swifty Labs by Google (Converts Flash swf files to HTML5, so it is useable on an iPad or iPhone)
 * Taguland Tagxedo (Generate creative "word clouds" from text you provide)
 * [|Teacher Domain] (Digital Media for Classrooms and Professional Development)
 * That Quiz (Math test activities for students and teachers of all grade levels)
 * ThingLink (Make your images interactive - Link to music, videos and other web content)
 * Tiki-Toki (Makes stunning animated timelines that work well in your web browser)
 * Tildee (Create your own "how to" page and share the link with others! Very easy to use for students or teachers!)
 * Timetoast (Create timelines and share them on the web - free)
 * Tinyurl (Shortens Web addresses so it's easier to share with students)
 * Visual.ly(Quickly and easily create professional quality designs with their own data)
 * Visuwords (Online graphical dictionary)
 * [|vizlingo] (Create video messages and send them to others)
 * Voice Thread (EASILY create group conversations around images, documents and videos)
 * Voki(Students can create an avatar and add their voice to it - could be used for speaking assesments and/or quizzes)
 * Wallwisher - Now called Padlet (A Website that allows you to leave virtual 'post it' notes in one place on the web)
 * Warning Sign Generator (Fun images to add to your Promethean flipcharts)
 * Weaving History (Enables users to create timelines attached to maps)
 * Webdoc (Create multimedia document that brings learning to life - Check out this video that explains it!)
 * WeJIT (Create an instant public or private collaboration around any topic of interest)
 * Wix (Fun website builder - Create a free, flash website)
 * Wolfram/Alpha (Free online computational tool that generates answers to questions in real time) - Wolfram Alpha in a Nutshell Video
 * Wordle, WordItOut Generate creative "word clouds" from text you provide)
 * Word Tamer (An interactive story builder -neat site for learning the process of developing characters, settings, and plots in creative writing)
 * Zamzar (File converter - use to send and share large files)
 * Zobmobo (Real-time encyclopedia)
 * [|ZippyChat] (Create free permanent chat rooms)