Dangerously Cool Web 2.0 Links for Educators
Blogs
http://blogger.com - from Google. Automatically sets you up on the Google search engine.
http://classpress.com - not free at $29.95 per year - but you can gain free months by referring.
http://edublogs.org/ - great choice for educators. Educator Sheri Higgs has this to say about it, "The free mode (which we are using) has 20MG storage. Once you become a "supporter" (various levels) you can add and tie in student blogs." Nothing better than a recommendation from a fellow educator.
http://wordpress.com - easy to use and rather sophisticated templates
Collaborative Work Tools
http://google.com/apps - Links to Google Docs, Gmail, Calendar, Google Talks (IM for Google) and Sites (wiki for Google)
Just Cool Stuff
http://doodlebuzz.com - don't know how to describe it - just go try it
http://www.wordle.net/ - a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide; great for brainstorming and discovering key ideas
Multimedia Web 2.0
http://glogster.com - a multimedia blog that can be imported into PBworks and other wikis. You have got to see this one. Check out the educator site: http://www.glogster.com/edu/
http://voicethread.com - great multimedia tool for collaborating and communicating
Music and Sounds - copyright free (more sources under Podcasting and Audio Editing)
http://ccmixter.org - ccMixter is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under Creative Commons where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want. Unlike freeplaymusic (which is often used as a source of music for educators), this site offers open source music that can be used in podcasts, on websites, etc.
http://www.freesound.org/ - The Freesound Project is a collaborative database of Creative Commons licensed sounds. Freesound focuses only on sound, not songs.
http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/sdml/sdml.asp - Super dooper music looper is great for looping short clips of music.
Online Quiz and Survey Tools
http://google.com/apps - use Google spreadsheet to develop a quiz or survey and view results instantly in Google spreadsheet.
http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/ - nice source for educators and students to build interactivity with statistical analyses included
http://surveymonkey.com - brief quizzes and surveys with statistical analyses included
Podcasting and Audio Editing (more sources under Music and Sound)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net - open source audio editing software; more complicated to use than Wavepad (below).
http://www.nch.com.au/wavepad/kb/free.html - easier to figure out than Audacity; can buy master's edition, but the free one works well with many features available
Social Bookmarking Sites
http://diigo.com - also allows you to: annotate pages for group, set up groups to share bookmarks, collaborate on research projects via communication tool.
http://del.icio.us - popular social bookmarking tool
Social Networking Sites
http://ning.com - seems to be the one used in education
Video, Photo, Multimedia Presentation
http://schooltube.com
http://teachertube.com
http://youtube.com
http://flickr.com
http://slideshare.com
Webconferencing Tools
http://skype.com
Wikis
http://pbworks.com - One of the best free wikis going; allows you to edit html for more precise editing
http://wikispaces.com
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