Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers and Students

Try these great, interactive Web 2.0 tools to expand learning in the classroom for both you and your students!

280 Slides - presentation tool similar to PowerPoint; embed video, audio, and images Animoto - "the end of slideshows;" create videos from still images Aviary - free photo editing tools Create A Graph - great for even young students to easily create and change graphs Creately - create and collaborate on online diagrams and designs Crocodoc - easily share and review documents online, including PDF, Word, and PowerPoint Eyeplorer - search and cross reference terms in Wikipedia in order to collate notes Gliffy - draw and share diagrams on the web GoAnimate - make your own cartoons and animations Kerpoof - create pictures, cards, book, and even movies; for elementary students Number Gossip - a search engine for everything about numbers Penzu - the anti-blog; keep your thoughts private in this online journal Phuser - personal message boards and private shared discussion spaces Scribble Maps - lets you draw, scribble, and annotate over Google maps Springnote - free online notebook based on a wiki Stixy - flexible online creation and collaboration ToonDoo - online cartoon strip creator VideoLobby - create your own professionally-styled live webcast Voki - create your own avatar; even record your voice Voxopop - audio tool that lets users record their voice for others to listen and respond to WallWisher - a virtual bulletin board where users can attach sticky notes and discussion points Web-Chops - users can "clip" any part of a web page and rearrange clips onto a custom page that can be shared with other people, eliminating ads or questionable material WordSift - text visualization tool Writeboard - collaborative writing software Xtranormal - text-to-speech avatar movie making technotes - Texas Computer Education Agency