Web 2.0

Article: Generation IM: Getting Through to Today's Teched-out Children (2008)
Blog Entry: 10 Internet Technologies that Educators should be informed about (2009)
Wiki: Teach Web 2.0  

WIKIS & BLOGS
Wikispaces
- Wikispaces for Teachers (Free for K-12 teachers)
PBwiki
Class Blogmeister

Examples - Elementary:
-Arbor Heights Elementary School Wiki (Seattle)
-Conestoga Valley Library Wiki
- The Mighty Writers 08-09 (Mr. Ahlness, 3rd Grade - Seattle, WA)
-Mr. Tepley's 5th Grade Classroom (Mukilteo, WA)
-Mrs. Abernethy's Global Gorillas - 5th Grade (Greenville, PA)
-Cathy Francis' Class - Ages 10 & 11 (St. Thomas, Keith Scotland)
-Classroom Book Talk: The Mysteries of Harris Burdick
Examples - Secondary:
-Mr. Stafford's Life Science Website (Chehalis)
-Mr. Armstrong's U. S. History Wiki (Korea International School, Republic of Korea)

PODCASTING
Audacity
Freecorder
GabCast

Examples:
RadioWillowWeb from Willowdale Elementary School, Omaha, NE
Mr. Langhorst's Web Classroom (8th grade American History) from South Valley Jr. High School, Liberty, MO

SOCIAL NETWORKING
Twitter
- A Teachers Guide to Twitter (Blog)
- Introduction to Twitter for Educators (SlideShare)
- "Using Twitter as an Education Tool" by R. Jones, 2008
- "47 Awesome Twitter Tools You Should be Using"
Ning
- Ning in Education
SOCIAL BOOKMARKING
Blinklist.com
del.icio.us
Stumbleupon
Diigo

CREATE A PERSONAL SEARCH ENGINE
Google Custom Search

WEB START PAGES
Pageflakes
igoogle

PRESENTATION TOOLS
Slide Share
Vuvox - Media Creation Made Easy
Spresent

CALENDARS & LISTSAirSet
TaDa Lists
AssignADay
Calanders Net
Doodle

PHOTOS, IMAGES & MASHUPS

Flickr
Picasa
Snapfish
Photobucket
Picnik (Photo Editing)

Examples:
Elementary Art Group
Jane Goodall's Camp (Created by a 3rd Grader)
Lewis Elementary School

Resources:


Flickr Mashups- Spell with Flickr -Trading Card Maker - Flickr Sukoko - Tag Galaxy


COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS
bubbl.us
Imagination Cubed
Dabbleboard

RSS & NEWSREADERSRSS (Really Simple Syndication) enables people to subscribe to web sites and with the use of a tool called an aggregator or newsreader receive notification when information is added to the web site.
Bloglines
Google Reader

ONLINE APPLICATIONS
Zoho Creator - "Create online database applications in minutes"
Map Builder.net - "...tag locations on a map and publish it on your own site"
Google Maps - "Explore the world using interactive maps"
- Professor Sorenson's 50 States Walking Map
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View Larger Map

CREATE EDUCATIONAL LEARNING GAMES
Classtools.net
edCreate.com (free trial)
ONLINE STORAGEOurmedia (free podcast hosting)
Box.net (free online file storage)

MISC
Jing - Screen capture
LibraryThing - "Catalog your books online"
Shelfari - "Social network for people who love books"
Goodreads - "See what your friends are reading....Keep tract of what you've read and what you'd like to read..."
VoiceThread - "...powerful new way to talk about and share your images, documents and videos"
Wordle - "Generating word clouds from texts"  Example
PIC-LITS - "Inspired Picture Writing" (see Lesson Plans in Learn-it tab)
PDFmyURL  - "Convert and Save PDF from any URL
Mindomo- Mindmap Software
- Example: Organizing Your Digital Self

OTHER RESOURCES
Web 2.0 Tools by K. Schrock

updated 1/10