Web 2.0 Tools
Last updated:
March 12, 2009
http://www.flickr.com/ - Flickr is clearly
the premiere social photo sharing site of the Web 2.0 world. It is packed with
2.0 features like RSS throughout, contacts, comments,
groups, geotagging, and of course an Open API.
http://Jaycut.com -A website that enables people to upload video, audio, and
more in order to create "mixes" or "movies". People can create their own profile
page and groups of friends who can view their mixes, or they can make them
public. Users can add movies, photos, titles, transitions, and effects.
http://www.picnik.com/
- There are lots of image editing sites in the world of Web 2.0, but Picnik
stands
out for a few reasons. The
site is well laid out, easy to navigate, and incredibly intuitive. You can
use the website without even registering, making it incredibly education-friendly.
It may not have every feature that Photoshop has, but it does allow you to
crop,
resize, eliminate red-eye, adjust color and brightness levels, and save in
a variety of formats. Throw in the ability to import directly from Flickr,
and
export to a variety of services including Flickr, Photobucket and Kodak Easyshare,
and you have an app that integrates well into the rest of the 2.0 world.
http://www.vocaroo.com/ Record
your voice and email message to another user or download your recordings and
open as a .wav file in iTunes
Google Docs and Spreadsheets
https://docs.google.com - Similar
to Office Word and Excel. Docs and Spreadsheets also has one clear advantage
over the desktop version: it’s collaborative. While editing
a document, you can invite other people to work on it with you. Windows or
Mac, Firefox or Explorer, Docs and Spreadsheets has everything you’d
expect in a word processor and spreadsheet program. Throw in the ability to
import and export in a variety of formats, including Office, OpenOffice, and
PDF, and you have a full featured replacement for zero cost.
Zamzar- file converter www.zamzar.com Especially nice to save YouTube.com videos to your desktop.
Blogs - Go to website blogger-blogspot = https://www.blogger.com/start
LetterPOP http://letterpop.com/
Use LetterPop to create eye-popping newsletters, actionable presentations, irresistible
invitations, beautiful product features, sizzling event summaries, informative
club updates, lovely picture collages, and a whole lot more.
bubble.us http://www.bubbl.us/ Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.
http://www.mybrochuremaker.com/
Create
and print a brochure or flyer in minutes.Choose a theme and then customize
with photos and text. It's a great way to create brochures and flyers that
work.
Pocket Mod- http://www.pocketmod.com/
The PocketMod is a small book with guides on each page. These guides or templates,
combined with a unique folding style, enable a normal piece of paper to become
the ultimate note card.
Class Marker http://www.classmarker.com/index.php The
ClassMarker online testing website is a professional, easy to use online quiz
maker that marks your tests and quizzes for you. You simply create your quizzes
and your learners or business clients take them online. Standard version is free.
pbWiki http://pbwiki.com &
WikiSpaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ -
pbWiki is a little shinier, with it’s new point and click editor and template
that’s easy on the eyes. You can also save your wikis as a PDF or create
a slide show from it, unusual amongst wiki engines. Wikispaces is firmly committed
to education and is in the process of giving away 100,000 ad-free wikis to educators.
It has a simple WYSIWYG editor that does support embedable media (like from YouTube
or Google Video). Wikispaces looks more like a typical wiki engine, and has a
discussion tab
like you’d find on Wikipedia.