Web+2.0+Tools

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 * Hidden WebTools** - [[file:Hidden Webtools.pdf]] - 11 web-based applications, including brief explanations and suggested uses.

Xtranormal - You type something; xranormal turns it into a movie. On the web and on the desktop.

Poll Everywhere - free for "audiences" of 30 or fewer; create polls students can answer online or via text message

Spaaze - "a new visual way to organize pieces of information in a virtual infinite space."

Slide Rocket - online presentation tool; free membership for educators (use your school e-mail), or 30 day free trial for anyone; slide transitions are slick, templates are simple and effective

Prezi - "the Zooming Presentation Editor;" online presentation tool, free membership with 100mb of online storage, upgradable to 500 mb for educators (no cost); presentation creators can invite other editors who can all work on a prezi simultaneously from different machines

Make Beliefs Comix - online comic strip/book creator; select your characters, backgrounds, costumes, and add the dialogue

Marvel Create Your Own Comic - relatively simple tool allowing you to use Marvel characters to create short strips or longer comic "books."

Animoto - "The end of slideshows;" turn a collection of photos into a video, including music and animations

Big Huge Labs - a myriad (yes, boundless) collection of tools for "doing cool stuff with your photos"

Slide Share - an online document sharing tool for powerpoints or documents

Youblisher - an online document sharing tool for PDF's; features neat page turning animation.

TodaysMeet - helps you embrace the [|backchannel] and connect with your audience in realtime. You and your students could use the live stream to make comments, ask questions, and use that feedback to tailor your lesson, sharpen students' grasp of concepts, and address the needs of individual students.

VoiceThread - A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds [|images, documents, and videos] and allows people to navigate slides and leave [|comments in 5 ways] - using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). [|Share] a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too.

Text2MindMap - a web application that converts texts to mind maps. Completed maps can be saved to your computer as a .jpeg image.

Spicy Nodes - another web application for creating mind maps. Flashier than text2mindmap, but just as easy to use.

Webspiration - map out ideas, organize with outlines and collaborate online with teams or colleagues. Templates and instructions included.

Snip Snip . it - a web tool for clipping youtube videos; allows you to share and view only the portion of the video you want to see

Google Data - makes large datasets easy to explore, visualize and communicate. As the charts and maps animate over time, the changes in the world become easier to understand. You don't have to be a data expert to navigate between different views, make your own comparisons, and share your findings. Students and teachers can play with the tool to create visualizations of public data, link to them, or embed them in their own webpages. Embedded charts and links can update automatically so you’re always sharing the latest available data. For Example, average download speeds around the world, with some countries highlighted for comparision: media type="custom" key="8404364" the same data in a line graph: media type="custom" key="8404336"

Diigo - a way to save your internet bookmarks online, so that they can be accessed anywhere. You can also choose to make some of your bookmarks public so students can access them for school work.