TIPS AND TRICKS FOR WEB 2.0 TOOLSMonday, February 20, 2012

IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW…

MANY Web 2.0 sites have age requirements, registration or email requirements

SOME Web 2.0 sites require a fee, while others are completely free or have a free version

ALWAYS check the Terms of Use/Service and Privacy Policy at the bottom of the site

http://popplet.com/terms/ http://prezi.com/terms-of-use/ http://marvel.com/corporate/privacy

CURRICULUM

http://savethewords.org/site.swf A collection of words from the Oxford Dictionary

that are not common to most people's vocabulary No age requirement No fee Best use for teachers and students

CURRICULUM

http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/scrapbook/ Character scrapbook by Scholastic Can be used to analyze or create characters No account creation required No age requirement Free to use Character analysis can only be printed

CURRICULUM

http://www.mathplayground.com/ Interactive practice of math skills for elementary

and middle school students No fee No registration or email required No age requirement Best use for students

ORGANIZATION

http://www.squareleaf.net/ Create virtual sticky notes that are always available

online No fee Account creation and email required Best use for teachers

ORGANIZATION

http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/ Tool for taking notes or sharing notes/ideas with

others Works as separate URL No age requirement No account/email required No fee Best use for teachers and students

ORGANIZATION

http://www.sqworl.com Provides a way to visually bookmark multiple URL’s Requires registration and email Share saved/bookmarked sites with students via

one URL No fee Best use for teachers for students Example: http://sqworl.com/7l24js

ORGANIZATION

http://tinyurl.com/ http://bit.ly Shortens URL’s for students/anyone No fee Registration not required, but account can be

created for saving/tracking Best use for teachers for students

PRESENTATION

https://bubbl.us Brainstorming/mapping tool No age requirement To save for future editing, you must create an

account, but no email is required Can save 3 with free account Best use for students

PRESENTATION

http://www.messagehop.com Create animated messages No age requirement No fee No account/email required Best use for teachers and students

PRESENTATION*

www.280slides.com *Sites do frequently shutdown. Create a presentation that looks and acts very

much like PowerPoint Must be 13 to use Account creation and email required No fee Best use for teachers and students 13+

PRESENTATION

http://www.pageflip-flap.com/ Convert PDF file to the look of an online, page-

turining book. No registration required. Free to use. Have unique URL emailed to you, or copy/paste

URL once conversion complete. *Indicates will convert Word, Excel, PDF, and other

files, but I only had success with PDF conversion. Best use for teachers. Example:

http://www.pageflip-flap.com/read?r=OtAcGXfjls8m6pZQz

PRESENTATION

http://www.says-it.com/concertticket Create and customize your own concert/event ticket

image No fee No registration or email required No age requirement Best use for teachers *graphic content visible

PRESENTATION

http://marvel.com/games/cyos Create a personalized, superhero avatar Must have parental consent for users under 13 No fee Best use for teachers and students 13+

PRESENTATION

http://marvelkids.marvel.com/create_your_own_comic

Create a superhero comic strip or comic book Site designed for kids, especially those under 13 No fee No account or email required Best use for students

PRESENTATION

http://www.mixbook.com/edu Online scrapbook/photobook that can be viewed

completely online or can be printed and purchased Allows teachers to create accounts that students

can use, or it allows teachers to create individual accounts for students using “dummy” email addresses.

If under the age of 13, account must be created by a teacher or parent, and the student must have parental consent to use site.

VIDEO/PHOTO

http://www.zamzar.com Online file conversion (great for YouTube) No fee Must have email in order for converted video to be

sent to you Best use for teachers

VIDEO/PHOTO

http://www.benderconverter.com Online video converter and downloader No fee, but limited size and number of videos you

can download per day Best use for teachers

VIDEO/PHOTO

http://pixlr.com Free substitute for Photoshop May not use site at all if under 13 13-18 requires parental consent Registration is not required Best use for teachers

VIDEO/PHOTO

http://www.befunky.com/ http://www.pizap.com/ http://lunapic.com/editor/ http://www.drpic.com/

RESEARCH

http://www.eoearth.org Searchable collection of articles written by scholars,

professionals, educators, and experts who collaborate and review each other’s works

Educator section with online courses, articles, links, etc.

No age requirement No fee Best use for teachers and students

RESEARCH

http://www.eol.org Partnership between scientific community and the

general public Expert curators ensure quality by authenticating

materials submitted Comprised of five component groups No age requirement No fee Best use for teachers and students

RESEARCH

http://www.search-cube.com/ Visual search engine that presents web search

results in a unique, three-dimensional cube interface. Provides previews of up to ninety-six websites,

videos and images. Once your search results appear, you can use the

arrow keys, the SHIFT key and the mouse to interact with your search-cube.

No age requirement No fee Data is not screened Best use for teachers and students

RESEARCH

http://www.google.com/trends/hottrends Database that shows how many times a chosen

topic is mentioned in an online Google search, and how the search frequency is associated with the number of news articles about the same topic.

Excellent source for classroom discussion. Like other Google sites, search options are not

filtered.

MISCELLANEOUS

http://www.otherinbox.com Organizes, prioritizes, and summarizes your emails

without the hassle of setting up filters Must be 13+ to create email account to begin with No fee Best use for teachers

MISCELLANEOUS

http://notsharingmy.info Creates an obscure email address when you want

to email to remain anonymous Forwards all email to your real email address Create unlimited surrogate email addresses off one

primary address Must be 13 or older to create primary email account No fee Best use for teachers/required email for sites once

parental consent received

MISCELLANEOUS

http://www.tripit.com/?ot=4 Organize all your travel information in one place Both free and paid accounts available Email and account registration required Best use for teachers

MISCELLANEOUS

http://www.printwhatyoulike.com/ Allows you to print only want you want from a

website, avoiding ads and other unnecessary information.

Account set-up required, including email address. Free to use. Must be 13 years or older to use.

MISCELLANEOUS

http://gzaas.com/ Creates huge messages that you can link to or

paste anywhere. No account creation required. Free to use. No age requirement. Example: http://gzaas.com/OSUB

MISCELLANEOUS

http://www.evernote.com http://www.wallwisher.com/ Example: http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/feb20web http://pinterest.com/

GOOGLE DOCS AND TEMPLATES

https://docs.google.com/templates Templates available for documents, spreadsheets,

presentations, and forms Must have Google account with email to track

collaboration or submission. Age requirement of 13+ to create Google account. Form Example: https

://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dFFSWnIzOUk2SmtKcXhpajFGNl9tLXc6MQ

COLLABORATION

https://cacoo.com/ Cacoo is a user friendly online drawing tool that

allows you to create a variety of diagrams. Free of charge. Requires account set-up and email. Due to email requirement, teacher may want to

create account for student use. No age requirement for use. Example: https://

cacoo.com/diagrams/Si1EivNbwVGyxcCr

COLLABORATION

http://todaysmeet.com/ Real-time collaboration, comments, discussion, etc. No account creation required. Free to use. Must be 13 years of age to use. Example: http://todaysmeet.com/feb20

TEACHER RESOURCES

http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ Numerous websites organized into categories for

use by teachers and students REMEMBER: check the Terms of Use/Service and

Privacy Policy at the bottom of each site for information specific to that site

Just because the site is open for you doesn’t necessarily mean it’s open for students!

TEACHER RESOURCES

http://www.4teachers.org/ Online resources for teachers such as ready-to-use

quizzes, rubrics, checklists, etc. Teachers use templates that can be customized for

individual needs. Account creation is not required, but a free account

will allow you to “store” templates that you create.

TEACHER RESOURCES

http://www.tubechop.com/ Control the start and stop point of a YouTube video. Free to use. Provide the URL to the video, select the start and

stop point, then open the link provided with the new “chopped” video.

Completed video can be shared, emailed, or saved to a flash drive.

You must provide your full name/company name and a valid email address when signing up. You must be min. 13 years old unless you use it for adult supervised spaces (eg. for school projects). Otherwise ask your parents’ or school teacher’s permission to sign up .http://ahead.com/#edit/lilaspaces/main/welcome?scene=FEATURES