Collaborative Tools

Wallwisher -http://www.wallwisher.com/ - a virtual board for virtual post-it notes.  Anything you can do with post-it notes - you can do here.  Account not needed for students to post.  Try it out at: 
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/robertah - 8/4/11
http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/rrisdaug4 - Secondary Teachers - August 4, 2011

Linoit - One of the best online bulletin board experiences can be found at Linoit. Set your background to look like a cork board or even use a picture. Then add stickies (with or without due dates), images, videos, documents and even private notes that are viewable by only you. Linoit is excellent as a homepage for your class as well as student projects.

Stixy is an online bulletin board on which you can add stickies, images, documents and calendar dates. This site works great as a classroom homepage; you can add “to do” notes on the board which are added to the calendar.

Edistorm is an online bulletin board that is perfect for developing writing projects. Students can brainstorm, collaborate and organize their thoughts. They can even vote for the most important stickies, hide the rest and export their board as an Excel spreadsheet.

Twiddla is a very powerful online whiteboard that includes sticky notes, text, images and drawing tools. A chat feature is also included, excellent for students collaborating on a project for homework.

Typewith.me http://typewith.me/- students can work on a collaborative word document and you can see who typed what/when etc.  
Try it out here:  http://typewith.me/Q29OKAf0TL
http://typewith.me/qapa2cTzX2

TodaysMeet - http://todaysmeet.com/ - create chat rooms that last for 2 hours to 1 year.   Participants do not need an email account to join in the conversation all they need is the URL


You might also like:

• Skype - http://www.skype.com/ - With the use of webcams teachers and students can video call anyone else who also has skype for free!
• Twitter - http://www.twitter.com/ - build your personal learning network by connecting with other professionals
• Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com - create collaborative webpages
• PBWorks - http://pbworks.com/ - another wiki option

Word Maps

Tagxedo - http://www.tagxedo.com - create word clouds in different shapes, colors, fonts, etc.  Pull from websites or original text.  Results can be saved as a jpeg or png file.


Wordle - http://www.wordle.net/ - create word clouds from typed test.  Ability to change font, color and direction.   Results can be printed or saved to the online gallery.


Wordsift - http://www.wordsift.com - Creates word clouds from your text, but also provides a visual thesaurus and  images related to the most used words.

Presentations

Prezi - http://prezi.com/  - create presentations that spin and move for the audience. - Educational account is free for teachers.  Be sure to choose that option.
http://prezi.com/-oxw53u3nxx9/skype-in-education/


Glogster EDU  -http://edu.glogster.com/ - create interactive posters - EDU accounts allow you to create student accounts under you without them having email.



Animoto - http://animoto.com/education - Create videos using your images and 5 second video clips.  Site provides copy-right free music and builds the video to time transitions in sync with the music.  Educators get free access to unlimited length films.   Final products can be embedded onto websites, emailed out, or uploaded to YouTube.
Great example - poetry  - http://animoto.com/play/OHJnYC3gx67vB6AVXTVWEw





Scoop.it - a one-click publishing platform that allows content curators to publish beautiful online magazines.

Publishing Tools

Pic-Lits - http://www.piclits.com/ - Create original pieces of writing with this website.   Choose a picture and them drag words up from the word bank or choose freestyle and type in anything you wish.

Storybird - http://storybird.com/ - Create original stories using stock artwork.

VoiceThread - http://voicethread.com/ - Upload photos, artwork, or stories.  Audio and written comments can then be added.  Final products can be shared by embedding them in webpages or by sharing the link.
http://voicethread.com/share/2166582/

ZooBurst - http://www.zooburst.com/ - ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D augmented reality pop-up books. Using ZooBurst, storytellers of any age can create their own rich worlds in which their stories can come to life.

Bookmarking Tools

Symbaloo - http://edu.symbaloo.com/ -  It is basically a personal online desktop, which helps users in managing favorite sites and services


Fur.ly - http://fur.ly/ - shorten multiple url's into one address


Delicious - http://delicious.com/ - save all your favorite websites into one place that is easily searchable


Diigo - http://www.diigo.com/ - share your bookmarks, join groups and make annotations on webpages.

Weblist.me - http://weblist.me/ very visual way to put multiple websites into one link, the students can scroll the the list visually to see each website you want them to use.

Video Tools

TubeChop - http://www.tubechop.com/ - Take Clips from YouTube Videos.

Kick You Tube - http://www.tammyworcester.com/TipOfWeek/TammyWTechTipOfWeek/Entries/2009/1/30_Tip_63_-_KickYouTube.html - tutorial on how to download videos from YouTube.
Vimeo - http://www.vimeo.com/ - a video hosting site like YouTube

Keep Vid -http://keepvid.com/ - download videos from YouTube

Avatar Creators

Mini-Mizer - http://www.reasonablyclever.com/mm2/mini2.swf - create a Lego avatar - final products can be saved with doing a screen print and past image into a word or powerpoint document.


Build Your Wild Self - http://www.buildyourwildself.com/ - create a animal version of a character.  This site is hosted by the New York Zoos and Aquarium.  Final products come with descriptions of the animal parts chosen for your character.


Blabberize - http://blabberize.com/ - Create a unique talking picture

Voki - http://www.voki.com/ - Create a talking character

MiiCharacters - http://www.miicharacters.com/ - Directions to create famous Mii characters.

Graphics

BeFunky - http://www.befunky.com/ - Take a photograph and use the standard free effects to create an image that can be saved as a jpg or printed directly from the website.


Imagination Cubed - http://www.imaginationcubed.com/ - Draw your own artwork. Final products can be printed or emailed to yourself.


Odopod - http://sketch.odopod.com/



Big Huge Labs - http://bighugelabs.com/  - Take a photo and you can turn it into one of many things: a motivational poster, magazine cover, movie poster, trading card, CD cover, Captioner, LOLcat Generator, Billboard, Guess the Title, Badge Maker, Calendar, Photo Fortune, Art Poster, Mosaic Maker, Photobooth, and etc.  


ImageChef - http://www.imagechef.com/ - Create custom images with pre-made templates.

Sepiatown - http://www.sepiatown.com/index  - Historical images that overlay on Google Earth

Historypin - http://www.historypin.com/ - Historical images overlay modern images in the same place. 


Picnik - http://www.picnik.com/ - online photo editing site

Graphic Organizers

WorksheetWorks.com - http://www.worksheetworks.com/miscellanea/graphic-organizers.html - Create a graphic organizer by selecting the type, filling in the details and creating a pdf file.


ReadWriteThink - http://www.readwritethink.org/search/?resource_type=18&type=34 - These are not customizable pdf files for download.  Website also has other resources and organizers such as for poetry.

Audio

Royalty Free Music/Incompetech - http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ - royalty free instrumental music.  Great to use in multimedia presentations.

Jamendo - http://www.jamendo.com/en/tags - free music that is easy to search.

YouTube to Mp3 Converter - http://www.video2mp3.net/ - convert video clips into mp3 clips.  Warning to just use pieces and not entire works in accordance with district AUP.


Vocaroo - http://vocaroo.com/  - record your voice and save as an mp3 file.


Jam Studio - http://www.jamstudio.com/ Create your own music.

Screen Capturing

Screen Toaster - http://www.screentoaster.com/ - Does not require a download  - capture what happens on your screen.


Jing - http://www.jingproject.com/ - does require a download of the software.  Creates screenshots and screen casts of your computer.  5 minute limit on video sizes.

Screencast-o-matic - http://www.screencast-o-matic.com/ - does not require a download - capture what happens on your screen.

Animations

Domo Animate - http://domo.goanimate.com/ - Create short animations with pre-made characters.  EX: 

Xtranormal - http://www.xtranormal.com/ - create custom animations for digital storytelling and dialogues

Animasher - http://www.animasher.com/ - a primitive way to animate still images

Wondersay - http://www.wondersay.com/ - animate text

File Sharing

Google Docs -http://docs.google.com - share files or entire folders of files.


Box.net - http://box.net/  - Cloud storage with the ability to synch to a number of desktops.

Miscellaneous

DOGO News - http://www.dogonews.com/  - a collection of kid friendly news stories, websites and activites in Google Earth.


Digital Goonies - http://digitalgoonies.com/ - great site for teachers that gives links and uses for web 2.0 resources.


CNN Student News -  http://www.cnn.com/studentnews/ - a specially prepared  daily newscast for students. Site also includes video archive, show transcripts, pdf maps of countries, CNN Challenge to test your knowledge of current events.

SPARTAN GUIDES - http://sdst.libguides.com/content.php?pid=192765&sid=1618992 - a collection of Web 2.0 tools from Springfield Township High School Library

Stump the Teacher - http://stumpteacher.blogspot.com/p/video-tutorials.html - Video Tutorial on Web 2.0 tools

Cool Tools for Schools - http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/ - Comprehensive list of resources for teachers.