2.0+Web+Tools

This space is designed by Mrs. Knight to provide students, teachers, and administrators with the web 2.0 tools they need to survive in the 21st century.
=**//"We teach our children very well how to take tests but not how to survive in the 21st century" author unknown//**= =**__Sources for copyright-free music, video and sound__**= Here are some free resources for media to add to your podcast. Always remember, even if included here, it is the podcast creators' responsibility to ensure that all resources in your submitted podcasts are free of copyright.
 * //[|TechnoKids] - Great resources to include technology into your lesson plans.//**


 * fOUR bEES Free Media- Free Sound Clips
 * Soundsnap- Podcast safe sound files
 * Podsafe Audio- Music you can freely use in your podcasts.
 * [|Dewey Music]- DeweyMusic is a new interface for Archive.org's wonderful public domain music library.
 * [|MusOpen]- Musopen is an online music library of copyright free (public domain) music.
 * [|Moving Images Archive]- Videos from the Internet archive, most are in the public domain.
 * [|Free Stock Footage]- Offers low-resolution versions of stock footage clips for free.
 * [|FedFlix]- Public Domain Stock Footage Theater
 * [|WBGH Sandbox]- Free video clips
 * [|Public Domain Torrents]- Hundreds of videos that are in the public domain.
 * [|Public-Domain-Photos]- Contains 1000's of Public Domain Photos.
 * [|Soungle]- A royalty-free sound effect search engine.
 * [|Soundjay]- Royalty-free sound effect downloads.
 * [|Pics4learning]- Copyright free pictures for education.
 * [|Stock Footage Resources]- A page of links provided by Apple ||=

STUDENTS: Free webpages you can design in your free time.

[|Angelfire] [|Yahoogeocities] [|Google Sites]

Outline of 21st Century Education Competencies compliments of Microsoft. [|Microsoft Education Competencies - 21st Century] [|Cool teacher resources] [|Teacher Tools] [|What your students will need to know in the 21st Century?] NEW - TURN YOUR PICTURE INTO A AVATAR! [|Funky Ways]

=Flocabulary - Vocabulary with some THUMP [|Flocabulary]= Free songs from each of our titles in Vocabulary, Literature, Social Studies, Math and Science. =**//Google Teacher Resources//**= http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html http://www.google.com/educators/community.html http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html
 * **SketchCast -** draw a picture and save it as a video, with voiceover http://sketchcast.com/

=**//Alerts...//**= provide the user with notifications on new websites, postings, articles, etc. related to topics entered by the user.· //Google -// http://www.google.com/alerts· //GoogleAlert -// http://www.googlealert.com/ //(Not run by Google)//· //Search Alert -// http://www.searchalert.net/· //Yahoo! Alerts -// http://alerts.yahoo.com/

=**//Blogs//**= //Blog.com -// http://blog.com/ //Blogger -// https://www.blogger.com/start //Facebook –// [|http://www.facebook.com] //Live Journal -// http://www.livejournal.com/ //MySpace –// [|http://www.myspace.com] //Open Diary -// http://www.opendiary.com/ //TypePad -// http://www.typepad.com/ //Typo -// http://www.typosphere.org/ //Windows Live Spaces -// http://spaces.live.com/ //Xanga -// http://www.xanga.com/ //Vox -// http://www.vox.com/

=**//Calendars//**= Google – http://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=wc&pli=1 //Yahoo -// http://calendar.yahoo.com/

=**Communications Tools**= =**Instant Messaging (web-based, no client):**= Meebo - [|http://meebo.com] Chat widget (no I.M. account needed by other users) **http://www.meebome.com/**
 * Miranda IM - http://www.miranda-im.org/**
 * IMified - http://www.imified.com/// ([|their blog])//**
 * //Twitter – [|http://twitter.com//)// //(Just added -//][|//Twittervision//]//**

=Instant Messaging (Download)=

working on this section....please check back.

=Internet Calling=


 * Skype - [|http://skype.com]
 * Skypecasts: http://www.skype.com/go/skypecasts
 * Record your Skype calls: http://www.powergramo.com/
 * Gizmo Project: - http://gizmoproject.com/
 * OpenWengo (open source) - http://openwengo.org/

=Voice email and Voice discussions:=


 * Voice or video emails: Springdoo - [|http://www.springdoo.com]
 * YackPack for Education - http://www.yackpack.com/education.html
 * Chinswing - Voice message board - http://www.chinswing.com/
 * Audio threaded discussions: Vaestro – [|http://vaestro.com]
 * Real-time Voice Communication Tool: The Gong Project - http://gong.ust.hk/

=Document Deliver/Display=
 * Scribd: http://www.scribd.com/
 * Acroflip: [|http://www.acroflip.com]

=Groups=


 * Google Groups: [|http://groups.google.com]
 * Yahoo Groups: [|http://groups.yahoo.com]

=Miscellaneous Tools=


 * Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/
 * Google Maps: [|http://maps.google.com]
 * Pandora Music: (based on the Music Genome Project) - [|http://pandora.com]
 * Toondoo: (create your own comic strips) - [|http://toondoo.com]
 * Bitty Browser: (picture in picture on a webpage) - [|http://www.bitty.com]
 * Widget Box: (add widgets to blog or webpage) - http://www.widgetbox.com/
 * Hellodeo: http://hellodeo.com/hello
 * Web-based File Conversion Tool: Zamzar - [|http://zamzar.com]/
 * Technorati - [|//http://technorati.com///]
 * Diggs (sharing content) - [|//www.diggs.com//]
 * Flock Browser: web 2.0-ified - [|http://www.flock.com]
 * 25 GB free online storage: Media Max - [|http://www.mediamax.com]
 * Web-based whiteboard: skrbl - http://www.skrbl.com/
 * Easy online mapmaking: Wayfaring - http://www.wayfaring.com/
 * Online diagramming: Gliffy - http://www.gliffy.com/
 * Creative Commons: [|http://creativecommons.org/]
 * Creative Commons Publisher: http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcPublisher
 * Zoho Planner – Online organizing tool: [|http://zoho.com]

=Fun with flickr:=

=Other photo sharing alternatives:=
 * FD's flickr toyls - http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ [|Warhol-like Mosaic], [|Motivational Poster], [|Cartoon bubbles]
 * dumpr: fun with your flickr - [|**http://www.dumpr.net///**] [|Museum example], [|Amazing Circle], [|Sketch]
 * Flickr colr pickr: http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr/
 * Splashr: [|http://splashr.com/]
 * Bubblr: **[|**http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr///**]** (Create comic strips from Flickr photos)
 * Gickr: [|http://gickr.com/](Create animated gifs from photos)


 * Photobucket: http://photobucket.com/
 * Zooomr: [|**http://beta.zooomr.com**]
 * Bubbleshare: [|**http://www.bubbleshare.com///**] - (add captions and clip art, make slideshows)
 * Picnik: [|http://www.picnik.com]
 * Fauxto: http://www.fauxto.com/// (with layers)//
 * Fotocrib: [|**http://fotocrib.com**]
 * GIMP: [|**http://www.gimp.org**] (Not web-based, but open source with lots of features)

=Podcasting=

· Odeo: [|http://odeo.com] · Clickcaster: [|http://www.clickcaster.com] ($4.99/month for basic) · Talkr - turn any blog post into a podcast http://www.talkr.com/

=Open Source Editing Tool= · Audacity: [|http://audacity.sourceforge.net] Creative Commons Legal Guide for Podcasting: [|//http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide////////]

=Portal Pages=
 * Google IG - http://www.google.com/ig
 * MSN - http://my.msn.com
 * Netvibes - [|http://www.netvibes.com]
 * Pageflakes - [|http://www.pageflakes.com]
 * Yahoo – http://my.yahoo.com/
 * Yahoo – http://my.yahoo.com/

=RSS Feed Readers - Blog Aggregators=

=First Type: When you always use the same computer. Use Firefox Browser with the Sage ExtensionSage Extension(http://sage.mozdev.org=

=· Home Page: http://sage.mozdev.org/= =Second Type: When you want to access your feeds from any connected computer (web-based readers)=
 * Sage Extension Install and Instructions: http://sage.mozdev.org/install/
 * Penn Library step-by-step (includes video screencast): http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/guides/tutorials/sage.html


 * What is Bloglines? http://www.bloglines.com/help/faq#What
 * Easiest way to add feeds to your account: http://www.bloglines.com/help/easysub
 * Step-by-step Bloglines tutorial: http://tinyurl.com/ap42n
 * What is Google Reader? http://www.google.com/help/reader/faq.html
 * Step-by-step Bloglines tutorial: http://tinyurl.com/ap42n
 * What is Google Reader? http://www.google.com/help/reader/faq.html


 * Google Personalized Homepage - Add Reader to it: http://www.google.com/ig
 * The Google Reader Blog: http://googlereader.blogspot.com/
 * Also try Yahoo Pipes: http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/

=Search Engines -General=
 * Alexa - http://alexa.com/
 * AltaVista - http://www.altavista.com/
 * ASK.com – [|http://ask.com]
 * Exalead - http://www.exalead.com/search
 * Gigablast - http://www.gigablast.com/
 * Google – [|http://www.google.com]
 * MozDex - http://www.mozdex.com/
 * MSN - http://search.msn.com/
 * Sputtr (multiple platform search engine) - http://sputtr.com/
 * Wisenut - http://www.wisenut.com/
 * Yahoo! – [|http://www.yahoo.com]
 * Yahooligans – [|http://kids.yahoo.com]

=Scholarly=


 * BUBL Link - [|http://bubl.ac.uk/link/]
 * Google Scholar – http://scholar.google.com


 * Infomine - [|http://infomine.ucr.edu]
 * Internet Public Library - [|http://www.ipl.org/]
 * Librarian’s Index to the Library - [|http://lii.org]
 * Scirius (scientific information) - http://www.scirus.com/srsapp/
 * Scout Report Archives - [|http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives/]
 * Windows Live Academic Search - http://search.live.com/results.aspx?scope=academic&q=

=Visual Search Engines= Grokker - http://www.grokker.com/ Quintura - http://www.quintura.com/· Quintura for Kids - http://kids.quintura.com/

=Social Bookmarking= Backflip - [[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|http://www.backflip.com/dir_start.ihtml·]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] Blinklist - [|//http://www.blinklist.com///]· Blogmarks - [|//http://blogmarks.net///]· Connotea - [|//http://www.connotea.org///] Adding to your del.icio.us account: http://del.icio.us/help/buttons
 * del.icio.us home page: http://del.icio.us/
 * Feedmarker - http://www.feedmarker.com/
 * Furl – [|http://furl.net]
 * Jots – [|http://jots.com]
 * Lookmarks - http://www.lookmarks.com/
 * Scuttle - http://scuttle.org/
 * Simpy - http://www.simpy.com/
 * Spurl - http://www.spurl.net/
 * Wists (social shopping) - http://www.wists.com/
 * Yahoo! My Web 2.0 – http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com

=To Do Lists= · Remember the Milk - http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ · TaDaList - http://www.tadalist.com/ · Voo2do - http://frassle.net/

=Video Sharing & Capture= /
 * YouTube: http://www.youtube.com
 * Teacher Tube: [|http://www.teachertube.com]
 * Blip.tv: [|http://blip.tv/]
 * Bubbleply: add bubble-text and captions to videos - [|http://www.bubbleply.com]
 * Fireant: convert video for small screen (ipod, etc) - http://fireant.tv/
 * Camstudio: http://www.camstudio.org/
 * Machinima: [|//http://www.machinima.com///]


 * Toufee: http://www.toufee.com/ (Create free online flash movies)
 * KeepVid: http://keepvid.com/// (Download flash video from Google and YouTube)//


 * Democracy Video Player - http://www.getdemocracy.com/ Open source player for video and Internet TV
 * Video Editing: Eyepsot - http://www.eyespot.com/

=Virtual Worlds=
 * Second Life: [|http://www.secondlife.com]
 * Teen Second Life: http://teen.secondlife.com/
 * Whyville: http://whyville.com/

=Web Conferencing=


 * Vyew: http://vyew.com/content


 * Central Desktop: http://www.centraldesktop.com/// (Shared Workspaces and Web Conferencing)//
 * FreeConference: http://www.freeconference.com/ (Free conference call service, long distance charges may apply)
 * DimDim: http://www.dimdim.com/// (free web conferencing - open source - still in Alpha)//
 * Yugma: https://www.yugma.com/ (free web conferencing)
 * Zoho Meeting: [|http://zoho.com]

=Web Office Tools= =Databases= · Lazybase database: [[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|http://lazybase.com/·]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] Zoho Applications – [|//http://zoho.com//] =Notebooks= · eDaily Diary - http://www.edailydiary.com/ · Google Notebook: http://www.google.com/noteboook/ · Zoho Note Book – Online Notebook: [|http://zoho.com] =Presentations= · AjaxPresents – [|http://www.ajaxwrite.com] (Firefox browser only) · Empressr web presentations: http://www.empressr.com/ //- (Embed video, charts, graphs, etc.)· SlideFlickr – [|http://slideflickr.com]// //· SlideShare for PPT slides: [[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|http://slideshare.net/·]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]// //ThinkFree - [[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|http://www.thinkfree.com/·]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]// //Thumbstacks Presentations: [[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|http://www.thumbstacks.com/·]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]// //Zoho Show – Online presentation tool – [|http://zoho.com]//

=Spread Sheets= AjaxXLS – [|http://www.ajaxwrite.com] (Firefox browser only) EditGrid spreadsheets: http://www.editgrid.com/home(free, with collaboration $5.00 per month) Google spreadsheet: http://spreadsheets.google.com/ //ThinkFree - http://www.thinkfree.com/// Zoho Sheet – Online spreadsheet service – [|http://zoho.com] =Word Processing= AjaxWrite – [|http://www.ajaxwrite.com] (Firefox browser only) Google word processing: [[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|http://docs.google.com/·]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] ThinkFree - [[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|[[|http://www.thinkfree.com/·]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]]] Zoho Creator – Online web applications creator: [|http://zoho.com]

=Web Page Building=
 * FreeWebs - http://members.freewebs.com/
 * Google Page Creator - [|http://pages.google.com/]
 * PC[| Man Website -]http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/web_page_creator.shtml

=Web Polls=
 * Zoho Poll: [|http://zohopolls.com]
 * Vizu.com - [|http://www.vizu.com]
 * Neomyz.com - [|http://neomyz.com]
 * Surveymokey.com - http://www.surveymonkey.com/
 * polldaddy - http://www.polldaddy.com/

=Wikis= EditMe - [|http://www.editme.com/95 per month)] (Starts at $4. Second Life Education wiki - http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki Flexwiki - http://www.flexwiki.com/ //Jotspot - http://www.jot.com/ (recently acquired by Google)// //MediaWiki - http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki// (Used to build wikipedia) PB Wiki (aka Peanut Butter Wiki) - http://pbwiki.com/ //Project Forum - http://www.projectforum.com/pf/wiki.html// Schtuff - http://www.schtuff.com/ //SeedWiki - http://www.seedwiki.com/// //Stikipad – http://www.stikipad.com/// Wetpaint - http://www.wetpaint.com/ //Wikia - http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia// Wikispaces - http://www.wikispaces.com/ Zwiki - http://zwiki.org/FrontPage

=Good Sources of Info=
 * Michael Arrington - TechCrunch Blog - http://www.techcrunch.com/
 * Richard McManus - Read/Write Web Blog - http://www.readwriteweb.com/
 * Dion Hinchcliffe - The State of Web 2.0 Blog - http://web2.wsj2.com/the_state_of_web_20.htm
 * Open Source Tools for Windows Users - http://www.opensourcewindows.org///
 * Robert Scoble - [|http://cobleizer.com]
 * Wikipedia - [|http://en.wikipedia.org]
 * ZD Net’s Web 2.0 Outlet - http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/