As my school district prepares to implement BYOT in the 2012-2013 school, I have collected Web 2.0 tools that students and faculty (grades 7-12) could use. Because of the sheer number of apps for mobile devices, I have not included any apps.
Recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Leave a comment with your recommendations! Thank you!!
Agriculture:
Art:
- Bitstrips
- Drawzit
- Google Art Project
- Google SketchUp
- odosketch
- Sumo Paint
- Vizeum (Unofficial iOS app for the Google Art Project, available in app store)
Audio:
- Audacity (Audio editor and recorder)
- Cepstral Text to Speech
- Vocaroo (Online voice recording)
Blogging:
Business:
Cloud Storage:
Collaboration Tools:
- 37signals
- Comapping
- Delicious (Social bookmarking – think of it as sharing bookmarks)
- Diigo (Social bookmarking – think of it as sharing bookmarks)
- Liverbinder
- PBWorks
- Plotblot (Free screenwriting software, work alone or collaborate with others.)
- VoiceThread
Collections of Resources:
- 101 Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers You Should Know About
- Catch Free (A website that categorizes and compares various free software for teachers and students)
- Free Technology Tools for Teachers
- iTunes U
Communications:
- Cel.ly (Many uses communications, polling…) NEW
- CreateDebate
- GoSaopBox
- GroupMe (Send one text message to a group)
- Make Beliefs Comic (Create a comic strip)
- Remind 101 (Send mass text messages to students)
- Skype
- TodaysMeet (Create a temporary site to promote discussion)
- Voki (Create speaking Avatars)
Flash Cards:
- Anki (Also has mobile apps)
- Cramberry (Also has mobile apps)
- Evernote Peek (Also has mobile apps)
- Quizlet (Also has mobile apps)
- StudyBlue (Also has mobile apps)
Foreign Language:
General Information on Education and Educational Technology:
Google, Google Apps & Docs:
- 12 Ways To Use Google Search In School, By Degree Of Difficulty
- 50 Little-Known Ways Google Docs Can Help in Education
- “Awesome Tutorials on how Teachers can use Google Forms” NEW
- Google Chart Editor NEW
- Google Docs for Teachers – A Free eBook
- Managing Google Docs in the Classroom
- The Comprehensive Guide to Google Free Tools for Teachers and Students
Health and Physical Education:
- Daily Fit Log
- Fitocracy
- GameChanger
- Keeping Score Online
- Livestrong
- Map my Run
- Music Workout (iOS app)
History:
- 60-Second Civics
- CNN Student News
- Fakebook (Create fake profile pages of historic figures)
- Fold3 (Online military records)
- Historypin
- Museum Box
- Worldmapper
Industrial Technology:
Infographics:
Language Arts:
- Bibme
- BookGlutton (It allows users to read books over the web as well as annotate and discuss books in an online community forum.)
- Blurb (Create ebooks with option to print)
- Citation Machine, Son of
- DarkCopy
- GrammarCheck.net NEW
- Grammarly
- Myths and Legends
- Penzu (Online journaling)
- Plotblot (Free screenwriting software, work alone or collaborate with others.)
- Quick Cite (Scan a book’s barcode and receive a citation of the book in your email. Choose from APA, MLA, Chicago, or IEEE styles. This is a .99 app for Apple and Android devices.)
- Vocabulary Spelling City
- Visuwords
LMS (Learning Management System):
- Collaborize Classroom
- Edmodo
- Moodle
- OpenClass (Available Google App)
- Schoology
Mathematics:
- Algebasics
- Calc3D
- GeoGebra
- Graphing (Graphic calculator)
- Khan Academy
- Sumdog (Online math games)
- Ten Marks (Free teacher account -??)
- Tutpup
- Web 2.0 Calculator (Online Scientific Notation Calculator)
- Wolfram Alpha
- Yummy Math (Math as it relates to other topics)
Mind Mapping:
Miscellaneous:
- Creative Commons Search (“Find content you can share, use, and remix”)
- The Differentiator!
- Symbaloo
- Ted Ed (Ted Ed Tour)
- Toondoo (Cartoon maker)
Multi-Media:
Music:
- Finale Notepad (free notation software, cross platform)
- iTuna (Free iOs Chromatic tuner via app store)
- Musicshake (Loop-based compositions)
- Noteflight (online notation)
- Web Metronome
Organization:
- Evernote
- Livebinder
- TrackClass (for students)
Photography:
- Blabberize (Make pictures talk – it’s fun!)
- Block Poster
- Image Chef
- ImageOptim (Optimize images for websites – Free Mac software)
- Picasa (A free Google program that organizes, edits and shares photos)
- Photobucket
- Photopeach
- RIOT-Radical Image Optimization Tool (Optimize images for websites – Free PC software)
Polling:
Presentations:
- Ahead
- Empressr
- Jing
- myBrainshark
- Present.me
- Prezi
- SlidePoint.net
- Sliderocket (Google App)
- Slideshare (Upload and share presentation slides)
- Stupeflix Studio (Upload video, photos, and music to create movies – $29.00/year)
Professional Development:
- Classroom 2.0
- Educators PLN
- Future of Education
- Grovo (online video tutorials) NEW
- Teacher 2.0
Quiz Makers:
QR Code Generators:
QR Code Readers:
- Desktop
- Dansi QReader (Windows, Mac, Linux)
- Mobile
- Go to app store on phone or to iTunes App Store for iPad
Research:
Science:
- Celestia
- Chemical Education Digital Library
- Google Body Browser
- Healthline Body Maps
- PHet (Interactive simulations)
- Virtual Cell Animation
- Worldwide Telescope
Screencasting:
Social Networks for Teachers to Share Ideas:
Speech:
- Voxopop (Record speeches and let others in your class respond.)
Timelines:
Twitter Tools:
URL Shorteners:
- bitly
- fur.ly (Do you want to students to view mulitple websites? Enter urls and this creates one url with forward and backward button to view the websites that were entered)
- goo.gl (Google URL Shortener)
- Ow.ly
Utilities:
- 123 Certificates
- Certificate Maker
- Crocdoc (View and comment on any document, including pdf’s)
- Lucidchart (Diagram maker)
- Online Egg Timer
- Online Stopwatch / Countdown
- PDF Converter (PDF to many different options)
- Print Friendly (Removes graphics and prints only contents from websites.)
- Scoop.it (Social media curation tool)
- YouConvertIt (Converts audio, text, video, & images to different formats)
- Zamzar (Convert files)
Video:
- Animoto (Turn pictures into video)
- JellyCam (Create Stop Animation)
- Masher (Create a video by mixing videos, music and photos)
- Stupeflix (Create a video by mixing videos, music and photos)
- WeVideo NEW
- Xtra Normal (Create Stop Animation)
Wiki:
Word Clouds:
- Image Chef
- Tagedo (Put your wordcloud on t-shirts or mugs)
- Tagul
- Word It Out
- Wordle
- Wordsift
YouTube Tools:
- “6 Ways to Clean Up YouTube Videos”
- “Finding the right moment (and other YouTube tricks” - Article from “School Library Journal”
- Grockit (Create questions that pop up during YouTube videos – space for students interact with each other)
- Instructions on how to send a YouTube link that starts at a specific time
- Tubechop (Edit Youtube videos)
- Quietube (Show only the video without suggested videos or comments)
- YouTube Editor
- YouTube for Schools
I’ve done what I rarely do with this post. I dragged a bookmark to my pristine desktop. This will force me back to check out all of these tools. Thanks for the great list.
I have been curating a set of bookmarks. Feel free to browse them. http://delicious.com/danriles
I’m honored that my list is now a bookmark on your desktop! I like your list in delicious and also your blog. Thank you for sharing those.
#BYOTchat is on Twitter every Thursday from 9 to 10 PM (EST). http://www.byotchat.com/
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Along with instant polling, Celly can also be used to send group texts, alerts, and student reminders. Phone #’s remain hidden too and it’s a free service: http://cel.ly/schools
Drake,
Thank you for pointing that out. I just recently discovered Celly. (on #BYOTchat – Thursdays at 9 PM -EDT) I’m excited about using it next fall with my marching band.
This is a great resource. Thanks! You mentioned that recommendations would be greatly appreciated so here are 2:
1) Free personalized calendars – you can add a class photo and class activies via the free calendar maker @ http://www.freeprintablecalendars4u.com
2) Free personalized behavior charts for teachers and parents @ http://www.rewardcharts4kids.com