Check out this site!

http://cdwg.discoveryeducation.com/web2.0/index.cfm

Speechable

Add speech to your photos. Create cartoons at http://www.speechable.com

Apply for an Animoto Ed account

Click on the logo for the Web site.

Make on Snapvine | Copy This

Bubble Comment

Check out Bubble Comment (http://www.bubblecomment.com). Leave a 20 second video comment on a web page. Not much time, but this is neat! See how it works here: http://www.bubblecomment.com/id/6xkza

Create a Virtual You

Neat site, haven't really explored, but you can use a virtual character or create one with whom to interact. Might be an activity for students - interact with Abe Lincoln or one where students create the people (historical, literature, etc.). http://www.virsona.com/

Word Magnets

Create word activities at this site. http://tinyurl.com/quae8c Enter some words and have students arrange in category, color by category and other activities. See a video "how to" at http://www.youtube.com/NikPeachey

TokBox - Audio/Video

TokBox - Free Video Chat and Video Messaging

Wikispaces

Wikis are web sites which allow collaboration. A wiki can have several pages, all linked together. You can post information, along with pictures. A group of individuals can work on the same page, but they must be cautious not to work at the same time. Wikis may be public or private and have contol capability. Here is an example http://educationalwikis.wikispaces.com/

This blog was created using Blogger, a Google product. As you can see if you browse, it allows entries including text, links, pictures, video and html embed codes for items created elsewhere on the Web. Blogs can be private or public. Blogger provides plenty of settings for control. There are many other sites with blog capabilities. Blogs, or web logs were designed with the idea of diary entries, but can be used in a variety of ways.

Cool Tools for Schools site

Find lots of Web 2.0 tools at http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/

Read the Words

Have someone read to you at http://www.readthewords.com

Video messages or chat

Connect with others through audio/video messages or chat. No download required.
http://www.tokbox.com/

Bomomo - Fun Art

Not sure how to use this with a class, but it sure is fun.

http://bomomo.com/

Zap Reader

Interesting site. Can it be used to help train the eye for faster reading speeds?
http://www.zapreader.com/

Create Posters

Create your own posters at http://www.blockposters.com/. Upload a picture or slide saved as a picture and decide how many sheets of paper to use for your poster. It will create a pdf file to print. Then put together and laminate.

Voycabulary

Interest site that turns a web page into one that has links to reference material such as a dictionary.
http://www.voycabulary.com/

Yack Pack for Educators

Verbal messaging, somewhat like Voicethread. I can see language teachers using this to evaluate students or presentation skills. Also neat to share with a distant group. http://tinyurl.com/54t792

Wall Wisher - Collaborate on an idea

Neat way for a group to put their ideas in one place. Create a wall and give the address to the group. http://www.wallwisher.com/ Unfortunalely, it's public if you want others to participate or private just for you. See their faq.

Interesting Timeline Creator

Look at this example to see what can be done http://tiny.cc/eicJUat Capzlets. http://www.capzles.com Watch their tour as a tutorial.

Glogster

Set up a Glogster account at http://www.glogster.com/edu Find a tutorial at http://tinyurl.com/d97qql

Brochure Maker

Make a simply brochure at http://www.mybrochuremaker.com/ I prefere students learn to use Word or Publisher, but this is a tool for quick creation.

Skype

Skype is a free software download that enables you to connect with other via voice or voice and video...a great tool for connecting with an expert or another class somewhere else in the world. I was able to use it recently to talk with my husband while he was on business in Germany.

WebNotes

Free download allows highlighting and stickies on web pages, also saving group bookmarks and sharing. Sounds sort of like Diigo.

Diigo for Social Bookmarking and more

Diigo is a great place to store and share bookmarks. Download the toolbar and you can also create stickies and highlight web pages.
http://www.diigo.com/

Visual Vocabulary

Find short videos on vocabulary at http://www.wordahead.com/
Get their widget for your classroom blog or have the word of the day e-mailed to you. The right side of this widget gets cut off in IE but works okay in firefox.

Vocab Cartoons

Find cartoons to visualize vocabulary here and more. http://www.weboword.com/

Find out more about a word here

Neat site to explore words http://www.wordnik.com/ Be careful here, if adult words are entered, adult images are apt to appear! OK for teachers.

Create Wall Posters

Neat site that converts pictures into larger size wall posters for our classroom. http://www.blockposters.com/

iCue - NBC News site

Features videos about history and current events. http://www.icue.com/

Neok12 Videos for the Classroom

You've heard of YouTube, TeacherTube and SchoolTube. Neok12 has created collections of K-12 videos for you to use in your classrooms. Check it out. http://www.neok12.com/

Share your slides or find some

Slideshare is a great place to find slides already created by others who want to share or to post your slides for sharing with others. http://www.slideshare.net/

Online timeline

Create a quick timeline here: http://tinyurl.com/zlqye

Research and Organization Tool

Check out the demo at http://www.webnotes.net/ to see if this research and organization tool would be helpful to you or students. Includes highlight and sticky note tools.

Fun with Photos

Find 28 places to alter your photos at http://tinyurl.com/d3ftl2.

Online audio recording and listening

Great for a foreign language class. Check out http://lingtlanguage.com/ You can create lessons and assign them to a class. Student simply to to the site you've create (no log in) and answer your questions (text or oral), but leave their name and e-mail for you. Free at this point, looks like it has potential

Online Books

Collaborate at Jottit

Another place to collaborate. Simply type and e-mail the url to another to collaborate or give it a named url and claim the site. Mark private or public.http://jottit.com/

Stupeflix - Pictures to Video

Stupeflix makes video out of pictures. Similiar to Animoto, but you must add your own music.
http://www.stupeflix.com/

Scribble Map

Scribble map launched a site enabling some of the same things as Google Maps. Fine for teachers, but let's stick with Google Maps for the students.

Add special effects to your photos

Neat photo editing tool at http://www.lunapic.com/editor/

This photo should be animated (hearts moving), I guess it doesn't work in this format, but does elsewhere.

Find our share documents or slides

Check it out. I found some nice computer handouts but also looked for other school topics. Like Youtube for docs. http://www.scribd.com

Have you Twittered yet?

I learn something every day from my Twitter friends.
http://twitter.com

Make an E-book

This is a quick sample creation, but you can browse others at http://www.myebook.com/ Password: letmesee You can add text, images, audio and video! Similiar to Glogster, but in book form, just flip through the pages.

Blogger for Blogging

Blogger is the site you're currently on. What is a blog? Check out this YouTube video http://tinyurl.com/36wjyo. Post all types of information and interact with others through "comment." Make it public or private. Blogger is a Google application, but there are many others out there as well.

Personal Learning Networks - Professional Development

Check out this video on YouTube with Will Richardson, a guru in the educational world of technology. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mghGV37TeK8

See the March 19th post on Twitter, a great place to develop your PLN.

Ellis Island and Life in America

Ellis Island in 1916. What's life like? http://www.tenement.org/immigrate/

iCue for History Videos

Find lots of video clips from NBC at iCue http://www.icue.com. Take the tour to see all it offers.

Add a frame to your picture

Neat site to add a cute frame to any digital picture and save it. http://myframe.us/

Create-a-Graph

Easy way to create graphs here. All kinds.

http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/

Professional Development Screencasts

Check out the calendar at Live Classroom 2.0 to participate in a screencast on a topic of interest.
http://live.classroom20.com/

50 Fabulous Web Tools for Group Projects

Want to explore on your own? Find tools for management, communication, collaboration, sharing and organizing here, many of which I have listed in this blog.
tiny.cc/RwFW1

Great resource for Web 2.0 here

21st Century Information Fluency
http://21cif.com/rkit/newRkit/Web2.html

Tiny URL

Ever have a url to share thats really long? Go to http://tinyurl.com/ and it will make it tiny.

Del.icio.us - Social Bookmarking

Use del.icio.us to help you organize your favorite sites as well as share them with others. Plus you can find popular sites similiar to those you've found. http://delicious.com/

Read, Write, Think - Essay map

Read, Write, Think has many interactive tools like this Essay Map. http://tinyurl.com/4jpvk6 Main list here:

http://www.readwritethink.org/student_mat/index.asp

Myths and Legends

A place to create a story here. Haven't quite figured out how to save and view it. http://myths.e2bn.org/create/

Fun things at Fodey

Create fun things at http://www.fodey.com/, a newspaper clipping, movie clapper board and more.

Collaborative Google Map

Here's an example of a map created by a class on the travels of Ulysses. http://tiny.cc/QHh04

25 Websites To Have Fun With Your Photos

http://tiny.cc/1TlvU Wow, lots of creative things here!

Online video maker - Animoto

Select pictures, add music, text if you wish and boom it's done for you. Remix if you don't like it. Get an educator's account. http://www.blogger.com/www.animoto.com

Classroom 2.0

Please check out this site. It's full of information for everyone who teaches.http://www.classroom20.com

Simply Box to help organize and share

Simply box is an easy tool to help organize stuff you find on the Web and share it with others. Watch their "overview video" at http://www.simplybox.com/ Teacher offer at http://media.smilebox.com/teachers/welcome

Online meeting space

Twiddla to the rescue for online meetings.
http://www.twiddla.com/

Have you Twittered yet?

Twitter is a great place for your PLN (personal learning network). Meet other teachers or people with similiar interests. http://www.twitter.com/ Check out Twitter at Youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o. There's a great sceencast on "how to" at http://tiny.cc/NBsIj which one of my Twitter friends created.

Create a collage at Photovisi

Choose from several templates for creating collages, save and/or share with others. http://photovisi.com

Tiny Chat

Find how to use tinychat and ways to use chat in your classroom at :http://tiny.cc/CG2ol Tinychat can be found at http://www.tinychat.com/

Pixton - Create Comics

Pixton has a school site with some control. I'm just checking it out. See a trailer at http://pixton.com/schools/trailer News is they will be animated in the next upgrade http://pixton.com/teaser

See other comic creation sites 16 posts below.

Record your voice at Vocaroo

Link can be e-mailed or posted as done here.

Make your own Avatar!

Make your own avatar at
http://illustmaker.abi-station.com/index_en.shtml

Have you tried a Wordle yet?

The higher the frequency of a word, the larger it appears. Type in or copy/paste an essay to see the results. No sign-up required.
http://www.wordle.net/

Make your own Movie

Find Sounds

Looking for a sound? Find it here.

Make Your Own Music!

Wow, what fun to make your own music at JamStudio

Great presentation

"How to Create a Great PowerPoint" also covers info about copyright issues for teachers--entertaining as well.

Make a book at classroomtools.net

Click here for full screen version

Jeopardy Games

Browse the many games or create your own at Jeopardy Labs

Voicethread

Cool Stuff at Flicker

Make a magazine cover or other neat things at Flicker.

http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/

Collaborative Whiteboard

Stixy provides a collaborative space for notes, pictures, documents and to do lists. www.stixy.com

Smilebox Example

Smilebox can combine photos, music and text and be posted here. Get a teacher account here:
http://media.smilebox.com/teachers/welcome

Make a Smilebox photobook

Stinto

Instant chat for over 18. Might be something for teacher contact and discussion.

Voki allows you to add voice to a person or animal - must be over 13,
http://www.voki.com

Put a PhotoStory in a blog (use e-mail size)

Comic Creator sites:
Garfield: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/public/sleep/starslp/missionz/comic.htm
Make Beliefs Commic http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/
Comic Creator - Read, Write, Think http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic http://www.bitstrips.com log in required

Museum Box

Interactive site to create a box of items, text, video, photos etc. that might appear in a museum. Teacher sets up accounts under school name. I am administrator for our division.
http://museumbox.e2bn.org/