Tools

__Blooms Taxaonomy of Web 2.0 Tools__

**Creating:**

 * // Design, construct, plan, produce ... //**
 * Can the learner GENERATE new products, ideas or ways of viewing things? **
 * Audio
 * Soundtrap Schoos use Soundtrap in their projects to foster deep learning and develop student's creative, collaborative and communication skills.
 * SoundCloud Capture a voice, moment or music in seconds or upload audio you’ve already created.Everyone has sounds to share. Now you can share yours.
 * Audacity Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. Audacity is part of our image for our school's computers. It should be on every computer.
 * Podcast Bumper Music Downloadable short music for podcasting.
 * Soundsnap - 2,000 sound effects and loops
 * Speakpipe - for recording your voice.
 * Audio & Images
 * Voicethread A VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents and videos allows people to navigate slides and leave messages using voice (with a mic or telephone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam). Share a VoiceThread with friends, students, and colleagues for them to record comments too. Users can doodle while commenting, use multiple identities, and pick which comments are shown through moderation. VoiceThreads can even be embedded to show and receive comments on other websites and exported to MP3 players or DVDs to play as archival movies.
 * Tegrity -- Record class lectures with a smart phone
 * Podbay Podcasts
 * Blogs
 * Edublog lets you easily create and manage student and teacher blogs, quickly customize designs and include videos, photos & podcasts.
 * Control Atl Achieve Catch up on everything new in Google Apps, and see great ideas and resources!
 * Images
 * Pics4learning Image collection created for educational purposes -- copyright free.
 * Behold
 * Google Advanced Image Search (a setting for a strict filter are available on this page -- teach your students how to do what they can to protect themselves from inappropriate images.)
 * Tag Galaxy - Innovative site that visually represents words in a galaxy style format. A must see!
 * Flickr Image storage site (with creative commons search)
 * Photobucket Image storage site
 * Psykopaint Turn your photos into art.
 * [|Postagram] Send mobile phone images to others in the form of a postcard.
 * Gigapan Gigapans are gigapixel panoramas, digital images with billions of pixels. They are huge panoramas with fascinating detail, all captured in the context of a single brilliant photo.
 * Aviary - Photo editing online with mobile app extension
 * Loupe - Photo editing and making shapes out of your photos. Fun.
 * Picmonkey Photo editing online.
 * Learning Management Systems
 * Smilebox The Smilebox Teacher’s Toolbox program is a teacher’s digital companion for creative classroom communication. Teacher’s Toolbox gives teachers at all grade levels an easy and creative way to safely share photos, videos, and classroom updates to students and parents.
 * Rcampus RCampus is a comprehensive Education Management System and a collaborative learning environment.
 * Edmodo -Join over 32 million teachers and students safely connecting in online classrooms, collaborating on assignments, discovering new resources, and more!
 * Prezi -- PowerPoint on Steroids.
 * Tildee Create your very own "how to do" page
 * Google Apps for Education Use the presentation feature -- similar to PPT. Offers a free (and ad-free) set of customizable tools that enable faculty, staff and students to work together and learn more effectively.
 * Keystone Apps for Education - now called Google Drive
 * Newspapers
 * Joomag - basic features are free for educators
 * Video
 * Livestream - Everything you need to easily live stream events and build an engaged audience. Livestream's mission is to connect people and live events. Livestream offers event owners a complete set of hardware and software tools to share their events with a growing community online.
 * Vimeo is a respectful community of creative people who are passionate about sharing the videos they make.
 * Animoto Create videos from images.
 * Lesson PathsCreate your own "how-to" video or learn something new by watching someone else's video.
 * Youtube Tips is an entry in Joyce Valenza's Neverendingsearch blog that contains instruction about modifying youtube video clips, including TubeChop, Caption Tube, and Audio Swap.
 * Website Creation
 * Wikispaces are simple web pages that groups can edit together. Specify that the wiki is for K-12. Starting your wiki at Wikispaces is fast, free, and easy.
 * Wix - Create your own website. Google friendly.
 * Weebly - Create a site as unique as you are.
 * Yola - Make a free website today.
 * Google Apps for Education offers a free (and ad-free) set of customizable tools that enable faculty, staff and students to work together and learn more effectively.
 * Keystone Apps for Education - now called Google Drive - Ask your teacher about creating websites in Keystone Google Apps.
 * Awesome Screenshot - for creating "how to" instruction.
 * Pixlr grabber -- more complex screen shot editing.
 * Word Clouds
 * Tag Galaxy - Innovative site that visually represents words in a galaxy style format. A must see!
 * Tagul - Similar to Tagxedo, a very easy to use site to create different shaped word clouds.
 * Tagxedo - Great way to make word clouds from sites, different social networks, and then change shape to meet your needs (ie, star).
 * Tag Crowd - Simple to use site for creating word clouds by pasting in text or a web page URL.
 * TwitterSheep - Fun site that generates its results by keywords found in bios from a user's followers.
 * VocabGrabber - Wonderful site, similar to Word Sift. Generates color-coded clouds.
 * Word Sift - Excellent site for making word clouds and then editing them. Pictures are also generated to best represent your word cloud.
 * Worditout - Nice site for making word clouds by just copying and pasting text.
 * ‍‍Wordle‍‍ - Probably the oldest and most popular of the word cloud creators. Word clouds can then be edited w/ different fonts, colors, and layouts, and even shared w/ others online.
 * Text 2 Mindmap
 * Lucid Chart Mind mapping software with Google Search for images. ..
 * Mindmeister Mind Mapping
 * Writing and Publishing
 * Protagonize is a creative writing community dedicated to writing in a variety of formats within a friendly, supportive environment. Our authors participate in both solo and collaborative works ranging from short stories and interactive fiction-style //addventures// to collaborative novels, poetry, writing exercises, creative writing competitions, and a number of other types of writing.
 * Issuu - Publish yourself. Upload word documents and keep them in an online library.
 * Google Apps for Education offers a free (and ad-free) set of customizable tools that enable faculty, staff and students to work together and learn more effectively.
 * Evernote - Create notes from everywhere, anytime.
 * Lulu Publish eBooks and Print books.

Evaluating:
> iRubric is a comprehensive rubric development, assessment, and sharing tool. Designed from the ground up, iRubric supports a variety of applications in an easy-to-use package. Best of all, iRubric is **free** to individual faculty and students. iRubric School-Edition empowers schools with an easy-to-use system for monitoring student learning outcomes and aligning with standards.
 * // Check, critique, judge hypothesize ... //**
 * Can the learner **** J **** USTIFY a decision or course of action **
 * Google Forms Part of Keystone's Google Apps for Education, Google Forms allows you to create surveys and produce results with graphical representations of the data collected.
 * Polldaddy Short cycle assessment, quizzes and online feedback.
 * Polleverywhere is instant audience feedback using cell phones to text messages (answers).
 * Protagonize is a creative writing community dedicated to writing in a variety of formats within a friendly, supportive environment. Our authors participate in both solo and collaborative works ranging from short stories and interactive fiction-style //addventures// to collaborative novels, poetry, writing exercises, creative writing competitions, and a number of other types of writing.
 * RCampus RCampus is a comprehensive Education Management System and a collaborative learning environment.
 * After the Deadline We use artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology to find your writing errors and offer smart suggestions.
 * Wiki Rubric How do I grade a student's contribution to a wiki?
 * Blog Rubric How do I grade a student's contribution and comments to a blog?
 * Other Rubrics

Analyzing:

 * // Compare, attribute, organize, deconstruct ... //**
 * Can the learner DIFFERENTIATE between constituent parts? **
 * Create a GraphHere you will find five different graphs and charts for you to consider.Not sure about which graph to use? Confused between bar graphs and piecharts?
 * Explore a TreeExploratree is a free web resource where you can access a library of ready-made interactive thinking guides, print them, edit them or makeyour own. You can share them and work on them in groups too.
 * Google Trends Compare trends in articles written by
 * Google Analyticshas made it easy for non-specialists and specialists alike, across your organization, to practice performance focused marketing.
 * Google Finance Markets, news, portfolios, Domestic trends
 * Pipes is a powerful composition tool to aggregate, manipulate, and mashup content from around the web.
 * Many Eyes Create Data Visualizations

Applying:
> Go2Web20 Is a search engine of Web 2.0 products that are searchable by tag. > Google Sketch-up is the finest (and most innovative) tool available for anyone designing anything from coffee pots to skyscrapers.
 * // Implement, carry out, use ... //**
 * Can the learner USE the new knowledge in another familiar situation? **
 * Gliffy is diagram software for the rest of us!
 * Scribble Maps lets you rapidly create custom google maps without an account.
 * WolframAlphaenter what you want to know about or calculate. Worlfram Alpha will answer questions; do math; instantly get facts, calculators, unit conversions, and real-time quantitative data and statistics; create plots and visualizations; and access vast scientific, technical, chemical, medical, health, business, financial, weather, geographic, dictionary, calendar, reference, and general knowledge—and much more.

Understanding:
Sharing
 * // Interpret, exemplify, summarize, infer, paraphrase ... //**
 * Can the learner EXPLAIN ideas or concepts? **
 * Bubbl is brainstorming made simple.
 * Footnote Original documents, featured collections.
 * Google News Timeline Lab Results are listed by day reported. Great timeline tool.
 * Periodic Table of Videos is a series of videos explaining each of the elements.
 * Jeopardy Labsallows you to create a customized jeopardy template without PowerPoint. The games you make can be played online from anywhere in the world.Building your own jeopardy template is a piece of cake. Just use our simple editor to get your game up and running.
 * John Locker is anonymous education.
 * Technorati is everything about technology.
 * Webspiration provides a safe and reliable online learning environment that helps students improve their writing and thinking skills.
 * Screen Leap Share your screen instantly with any device with a browser.

Remembering:

 * // Recognize, list, describe, identify retrieve, name ... //**
 * Can the learner RECALL information? **
 * Copyto does not only keep urls of your bookmarks. You will be able to select all or some of the content on your bookmarked page to save it as long as you want. This way you will never lose the content on your bookmarked page even if the original page goes down or gets updated.
 * CoboCards Create flash cards online.
 * Creately is online diagraming and design.
 * Delicious is an online bookmarking site.
 * Draggo is used to save, share and organize your favorite websites.
 * Dropbox Any file you save to Dropbox also instantly saves to your computers, phones, and the Dropbox website.
 * Flashcard Exchange is the worlds largest flashcard library.
 * Flickr is an online photo sharing site with a creative commons search feature in its advanced search.
 * Ninja Words is a really fast dictionary.
 * Study Blue Create your own Flash Cards and manage your studying (set it up to create messages to FB that you are studying -- contact me later!)
 * Thought Boxes sign up for a brainstorming and idea capturing productivity tool. (Sticky notes that are color coded, organized and saved and shared under your login.)
 * Visuwords is an online graphic dictionary.
 * Wordnik is all the words, and everything about them, for everybody.
 * Zoho work online.


 * //Apps//**
 * App Appeal Most Popular File Conversion Apps
 * App Tank Make your own app.
 * Gale Apps Access to library resources no longer ends at the front door. Gale's growing family of mobile apps feeds the population’s ever-increasing appetite for information and knowledge. To check out library resources online, check out the three apps below. They provide 24/7, on-the-go access to renowned Gale resources whenever and wherever they're needed.
 * Greplin Find things easier. . .merges all your online accounts
 * Google Apps for Education:
 * Keystone Apps Login Page
 * Gadgets

//**Assessment Tools**//
 * Google Apps Assessment -- @Mr. Schwen
 * Class Marker ClassMarker's secure, professional web-based testing service is an easy-to-use, customizable online quiz maker for business training & educational assessment with tests and quizzes graded instantly - saving hours of paperwork!
 * Quizstar With QuizStar you can manage classes and quizzes, attach multimedia files to questions, make quizzes in multiple languages, access from any Internet-connected computer, allow students to complete and review
 * How do we assess online?


 * //Best of the Best//**
 * Top 100 Tools for Learning 2015 Centre for Learning and Performance Technologies

//**Collaboration Tools**// -- The following tools are all free, relatively easy to use and some don't even require a login to use. Try out a few - you may discover your new favorite tool!
 * **//Collaborative Document Creation//** -- Similar to group collaboration tools but focus on document creation and collaboration.
 * Google Docs - @http://docs.google.com/ Create and share word processing, spreadsheet and database documents.
 * Wikispaces - @http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers Tool for creation of wikis - be sure to visit the teacher specific site to be able to create a no cost **advertisement free** wiki.


 * **//Group Collaboration Tools//** -- Tools which provide a workspace for groups to share. Generally have multiple functions such as discussions, synchronous meetings, file storage and editing of files. Specific functions vary between sites.
 * Wiggio - @http://wiggio.com/ Online toolkit which enables working in groups. Tutorial - http://wiggio.com/#tpl=about_wiggio_287781
 * PBWorks - @http://pbworks.com/ Includes specific resources for educators.


 * **//Single Use Tools//** -- These tools are generally the easiest to use because their functionality is limited to one specific task.
 * Writeboard - http://writeboard.com Writeboards are sharable, web-based text documents that let you save every edit, roll back to any version, and easily compare changes. Use Writeboard to write solo or collaborate with others.
 * Webnote - @http://www.aypwip.org/webnote/ Tool for taking notes on your computer and you can share your notes with others by giving them the workspace name or the URL.
 * When is good - @http://whenisgood.net/ Facilitates coordination of a good time for a group of people to meet.
 * Stixy - @http://www.stixy.com/ Online bulletin board which allows sharing of widgets, including notes, photos, documents and todo items

//**File Conversion**// > At RCampus, you can do all your school-related work from building personal and group websites to managing your courses, eportfolios, academic communities, and much more. > Keystone Local School District is experimenting with this LMS. So far, it plays well with Google Docs (from 2011).
 * PDF to Word
 * Zamzar Online File Conversion -- recommended
 * Online Audio Converter
 * Foobar - foobar2000 is an advanced freeware audio player for the Windows platform.
 * //File Sharing//**
 * Dropdo 1. Upload a file, 2. Send the link to your friends, family, whoever, 3 . They can view it without down-loading it! Yay!
 * //Learning Management System//**
 * Rcampus RCampus is a comprehensive Education Management System and a collaborative learning environment.

//**Notetaking**//
 * //Mashups//**
 * Middlespot Create your own mashups
 * Simple Note Use it everywhere: Keep notes on the web, your mobile device, and your computer. Stay Organized: Find notes quickly with instant searching and simple tags. Work Together: Share a list, post some instructions, or publish your thoughts.

//**QR Codes**// //**Webwork**//
 * QR Codes
 * //URL Editing//**
 * Tiny URL
 * URL Shorten-er from Google
 * Let me Google that for you -- gives you a URL that will automatically google the search term of your choice.
 * W3C markup validation -- check your html for errors

//**[|Thanks for Teaching]**//