Web+2.0+Resources

Web 2.0 Applications
Xtranormal EDU - Make your own 3D movies in minutes

Google Sketchup 8 (FREE download - On the student laptops) > LiveBinders - your 3-ring binder for the Web. Collect your resources; Organize them neatly and easily; Present them with pride. Best of all, it's free!
 * Watch our [|video tutorials] to get up and running fast.
 * Check out our [|self-paced tutorials] to jump right into SketchUp.
 *  [|Build 3D models] of buildings and add them to Google Earth.

VoiceThread - $$ Subscription Required - Transforming media into collaborative spaces with video, //voice//, and text commenting.

Weebly - The easiest way to create a website Free. Powerful. Professional

Wikispaces - Post, Publish, and Share with Ease


 * Museum Box -** It allows you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a virtual box. You can display anything from a text file to a movie. You can also view the museum boxes submitted by other people and comment on the contents.


 * Wall Wisher -** //Wallwisher// is an online notice board maker. Discussing a new idea? Taking notes? Giving feedback? Voicing opinion? Wishing a happy birthday?


 * Blabberize -** Blabbarize // **is** // a fun way to animate photos with a recorded voice track.


 * Voki -** free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars


 * Glogster EDU -** Glogster EDU Premium is a collaborative online learning platform for teachers and students to express their creativity, knowledge, ideas and skills in the classroom.


 * Animoto -** Unlimited Videos For You and Your Students; It takes just minutes to create a video which can bring your lessons to life**.**


 * Wifitti -** Feed Your Screens. Wiffiti publishes real time messages to screens


 * Poll Everywhere **- Instant Audience Feedback


 * Slide Rocket -**


 * Prezi EDU -** the zooming presentation edito


 * Wordle -** //Wordle// is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide.


 * Tagxedo -** turns words -- famous speeches, news articles, slogans and themes, even your love letters -- into a visually stunning word cloud, words individually sized appropriately to highlight the frequencies of occurrence within the body of text.


 * Edmodo -** (See Page On Right Column)


 * Twitter**


 * TypeWithMe -** Collaborative Document


 * UStream**


 * ReadWriteThink's Comic Creator**


 * Assessment and Rubric Information for Web 2.0 and More**


 * Diigo -** http://www.diigo.com/education


 * Interactive Timelines: Xtimeline, Time Glider or Timetoast**


 * Bubbl.us -** Brainstorm online with //bubbl//.//us//. Easily create colorful mindmaps to print or share with others. Almost no learning curve.

Audacity - (FREE download - On the student laptops) Audio editor for recording, slicing, and mixing audio

__**Grapher and Calculator**__ - Use Calculator to solve basic, scientific, and programmer’s calculations. You can also perform many types of conversions, such as changing currency values or units of measure. As you perform calculations, you can display a list of your calculations, and then print the list or save it for your records. Grapher graphs curves, surfaces, inequalities, differential equations, discrete series, and vector and scalar fields. You can also create movie files of your graphs. To learn more about Calculator and Grapher, see the Calculator help and the Grapher help. **Open** Calculator Grapher Pencil Animation (FREE download - On the student laptops) - an animation/drawing software for Mac OS X, Windows, and Linux. It lets you create traditional hand-drawn animation (cartoon) using both bitmap and vector graphics.

Picasa - Picasa is free photo editing software from Google that makes your pictures look great. Sharing your best photos with friends and family is as easy as pressing a button!

Scratch - a programming language for everyone. Create interactive stories, games, music and art - and share them online.

The Amazing Web 2.0 Projects Book by Terry Freedman
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