Top Ten Web 2.0 Tools You Use in the Classroom

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Permalink Reply by Jennifer Brinson on March 10, 2009 at 6:28pm

Here's a start:

google tools -- calendar, docs, earth, pages (which no longer exists)

animoto.com -- very cool photo/music delivery -- it does all the work and is free for educators (see my blog - carolinablueskies.edublogs.org --- to see an example at the bottom of the page

xtranormal.com --- Try digital storytelling with this little gem! Create a video with digital characters and it "says" whatever you type! Cool!

Twitter -- who doesn't love twitter?

Blogs (naturally)

Picassa -- photo posting and grabbing

Vocaroo -- voice recording

Facebook -- connecting online with old friends love it -- not so much for my students

Skype -- connection

Google -- scholar, reader, and financial -- cool as well.

greatdebate.org --- cool forum for generating debates for classes

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Permalink Reply by Michael Sandridge on March 10, 2009 at 6:57pm

1) Google Docs
2) Animoto
3) Google Earth
4) Google Maps
5) Classblogmeister
6) Voicethread
7) Animasher
8) PBWiki
9) ClustrMaps
10) Audacity

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Permalink Reply by Annemarie Stoeckel on March 10, 2009 at 7:14pm

wikispaces
voicethread
google docs
smilebox
picassa
google earth
clustrmaps
twitter
skype
facebook

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Permalink Reply by RJ Stangherlin on March 10, 2009 at 7:59pm

In no particular ranking:
1. Animoto
2. Extranormal
3. Skype
4. Google Docs and a host of apps Google sponsors
5. Edublogs
6. Wikispaces
7. Discoverystreaming
8. VoiceThread
9. tinyurl; krunchd
10. Common Craft videos; the tubes (You, School, Teacher)

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Permalink Reply by Peter Lane on March 10, 2009 at 9:12pm

OK, here is my list off the top of my head (in no particular order):

Google (anything)
Edublogs
Wikispaces
Wikipedia
Zamzar (great for converting any type of file)
Meebo (nothing like having your chat rooms managed -- including those embedded in blogs)
Voki.com
MyStudiyo (quizzes)
Vizu.com (surveys)
ClusterMaps

I am sure I will come back in a few days and realize I missed a lot. I'll worry about this issue then... :)

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Permalink Reply by Kev on March 11, 2009 at 7:46am

Xtranormal is pretty much 1-10 for me right now. Ok 1-8 with wikis and blogs taking 9 and 10.

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Permalink Reply by Sue Hellman on March 14, 2009 at 8:00am

Jane's Hart has her annual Top 10 list-a-thon going now. It's always interesting to see what others are using. This year she has a category for learners.Could be an interesting project to get students to enter their top 10's.

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Permalink Reply by Katie Muhtaris on March 14, 2009 at 1:41pm

Thanks for the new ideas... I have one that I didn't see listed. I won't list all of mine out, too many repeats.

Shelfari: Social Networking book shelf

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Permalink Reply by Brenda C. Nix on June 14, 2009 at 1:04pm

Limiting the list to ten is hard, but I wouldn't want to do without these.
Google tools
Delicious (tagging and sharing features)
Flickr (creative commons licensing, places, and of course the photo features including picnik)
YouTube
Twitter (great place to learn even when time is limited)
Skype
Blogger
Slideshare (sharing presentations -- wonderful use of time)
Twiddla (really fun way to learn with a shared workspace)
Poll Everywhere (web polling from a computer or a cellphone)

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Permalink Reply by Vince Hill on June 14, 2009 at 1:53pm

Thanks for all the replies to this question. Excellent!

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Permalink Reply by Nathan Ketsdever on June 15, 2009 at 1:20am

Great question and great answers.

On the issue of debate websites, which Jennifer mentioned (greatdebates.org) there are at least 7 free debate websites that I point to at the top of the post I linked to. I'm not sure which ones have interactive communities and which do not.

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Permalink Reply by Greg Limperis on June 15, 2009 at 2:35am

Ok, nobody here has mentioned Diigo or Glogster to my surprise. Most of them are the same as othere resources listed here though.
Greg Limperis
http://tech-in-ed.ning.com

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