Web+Tools

Web Tools:

 * Youtube has always been a great resource for us to use with our students, but it has also many destructive features, ads and comments on one page if you want to share it with your students. Now we have [|SafeShareTv] that can help us to remove inappropriate elements around the page and generate a safe link for our students. It also lets you crop Youtube videos and get rid of the unwanted parts from a video.
 * [|Vocaroo] is a simple tool to record your voice and share it with others. You don't need to download a software or sign in. You simply go to the website, record your voice with a microphone and create your podcast easily.
 * [|MultiUrl]is a tool to combine links into one short link and share it with others. All the links are editable so you can delete or add new links. You can also see how many times the links have been clicked.
 * [|Jing] is a tool to take a picture of your screen. It's a good alternative to the print screen button on the keyboard. You can decide on the size of your screen shot, upload it to your computer as a jpg or get a link for your picture. You can also make a short video of your screen by recording your voices. Jing is a great tool for creating presentation with your own voice, to show how a website works. Look what we are doing with jing at school [|here].
 * It is not always easy to find "easy to read" texts online. With [|Twurdy], you can now find texts that suit your students' readability level. It looks for the number of words on the page, the average number of syllables in each word and the average sentence length. The lighter the colour is, the easier the text is. Also, Twurdy comes from "Too Wordy?".Isn't it so cool?
 * [| Howjsay] is a free online dictionary. The words are pre-recorded and it is not synthetic. You can also hear multiple entries by separating them with semi-colons.
 * [|VideoDL] lets you download videos from video sharing websites to your computer. Please be careful with Creative Common Works rights and make sure that you ask the owner and get permission to do that.
 * You can spell check a text by simply copying it to the box on[| Orangoo].
 * [|BatLyrics] lets you search for song lyrics based on words and phrases with a video. You can watch and listen the video with a teleprompting screen with the lyrics of the song on it. It's a great listening material in the classroom.
 * If you want to learn if a text is copied from somewhere or not, here comes [|plagiarismchecker]. Just copy and paste the text and see if the text is original or not.

Filesharing Tools
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[|Wix] - Flash based website creator with a wonderful user interface that is all drag-n-drop.

[|Google Sites] - A great way to make a collaborative or group website with a polished look. Very user-friendly and lots of attractive templates to choose from.

[|Yola] - Nice website creator with lots of features. However, more features can be unlocked via a paid subscription.

[|Webs] - Great site for creating either a personal or group website.

[|Moonfruit] - Fun way to create a simple and elegant website that has lots of social networking integration.

[|Webstarts] - Another nice drag-n-drop site for creating websites with all the fixings: ability to add photos, video, audio, and more.

[|Edicy] - Fast and easy way to create a wonderful-looking website.

[|Jimdo] - Fun and easy-to-use site to create a nice website with lots of features.

[|Sitekreator] - Mainly a paid website creator, but lots of nice visuals to choose from.

Dipping One's Toes into the Web
A Short Introduction to Blogs, Feeds, Wikis and Other Web 2.0 Tools

Call it Web 2.0, the Social Web, or the Read/Write Web, how people use the Internet, especially young ones, has changed dramatically over the past few years. This beginner's session introduces the most popular tools of Web 2.0 including blogs, wikis, rss feeds, and content sharing sites. Examples of how educators are making use of these tools to aid student learning will be discussed.

The top 10 things you should know about blogging The top 10 things you should know about RSS feed aggregators The top 10 things you should know about wikis The top 10 things you should know about social bookmarking sites More than four - other useful tools For further exploration: Web Tools For You to Use Wiki [|Cybersmart: Schools: Cybersafety] [|Cybersmart: Teens]: A site with quizzes, tips, and information for teens to stay safe online. [|Cyber Safety] [|Creative Commons:] //a new world of voluntary content sharing// Copyright friendly Sounds & Images: //for Use in Media Projects and Web Pages, Blogs, Wikis, etc.// [|Code of Best Practices:] //concepts and techniques to interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use.//

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 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Author Stream] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Share PowerPoint anywhere ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Animoto] || Create and Share 30 second video ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Blogger] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Create a free blog, requires Google account ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Blabberize] || upload a picture of a person or animal and easily record a message that the picture speaks ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Community Walk] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Create a map with photos, videos and comments ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Digital Vault] || Use National Archives resources to create movies, posters, and what it calls “Pathway Challenges" ||
 * [|Canvastic] || Online version Microsoft Paint ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Code Jam] || Online slideshow creator ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Creative Commons] || Free tools that let authors, scientists, artists, and educators easily mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Dumpr] || Create special effect photos ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|ESL Video] || Take any video off-the-net and create a quiz to go with it ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Fav Thumbs] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Delicious bookmarks visualized ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Flickr] || Organize and store photos ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Flowgram] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Create interactive guided presentations by combining web pages, photos, Power Point with your voice, notes and highlights. ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Jog the Web] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Create an online web tour, create and add comments to your track ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Jing] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Capture images and record video ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Jumpcut] || Upload, edit and store, share and make movies ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|GoAnimate] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Allows users to create animations quickly and easily ||
 * [|Mixbook] || Create a photo book online ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|One True Media] || Create slide shows with video and photos ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|PicLits] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Creative writing site that matches beautiful images with carefully selected keywords in order to inspire you. The object is to put the right words in the right place and the right order to capture the essence, story, and meaning of the picture ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Send it Home] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Send your project home to your personal e-mail address ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Scrap Blog] || Create an online scrapbook ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Screen Cast-O-Matic] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Capture screen shots ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Screen Toaster] || Online screen cast service allowing to capture screen activity ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Simply Box] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Capture, share and organize anything you find on the web ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|UStream] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Broadcast and chat online with a global audience ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Twitter] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: **What are you doing?** ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Vista Zoo] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Upload photos and create your own virtual tours ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Voice Thread] || Online media album that can hold essentially any type of media and allows people to make and share comments ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Web 2.0 Tools for Schools || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Web 2.0 tools for education, categorized by use ||
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">[|Wiigo] || <span style="display: block; font-family: arial,arial,helvetica;">Group collaboration site, shared group calendar, text message, email, polls, upload files, share resources, create conference calls, web chat rooms and voice messages ||