NECC09 Presenation: The 10 Best Free 2.0 Tools for Educators
by Steve Dembo, Discovery Education Network
Links to his presentation, notes and contact information:
My notes from the presenation:
What is Web 2.0?
Entirely Web Based – you don't need to install software
Interactive – something to do when you go there
Plays Well With Others – allows you to move content (mix and mash)
1) Bloglines (http://bloglines.com/)
keep track of all your favourite blogs, news, searches and more
all the news comes to you and you don't have to waste time going to check out all of your blogs
Plays well with others – see what others are reading
2) Delicious (http://delicious.com/)
Put your bookmarks online
Keeps it simple and does this well – that is why it is possible
Look at other people's bookmarks and see what they have saved and subscribe to their bookmarks
Use tags to categorize topics or subjects
3) Share Tabs (http://sharetabs.com/)
share your links as tabs
type in a number of sites and then gives you a page with the tabs to click on
preview a number of websites with thumbnail photos of the website
4) drop.io (http://drop.io/)
Online drop box – phone it, fax it, email it, text it, upload it, share it
100 MB for free
use for podcasting by phoning in your audio
gives you the embed code and link
5) JayCut (Beta) (http://jaycut.com/)
Full video editor online
publish behind a firewall and keep private and you don't have copyright issues
you can download it to your computer or online
unlimited space is available
multiple users on one account
http://mediaconverter.com/ is a favourite converter
6) Edmodo (http://edmodo.com/)
twitter or microblogging for educators to be use for school
can be behind a password – can be public or private
can organize it by class
send messages through filters to any number of classes or users
can have a public or private calendar
version 3.0 will let you embed audio, video or online tools/plug-in
zemote on twitter
7) Poll Everywhere (http://polleverywhere.com/)
mobile phone supported classroom polling
use text messaging to respond
30 votes for free per poll
account polls – use 10 at a time to download as a powerpoint and have live slides
you can have a computer or laptop to respond to poll
twitter integration for more feedback
8) xtra normal (http://xtranormal.com/)
online animator in 3-D
text-to-movie
supports different languages by changing language settings – you type in the language and it pronounces it in that language
establishing shot enabled – choosing a camera angle
choosing animation of the movie
rendering (creating) takes some time before it is ready
publishing then allows embed code
9) livestream (http://www.livestream.com/)
allows for live online streaming video and computer sharing
10) prezi (http://prezi.com/)
easy to interact
no slides, just a list of windows linked through a tag cloud.
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