The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You | Edudemic

If you’re not an avid follower of #edchat on Twitter, you may be missing out on a great opportunity to learn about some new Web 2.0 tools that are currently being used in classrooms around the world. That’s because @chickensaltash posed a simple question to the PLN and there has been a huge swell of support as hundreds of people have jumped in to answer the question about which 5 Web 2.0 tools teachers are using in classrooms.

The Best of the Best

You can view the live stream of #edchat here and see what people are saying at the hashtag #chickenweb2tools here.

We scoured hundreds of responses and have come up with the following list. The following tools have not been verified and are simply based on the number of times each was mentioned on Twitter during this hashtag discussion.

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The List

• Glogster
  Great way to share posters and images you’ve made with friends

• Edmodo
  Social learning environment and one of the best ways to teach with tech

• Bubbl.us
  Free application to brainstorm online

• Twitter
  The micro blogging service that many love or hate.

• WordPress
  Content publishing system. It’s gone way beyond just blogging.

• Prezi
  Innovative way to share presentations without PowerPoint

• Wallwisher
  An online notice board maker (or bulletin board if you choose)

• Animoto
  Make beautiful videos from images in a snap

• Blabberize
  Make your images talk…that’s right.

• Weebly
  Create your own website or blog, very easy to use

• Flickr
  Popular photo-sharing site now lets you print

• Slideshare
  Don’t waste your presentation after it’s over, share it with millions!

• Audioboo
  Easily record and share audio

• VoiceThread

• GoogleDocs
  The top real-time document creating and editing cloud-based system

• GoogleSites
  Make your own website while knowing nothing about websites!

• Diigo
  Popular social bookmarking site

• GoogleEarth
  View anywhere in the world anytime

• Wordle
  Create a beautiful aggregation of any amount of text

• Wikis
  Crowdsourcing at its finest. Like Wikipedia, Wikispaces is very helpful

• Wix
  Easily make your own flash-based website

• Ning
  Despite a new cost-based membership program, Ning allows you to have your own social network

• Primarypad
  Web-based word processor

• Spicy Nodes
  Innovative way to organize your web visits

• Delicious
  One of the top social bookmarking sites on the web

• Myebook
  Virtually publish your book and sell it

• Voki
  Get your own avatar and even have it talk with your voice

• DoInk
  Create animations using this simple website

• Warning Sign Generator
  Make your own caution and warning signs in a flash!

• Scratch
  Create and share stories, games, art, etc.

• Kerpoof
  Cool way to make a movie, card, picture, and share it all

• Tagxedo
  Like Wordle but a step farther as text can be used to build bigger images

• SmartKiddies
  Creative math and other educational problems to help everyone learn

• Bitstrips
  Make and share your own comic strips with thousands of others

Added in the comments and via Twitter:

• Popplet
  An easy way to share visual ideas

• Storyjumper
  Easy way to create your own stories for kids and bring them to life

• Aviary Myna
  Make your own music or remix just about anything else

• TimeToast
  Fantastic timeline visualization tool to understand history

• GoAnimate for schools
  State of the art animation tools for schools

• PBWorks
  Thousands of educational wikis and workspaces (build your own!)

• Schoology
  Learning management, online education tools, and much more

• Google Timeline
  A unique way to view the news

• Online-Convert
  Convert anything to anything (audio, video, text, etc.)

• ReadWriteThink
  Tons of classroom resources and PD goodies

• Storybird
  Build your own stories (with images) and share them with others

• Word Magnets
  Phonics reinforcement and sentence building exercise

• Museum Box
  Innovative way to understand history

• Atmosphir
  A build-your-own video game

• Empressr
  Rich media presentation tool

• Zoho
  A great alternative to Google Apps

• EasyBib
  The free automatic bibliography and citation maker

• ToonDooSpaces
  Easily publish custom comic strips

• Crocodoc
  Annotate and edit PDFs

Add To This List

Have another recommendation? It’s never too late to get the word out. Just mention #edchat in your tweet or leave a reply on this page. Why not do both?

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