Engaging Digital Natives With 21 st Century Web Tools

Web 1.0  Web 2.0

Categories of Web 2.0 Tools Social bookmarks and annotation Presentation and data sharing Concept/mind mapping Organizational resources RSS Feed Aggregators Video editing and sharing Image editors and sharing

Social bookmarks and annotation

Presentation and data sharing

Concept/mind mapping

Organizational resources

RSS Feed Aggregators

Video editing and sharing

Image editors and sharing

Social bookmarks and annotation

Ning As part of Ning's free service, you can create a full social network that you can customize and brand as your own http://www.ning.com

As part of Ning's free service, you can create a full social network that you can customize and brand as your own

Ning Social Networking invite new members, meet new people, and make new friends enjoy a full message center with address book importing set different privacy settings for every photo, video, and blog post Full Customization Add your own logo, branding, and visual design Features Photo, video, blog sharing Discussion forums Embed widgets Management Dashboard public or private moderate photos and videos before they are posted, as desired delete members, photos, videos, blog posts, chatters, and forum posts, as desired http://www.ning.com

Social Networking

invite new members, meet new people, and make new friends

enjoy a full message center with address book importing

set different privacy settings for every photo, video, and blog post

Full Customization

Add your own logo, branding, and visual design

Features

Photo, video, blog sharing

Discussion forums

Embed widgets

Management Dashboard

public or private

moderate photos and videos before they are posted, as desired

delete members, photos, videos, blog posts, chatters, and forum posts, as desired

Ning Network

Del.icio.us http://del.icio.us/

Stu.dicio.us http://stu.dicio.us/

Stu.dicio.us Features Note-taking Note commenting Note sharing Keyword link to Google and Wikipedia To-Do Lists Schedule Document storage/tracking Grade organizer Privacy Features RSS Feeds Integration with Facebook Social Networking http://stu.dicio.us/

Note-taking

Note commenting

Note sharing

Keyword link to Google and Wikipedia

To-Do Lists

Schedule

Document storage/tracking

Grade organizer

Privacy Features

RSS Feeds

Integration with Facebook

Social Networking

Furl http://www.furl.net/

BlinkList http://www.blinklist.com/

BlinkList http://www.blinklist.com/static/classroom.php

StumbleUpon http://www.stumbleupon.com/

Digg Find an article, video, or podcast online and submit it to Digg.com. Your submission will immediately appear in “Upcoming Stories,” where other members can find it and, if they like it, Digg it. Subscribe to RSS feeds of particular topics, popular/upcoming sections, individual users, and the search terms of your choice Digg. Participate in the collaborative editorial process by Digging the stuff that you like best. Build a friend list; then your friends can track what you’re Digging. They can also subscribe to an RSS feed of your submissions and/or your Diggs. http://www.digg.com/

Find an article, video, or podcast online and submit it to Digg.com. Your submission will immediately appear in “Upcoming Stories,” where other members can find it and, if they like it, Digg it.

Subscribe to RSS feeds of particular topics, popular/upcoming sections, individual users, and the search terms of your choice

Digg. Participate in the collaborative editorial process by Digging the stuff that you like best.

Build a friend list; then your friends can track what you’re Digging. They can also subscribe to an RSS feed of your submissions and/or your Diggs.

Diigo http://www.diigo.com/

Diigo http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edn

GeeSee Add chat to your website or blog -- for FREE! Visitors can talk to each other, to you, and to other people -- all over the Internet -- who are interested in the same topics they are. Chat moderators can kick or ban users and can create password protected chat rooms . http://www.geesee.com/

Add chat to your website or blog -- for FREE!

Visitors can talk to each other, to you, and to other people -- all over the Internet -- who are interested in the same topics they are.

Chat moderators can kick or ban users and can create password protected chat rooms .

Presentation and Data Sharing

SlideShare SlideShare is a free service for sharing presentations and slideshows Users can upload PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Keynote or PDF presentations, tag them, embed them into blogs or websites, browse others' presentations, and comment on individual slides Transcripts of presentations will be indexed by internet search engines and show up in search results http://www.slideshare.net

SlideShare is a free service for sharing presentations and slideshows

Users can upload PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Keynote or PDF presentations, tag them, embed them into blogs or websites, browse others' presentations, and comment on individual slides

Transcripts of presentations will be indexed by internet search engines and show up in search results

Embedded SlideShare File http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Conferences

Swivel Swivel lets you explore data and share your insights with others. Swivel has data about politics, economics, weather, sports, business and more. http://www.swivel.com/tour/intro Swivel is full of good stuff. Think of it like this: Explore popular data or obscure data. Search for it or have fun cruising all the colorful graphs, data sets and opinions. Compare gas prices to presidential approval ratings or UFO sightings to iPod sales. You might find a crazy coincidence or something more. Share your insights by embedding a graph to your blog or emailing a link to your friends and coworkers. Upload the information you care about, describe it, pick a color scheme and even pick a cool photo to bring it to life. http://www.swivel.com

Swivel lets you explore data and share your insights with others. Swivel has data about politics, economics, weather, sports, business and more.

http://www.swivel.com/tour/intro

Swivel is full of good stuff. Think of it like this:

Explore popular data or obscure data. Search for it or have fun cruising all the colorful graphs, data sets and opinions.

Compare gas prices to presidential approval ratings or UFO sightings to iPod sales. You might find a crazy coincidence or something more.

Share your insights by embedding a graph to your blog or emailing a link to your friends and coworkers.

Upload the information you care about, describe it, pick a color scheme and even pick a cool photo to bring it to life.

Swivel http://www.swivel.com

PollDaddy PollDaddy is a free online tool, which allows you to create polls and place them on your website, wiki, blog, or anywhere online that you can paste a bit of HTML code. You can also place links to PollDaddy polls in your emails etc. http://polldaddy.com/

PollDaddy is a free online tool, which allows you to create polls and place them on your website, wiki, blog, or anywhere online that you can paste a bit of HTML code.

You can also place links to PollDaddy polls in your emails etc.

iQuiz Maker iQuiz Maker is an easy way for you to create custom quizzes for the iQuiz game for the iPod. iQuiz Maker works seamlessly so you can write, create, package your very own quizzes. Download the free application today to begin putting the world to the test. http://www.iquizmaker.com/

iQuiz Maker is an easy way for you to create custom quizzes for the iQuiz game for the iPod.

iQuiz Maker works seamlessly so you can write, create, package your very own quizzes.

Download the free application today to begin putting the world to the test.

Concept/Mind Mapping

Gliffy http://www.gliffy.com/

Gliffy Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki Create many types of diagrams such as Flowcharts, UI wireframes, Floor plans, Network diagrams, UML diagrams, or any other simple drawing or diagram http://www.gliffy.com/

Diagramming in your web browser without downloading additional software

Desktop application feel in a web-based diagramming solution

Add collaborators to your work and watch it grow

Link to published Gliffy drawings from your blog or wiki

Create many types of diagrams such as Flowcharts, UI wireframes, Floor plans, Network diagrams, UML diagrams, or any other simple drawing or diagram

Bubble.us Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online. Create colorful mind maps online Share and work with friends Embed your mind map in your blog or website Email and print your mind map Save your mind map as an image http://bubbl.us/

Bubbl.us is a simple and free web application that lets you brainstorm online.

Create colorful mind maps online

Share and work with friends

Embed your mind map in your blog or website

Email and print your mind map

Save your mind map as an image

MindMeister MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map - and see each other's changes as they happen http://www.mindmeister.com/home/about http://www.mindmeister.com/

MindMeister brings the concept of mind mapping to the web, using its facilities for real-time collaboration to allow truly global brainstorming sessions

Users can create, manage and share mind maps online and access them anytime, from anywhere. In brainstorming mode, fellow MindMeisters from around the world (or just in different rooms) can simultaneously work on the same mind map - and see each other's changes as they happen

http://www.mindmeister.com/home/about

Mindomo http://mindomo.com/ http://mindomo.com/view?m=57885d9859e13b331edfdfac56e1b859

Mindomo A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, and decision making Mindomo maps allow users to: Manage and retain information more efficiently Communicate information more effectively Enhance thinking and learning Recognize trends, clusters, and other patterns in your information Synthesize separate pieces of information into new knowledge http://mindomo.com/

A mind map is a diagram used to represent words, ideas, tasks or other items linked to and arranged radially around a central key word or idea. It is used to generate, visualize, structure and classify ideas, and as an aid in study, organization, problem solving, and decision making

Mindomo maps allow users to:

Manage and retain information more efficiently

Communicate information more effectively

Enhance thinking and learning

Recognize trends, clusters, and other patterns in your information

Synthesize separate pieces of information into new knowledge

Organizational Resources

Gradefix http://www.gradefix.com/

Gradefix

mynoteIT http://www.mynoteit.com/

Backpack http://www.backpackit.com/

Schoopy http://www.schoopy.com/

Wizlite Wizlite is a tool allowing users to collaboratively highlight important passages on pages on the Internet. Users can organize in groups and attach notes to their selections. Wizlite is activated by a bookmarklet or Firefox toolbar extension. Wizlite is great for many applications, such as topic discovery (e.g. for talks) or reviewing. http://wizlite.com/

Wizlite is a tool allowing users to collaboratively highlight important passages on pages on the Internet.

Users can organize in groups and attach notes to their selections.

Wizlite is activated by a bookmarklet or Firefox toolbar extension.

Wizlite is great for many applications, such as topic discovery (e.g. for talks) or reviewing.

NoteMesh NoteMesh is a free service that allows college students in the same classes to share notes with each other. It works by creating a wiki for individual classes that users can edit. Users are free to post their own lecture notes or contribute to existing lecture notes. The idea is that users in the same class can collaboratively create a definitive source for lecture notes. http://notemesh.com

NoteMesh is a free service that allows college students in the same classes to share notes with each other.

It works by creating a wiki for individual classes that users can edit.

Users are free to post their own lecture notes or contribute to existing lecture notes.

The idea is that users in the same class can collaboratively create a definitive source for lecture notes.

Soople Soople is an early English dialect, which means 'to soften, make supple'. This site is meant for all those who are not yet familiar with all the possibilities of Google and all the required syntaxes. http://www.soople.com/

Soople is an early English dialect, which means 'to soften, make supple'.

This site is meant for all those who are not yet familiar with all the possibilities of Google and all the required syntaxes.

RSS Feed Aggregators

Netvibes Netvibes is a personalized page – you can now modify everything: move modules, add new RSS/ATOM feeds, change the parameters for each module, etc. Your modifications are saved in real-time and you'll find your page when you get back on Netvibes.com. If you want to be able to access your page from any computer, you can sign in (at the top right) with your email and a password. http://www.netvibes.com/

Netvibes is a personalized page – you can now modify everything: move modules, add new RSS/ATOM feeds, change the parameters for each module, etc.

Your modifications are saved in real-time and you'll find your page when you get back on Netvibes.com.

If you want to be able to access your page from any computer, you can sign in (at the top right) with your email and a password.

Netvibes NetVibes can pull content from: RSS or web feeds Podcasts Calendars Widget and applications modules http://www.netvibes.com/

NetVibes can pull content from:

RSS or web feeds

Podcasts

Calendars

Widget and applications modules

PageFlakes http://www.pageflakes.com

PageFlakes Pageflakes is your personalized startpage on the Internet. Your address book, local weather information, to-do-list, news, blogs and much more – all on one page that you can access from anywhere. Until now you had to go to different web sites to check your email, start Web searches, get weather information and so on. With Pageflakes, everything you need is on one page! You can also use Pageflakes to keep up with your favorite blogs and news feeds. "Flake" is our word for those little modules which you can see on the screen. http://www.pageflakes.com/Community/Help/Faq.aspx

Pageflakes is your personalized startpage on the Internet. Your address book, local weather information, to-do-list, news, blogs and much more – all on one page that you can access from anywhere.

Until now you had to go to different web sites to check your email, start Web searches, get weather information and so on. With Pageflakes, everything you need is on one page! You can also use Pageflakes to keep up with your favorite blogs and news feeds.

"Flake" is our word for those little modules which you can see on the screen.

Pagecasting with PageFlakes “ Pagecasting” means publishing your Pageflakes page for others to see. You can share your Pagecast with the world or with a private group. You can even let others edit and contribute to your Pagecast! It’s very easy - just click the “Share” button on any of your page tabs http://www.pageflakes.com

“ Pagecasting” means publishing your Pageflakes page for others to see.

You can share your Pagecast with the world or with a private group.

You can even let others edit and contribute to your Pagecast!

It’s very easy - just click the “Share” button on any of your page tabs

Bloglines http://www.bloglines.com/

Google Reader Labs https://www.google.com/reader/view/

Video editing and sharing

TeacherTube Upload, tag and share videos worldwide. Upload support files to attach your educational activities, assessments, lesson plans, notes, and other file formats to your video. Browse hundreds of videos uploaded by community members. Find, join and create video groups to connect with people who have similar interests. Customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favorites, and creating playlists. Integrate TeacherTube videos on websites using video embeds or APIs. Make videos public or private - users can elect to broadcast their videos publicly or share them privately with those they invite. http://www.teachertube.com

Upload, tag and share videos worldwide.

Upload support files to attach your educational activities, assessments, lesson plans, notes, and other file formats to your video.

Browse hundreds of videos uploaded by community members.

Find, join and create video groups to connect with people who have similar interests.

Customize the experience by subscribing to member videos, saving favorites, and creating playlists.

Integrate TeacherTube videos on websites using video embeds or APIs.

Make videos public or private - users can elect to broadcast their videos publicly or share them privately with those they invite.

TeacherTube Embedded Video

Video Editors Eyespot http://www.eyespot.com/ Jumpcut http://www.jumpcut.com/ Cuts http://www.cuts.com/ Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/

Eyespot

http://www.eyespot.com/

Jumpcut

http://www.jumpcut.com/

Cuts

http://www.cuts.com/

Creative Commons

http://creativecommons.org/

Zamzar Zamzar is an open-source service that converts most media (audio, video, image) from one format to another Supported media formats http://www.zamzar.com/conversionTypes.php http://www3.zamzar.com/

Zamzar is an open-source service that converts most media (audio, video, image) from one format to another

Supported media formats

http://www.zamzar.com/conversionTypes.php

SplashCast SplashCast enables anyone to create streaming media 'channels' that combine video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds. These user-generated channels can be played and easily syndicated on any web site, blog, or social network page. When channel owners modify their channel, their content is automatically updated across all the web pages 'tuned' to that channel. http://www.splashcastmedia.com/

SplashCast enables anyone to create streaming media 'channels' that combine video, music, photos, narration, text and RSS feeds.

These user-generated channels can be played and easily syndicated on any web site, blog, or social network page.

When channel owners modify their channel, their content is automatically updated across all the web pages 'tuned' to that channel.

SplashCast Channel

BubblePLY BubblePLY is a free online annotating service where anyone can experiment with creating and/or viewing layers (PLYs) of bubbles that are synchronized with a video on a player. You can expand your viewing experience by adding personal comments or thoughts in the form of captions - bubbles. After completing your Bubble creation (and by clicking on ‘Done Editing’ at the top of the Plycreator™) you will see a few options such as ‘share this link with a friend’ and ‘embed video and bubbles in your site’. http://www.bubbleply.com

BubblePLY is a free online annotating service where anyone can experiment with creating and/or viewing layers (PLYs) of bubbles that are synchronized with a video on a player.

You can expand your viewing experience by adding personal comments or thoughts in the form of captions - bubbles.

After completing your Bubble creation (and by clicking on ‘Done Editing’ at the top of the Plycreator™) you will see a few options such as ‘share this link with a friend’ and ‘embed video and bubbles in your site’.

Image editing and sharing

Flickr What you can do with your photos: Upload Tag Geotag (mapping) Blog Comment Organize Organize into online photo albums with annotation Form/join groups http://www.flickr.com

What you can do with your photos:

Upload

Tag

Geotag (mapping)

Blog

Comment

Organize

Organize into online photo albums with annotation

Form/join groups

Applications for Flickr Virtual field trip Categorize, analyze, evaluate images Geography practice Picture books-documentaries Display original artwork Online scavenger hunts Process live field trips Upload exported (jpeg) Inspiration graphic organizers Import photos into Google Earth and Google MyMaps http://www.flickr.com

Virtual field trip

Categorize, analyze, evaluate images

Geography practice

Picture books-documentaries

Display original artwork

Online scavenger hunts

Process live field trips

Upload exported (jpeg) Inspiration graphic organizers

Import photos into Google Earth and Google MyMaps

Photo Editing Tools http://www.fauxto.com Fauxto http://www.picnik.com Picnik http://picasa.google.com Picasa http://mypictr.com/ MyPictr http://www.phixr.com Phixr

Slide Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you. With a super easy set-up, clean interface and multiple transition and theme options, Slide is among the most popular tools for self expression available on the web today. Slide can be embedded onto any website, viewed on your desktop or shared with your friends or fans. http://www.slide.com

Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you.

With a super easy set-up, clean interface and multiple transition and theme options, Slide is among the most popular tools for self expression available on the web today.

Slide can be embedded onto any website, viewed on your desktop or shared with your friends or fans.

Scrapblog Scrapblog is a free web-based multimedia scrapbook authoring software service. Scrapblog lets everyday people mix their photos, videos, audio, text and other creative elements to create multimedia scrapbooks called scrapblogs. http://www.scrapblog.com/tour/tour.aspx (video tutorial) http://www.scrapblog.com/

Scrapblog is a free web-based multimedia scrapbook authoring software service.

Scrapblog lets everyday people mix their photos, videos, audio, text and other creative elements to create multimedia scrapbooks called scrapblogs.

http://www.scrapblog.com/tour/tour.aspx (video tutorial)

ToonDoo ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site for kids. ToonDoo was the happy result of brainstorming session that was aimed at creating a new way of expression for those who do not have the talent to draw. You can now just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun, loads of it! http://www.toondoo.com

ToonDoo is a cool, comic-creating tool from Jambav, a fun site for kids.

ToonDoo was the happy result of brainstorming session that was aimed at creating a new way of expression for those who do not have the talent to draw.

You can now just drag-drop or click to create comic strips that express your views, opinions, angst or to just have fun, loads of it!

More Web 2.0 Application For a more comprehensive list of Web 2.0 applications, visit: http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Social+Learning http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edn

For a more comprehensive list of Web 2.0 applications, visit:

http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/Social+Learning

http://groups.diigo.com/groups/edn