This presentation summarizes various Web 2.0 tools that can be used for staff development and in the classroom. It provides the names and URLs of tools for creating online collaborations, organizing and sharing resources, creating speaking avatars, sharing stories and comments, authoring online courses, blogging, shortening URLs, creating online webs and mind maps, microblogging, creating social networks, creating desktop recording movies, guided presentations, editing wikis, sharing educational videos, presenting other materials online, creating animations, conducting surveys with pictures, and online image editing. Examples and similar alternative tools are also listed for some of the tools.

1. 2.0 Staff Development Sampler Presented by Sherrie Orr and Tracie Cain www.dentonisd.org/tcea_1011 [email_address] [email_address]

2. DISD www.dentonisd.org/tcea_1011 This presentation is online at the Denton ISD !

3. dimdim http://www.dimdim.com/ “ Free web meeting site where you can share your desktop, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk, and broadcast via webcam” No download required!

4. scribblar http://www.scribblar.com/ Create a collaboration room, and you have access to a multiuser whiteboard, a chat room, a place to upload documents, and a place to vocally give an online presentation to your students.

5. Utilium http://utilium.com/my_study Tool for organizing and sharing resources with learners.

6. Voki http://www.voki.com/ Create speaking avatars Similar Tools Doppelme Build Your Wild Self

7. voicethread http://voicethread.com/#home Share stories and comment through audio, images, videos or text. Look for k12 teacher account Examples E-learning Question Web 2.0 Tools for the Classroom

8. udutu http://udutu.com/ Online course authoring Similar Tools Edu2.0 Eduslide wizIQ learnhub

9. edublogs http://learnhub.com/ Blogging for teachers and students Sample Blogs for Staff Development The Fischbowl What I’m Learning

10. cligs http://cli.gs/ Shorten URLS Similar Tool TinyURL

11. bubbl.us http://bubbl.us/ Simple online webbing tool. Like Inspiration except free and allows for collaboration. Similar Tools View Your Mind Free Mind

12. twitter http://twitter.com/ Micro-blogging Directory of LearningProfessionals on Twitter. Similar Tool Edmondo

13. ning http://www.ning.com/ Create your own social network! Example TCEA Ning

14. jing http://www.jingproject.com/ Create movies of your desktop (like Camtasia ) and automatically upload them to a server and put the link in your Clipboard.

15. flowgram http://www.flowgram.com/ Create guided presentations combining web pages, photos, PowerPoint and more. Sample Lab Reservations Flowgram

16. wikispaces http://www.wikispaces.com/ Create simple web pages that groups, friends, & families can edit together Sample wikis DISD Tech-Integration Wiki Wiki for this presentation Similar Tool Swirl

17. TeacherTube http://www.teachertube.com/ Online educational? videos Sample Creative Commons

18. SlideShare http://www.slideshare.net/ Share your presentations online Sample This presentation

19. HotChalk http://www.hotchalk.com/index_new.html A learning environment that includes a learning management system (LMS), a rich library of teacher-contributed lesson plans, premium digital content like NBC News video, and professional development for teachers

20. GoAnimate http://goanimate.com/ Easy, online animation!

21. fotoll http://fotoll.com/ Surveys with pictures

22. SUMO Paint http://www.sumopaint.com/ Online image creation and editing.

23. 2.0 Staff Development Sampler Presented by Sherrie Orr and Tracie Cain www.dentonisd.org/tcea_1011 [email_address] [email_address]