This document provides a list of tools and websites for teachers and students to use for collaboration, sharing resources, and creating multimedia projects. Some of the key websites mentioned include wikis for teacher collaboration, online bookmarking and file conversion tools, photo editing and slideshow creation sites, podcasting software, and educational videos and stories. The document aims to showcase different Web 2.0 technologies and online resources that can be used in the classroom.

1. Tools for Teachers and Students
Denise Durante

3. The term Web 2.0 is associated with web
applications that facilitate participatory
information sharing, interoperability,
andcollborationon World Wide Web. A Web 2.0
site allows users to interact and collaborate with
each other in a social media dialogue as creators
of user generated content in a virtual
community, in contrast to websites where users
are limited to the passive viewing of content
that was created for them. Examples of Web 2.0
include social networking sites, blogs, wikis,
video sharing sites, hosted services, web
applications and mashups.

4. Web sites developed collaboratively by a
community of users, allowing any user to add
and edit content.
Teacher wikis
 http://www.pbworks.com
 https://sites.google.com/
 http://www.wikispaces.com/
 http://edu.glogster.com/
 http://www.duranteteach.pbworks.com

5. http://www.diigo.com/
Online bookmarking network.
http://www.zamzar.com/
Website that lets you convert files and
download videos.
https://www.dropbox.com/
Drop files in an online folder and sync it with
multiple computers-have to download it.
http://livebinders.com/
Online source to organize and share sources
with other teachers.

6. http://weblist.me/
Gather and organize content based on a theme
with one URL or find content. Your weblist
can then be shared.
http://www.watchknow.org/
Directory of thousands of videos for teachers.
http://www1.teachertube.com/
Sharing resource for teachers.

7.  http://www.wallwisher.com/
Interactive bulletin board where people can
respond to one another.
Durante's Wall
(http://www.wallwisher.com/wall/durante)
 http://www.epals.com
Global online penpals

8. http://prezi.com/
Nonlinear presentation tool-like PowerPoint, but
cooler.
http://www.masher.com/
Use video clips, music and photos to create a
projects.
http://www.slide.com/
Use photos, music and backdrops to create
slideshows.
http://www.animoto.com/education
Use photos, video, text and audio to create
presentations.
http://www.slideshare.net/
Upload your presentations or find others to view or
link to your websites.

9. http://troovi.com/
Here students can upload photos from home to
a URL and then they can be used by the
whole class.
Sites to edit, play with and create projects
using photographs:
http://www.befunky.com/
http://www.picnik.com/
http://lunapic.com/editor/

10. Podcasting is online audio content that is
delivered via an RSS feed.
Free:
Garageband (Mac)
Sound Recorder (Windows or Mac)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Download for recording and editing sounds.
Smarttech Downloads
(http://smarttech.com/us/Support/Browse+Su
pport/Download+Software)
Downloads for interactive whiteboards which
includes audio and video recording functions.

11. Sound Effects
 Soungle (http://soungle.com/)
Free downloadable sound effects that can be
added to your webpage

12.  Web 2.0 Sites from Discovery Education
http://web2010.discoveryeducation.com/web20to
ols.cfm
 Web 2.0 Definitions
http://www.webreference.com/promotion/web20
/
 Cool Tools for Schools-lots of great sites for
teachers
http://cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com/
 THE Top 10 Web 2.0 Tools for Young Learners
http://thejournal.com/articles/2009/02/02/top-
10-web-20-tools-for-young-learners.aspx

13. http://www.storylineonline.net/
Online streaming videos of actors reading stories.
http://storynory.com/
Free audio stories for kids.
Tumblebooks(http://www.tumblebooks.com/librar
y/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp)
Animated stories to read and/or listen to.
Newington-
Tumblebooks(http://www.newingtonct.gov/cont
ent/78/118/136/1300/7586/default.aspx#top)
Public Library Services-free downloads for audio
books and e-books through ICONN

14. http://www.voki.com
Create your own voki to embed into your wiki.
http://scratch.mit.edu/
Create projects, presentations, cartoons, video
games, etc.
http://www.schooltube.com/
You tube, but appropriate content for kids.
http://www.freerice.com/index.php
Build vocabulary while donating to the United
Nations World Food Program.

15. http://www.readwritethink.org/
Tons of ideas for teachers of reading and
writing.
http://www2.scholastic.com/browse/teach.jsp
Scholastic offers interactive tools as well as
lessons for teachers.
http://smarttech.com/us/Support/Browse+Sup
port/Download+Software
Smart Tech downloads for any interactive
whiteboard.
http://www.watchknowlearn.org/default.aspx
Free educational videos, not blocked.