This document provides a list and description of the top 20 free Web 2.0 tools for teachers and librarians. It describes tools for productivity, online publishing, communications, virtual communities, media sharing, blogging, podcasting, wikis, and teaching and learning. The top tools include Google Apps for Education, YouTube, Ning, Polldaddy, Shelfari, SlideShare, WordPress, Podomatic, Wetpaint, Flickr, Second Life, Picnik, Zamzar, del.icio.us, Dimdim, Scribd, ScreenToaster, MediaFire, Animoto, and WiZiQ.

1. Top 20 Web 2.0 Tools
for Teachers and Librarians
Patrivan K. Yuen, M.A., M.Ed., & M.L.I.S
Technical Services Librarian
E-mail: pyuen@wmcarey.edu
&
Steve C. Yuen, Ph.D.
Professor
The University of Southern Mississippi
E-mail: Steve.Yuen@usm.edu
2010 MECA Conference, Jackson, Mississippi, February 9, 2010

3. Web 2.0 allows learners to:
create
contribute
collaborate
connect
share
participate in a learning community

5. Our Top 20 Web 2.0 Tools
Selection Criteria
Free
Web 2.0 Applications
Easy to learn and use
Useful for teachers and librarians

6. Categories of Web 2.0 Tools
Productivity
Online Publishing
Communications
Virtual Community
Media Sharing
Blog
Podcast
Wiki
Teaching and Learning

7. 1. Google Apps Education Edition
www.google.com/educators/p_apps.html

9. Gmail
Come with built-in Google search technology and
over 2.6 GB of storage.
Also available on mobile devices.
Integrate instant messaging right into the email
Provide spam protection using Google technology.
Messages can be sent and read in most languages.
Gmail interface is available in 40 languages.
Free automatic forwarding and POP3 access

10. Gmail

11. Google Talk
Instant messaging and group chat
Free PC-to-PC voice calls (VOIP)
Real-time file transfers
Send and receive voicemails
Integrated contact list
Integrated into Gmail
Mobile access
Available of Windows version and Web version
Multi-Languages Support

12. Google Talk

13. Google Calendar
Calendar Sharing
Invitations
Gmail Integration
Search
Send Reminders
Mobile Access
Event Publishing

14. Google Calendar

15. Google Docs
Consist of Web-based word processing,
spreadsheet, presentation, and form
Online document creation
Real-time collaboration
Revision history
Search tools
Mobile access
Supported multiple languages

16. Google Docs

21. Google Sites
Create web pages right in your browser
A WYSIWYG Web authoring program
Pages are hosted on Google servers at
http://sites.google.com/sites/yoursitename/
No HTML required
Customizable look and feel
Settings for accessing and sharing information

23. 2. YouTube
www.youtube.com
Online video streaming service that allows anyone to view
and share videos
Accept many video formats (wmv, 3gp, avi, mov, mp4,
mpeg, flv, and mkv)
Videos can be up to 2GB in size and 10 minutes long
Unlimited uploading
Each clip must have at least 3 tags
Allow linking and embedding clips to your blogs or
Websites
Students can create projects with video and share them
on the Web

25. www.teachertube.com

26. 3. Ning
www.ning.com
An online service where you can create, customize, and
share your own Social Network like MySpace and
Facebook
Has customizable themes and templates
Offer a public or private option
Your network can be customized by selecting a
combination of features (music, videos, blogs, photos,
forums, groups, RSS, etc.) from a list of options
Members who join your network will automatically have a
customizable profile page and will be able to message and
friend each other

27. www.ning.com

31. 4. Polldaddy
www.polldaddy.com
Create surveys and polls for your website, blog, and social network
Survey
Create multi question, multi page surveys with 11 question types to choose from
Insert HTML directly allowing you to add pictures and video
Online reporting in real time of your data as it is collected
Close surveys after a certain date or quota has been reached, and create custom start
and finish pages for your survey
Export your data as XML, CSV and subscribe to your results via RSS
Poll
Unlimited free polls with unlimited votes per poll.
View poll results online, as XML, CSV, or subscribe to them via RSS!
Add text, pictures and video to your polls.
Block repeat voters by IP address or cookies.
Create single choice or multiple-choice polls, randomize answers
Close polls after a certain date

35. 5. Shelfari
www.shelfari.com
A book centered social network where members
can catalog, tag, review, and discuss books
Create virtual bookshelves of books you have
read, plan to read and currently own
Search for books by title, author, ISBN and
subject
Show off your books and reviews on your blog or
favorite social networking site with Shelfari widget

37. 6. SlideShare
www.slideshare.net
Let users upload their presentations and share them online
through a YouTube-like interface
Accept PowerPoint (ppt & pps), PDF, & OpenOffice (odp)
files with a maximum file size of 30 MB for each
presentation file
Presentations can be tagged, and comments left by viewers
Slide transcripts are automatically generated from text
elements of your individual slides
Each slide has its own URL for reference
Has a Slidecasting capability that allows authors to
synchronize slides with an audio file

38. www.slideshare.net

41. 7. WordPress
www.wordpress.com
Free blogging platform
Hosted by Wordpress
Provide variety of attractive themes, plug-ins, and
widgets
Categorize and tag your posts
Provide many features: Spell-check, Previews,
Autosave, Words, Photos, and Videos
Can import from Blogger, TypePad, LiveJournal,
and More

42. blog.yuen.us

43. 8. Podomatic
www.podomatic.com
Find, create, distribute, promote, and listen to
both audio and video podcasts
Record a podcast or vodcast directly to the Web
Handle RSS feeds and allow your listeners to
subscribe to your podcast in iTunes

47. 9. Wetpaint
www.wetpaint.com
Free wiki websites
Allow anyone to create an entirely new
website and invite others to help them build it.
Combine the best aspects of wikis, blogs,
forums and social networks so anyone can
click and type on the web
Can be a private or public site
Wetpaint Education Wikis are Ad-free

48. www.wetpaint.com

50. 10. Flickr
www.flickr.com
A free photo sharing site
Upload, organize, and share your photos with
anyone or selected individuals
Get photos into and out of the system in as many
ways: from the web, from mobile devices, and from
the users' home computers
Can tag and map your photos, create albums, view
slideshows, and post pictures to external blogs
Allow RSS feed
Allow annotations

51. www.flickr.com

52. 11. Second Life
www.secondlife.com
Shared experiences
A feeling of presence
Visual and social cues
Closer to face-to-face conversation
Real-time collaboration
Immersion
Engagement

53. www.secondlife.com

56. 12. Picnik
www.picnik.com
Upload a photo or import online photos from Flickr,
Picasa, Facebook, Webshots, and others
Offer real-time online editing tools to crop, resize,
sharpen, adjust exposure, color, apply effects, and
then share them with your friends.
Provide many special effects, from artsy to fun
Has many fonts and top-quality type tool
Get creative with a collection of effects, fonts, shapes,
and frames

57. www.picnik.com

59. 13. Zamzar
www.zamzar.com
Free online file conversion
Support 5 different file format conversions
Document
Image
Music
Video
Other Formats
100MB maximum file size for the free account
Receive converted files via email
Larger file conversions and online storage for Basic and
Pro accounts

60. www.zamzar.com

61. 14. del.icio.us
del.icio.us
A social bookmarking site
Allow you to store bookmarks on the Web,
instead of inside your browser
Share bookmarks with friends, family,
coworkers, and the del.icio.us community.
Use tags to organize your bookmarks
Can import and export bookmarks
certain links as private

62. del.icio.us

63. 15. Dimdim
www.dimdim.com
Web conferencing tool
Nothing to install to host, join, and record
Free for up to 20 participants
Easy Share desktop & Webpages
Audio & Video Conferencing
Talk, listen, chat and broadcast via Webcam
Present PowerPoint slides and PDFs
Private & Public Chat
Whiteboard & Annotations
Record and Embed Meetings

66. 16. Scribd
www.scribd.com
A free, web-based, document sharing community
and self-publishing platform
Let you publish, distribute, and share your own
documents with the world
Support PDF, Postscript, Word, Excel,
PowerPoint, OpenOffice, Rich text, plain text,
and other OpenDocument formats
Allow you to print your document and view it full-
screen

70. 17. ScreenToaster
www.screentoaster.com
No download. Compatible with Windows, Mac
OS X, Linux.
Capture videos of onscreen action in one click
Share and stream videos online in Flash
Embed them on blogs and webpages or send
them by email.

72. 18. MediaFire
www.mediafire.com
Free file hosting service
Upload, download, manage, and share your documents,
presentations, videos, and images with others.
Upload unlimited number of files to share with colleagues
and students or storage
Unlimited downloads
Unlimited storage
RSS file feeds
No registration necessary and no software to install
Up to 200 MB per file

74. 19. Animoto
www.animoto.com
A web application that automatically generates
professionally produced videos using their own
patent-pending technology and high-end motion
design.
Each video is a fully customized orchestration of
user-selected images and music.
Animoto Shorts are 30-seconds in length and
free for everyone. Users can produce, remix, and
share as many as they like.

81. 20. WiZiQ
www.wiziq.com
Conduct live online classes using free Virtual Classroom
Create & share tests using Online Tests
Upload & share content using Content Sharing
Group different learners through Contacts Management
Free version 500 attendees/class
Cannot login until session begins
Can make 3 recordings and downloads
Provide whiteboard, audio, video, and text chat

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