This document provides instructions for using 15 different Web 2.0 tools and services, including splitting MP3 files, recording videos, creating graphs and charts, writing notes, shortening URLs, making private notes, adding social media icons, creating online stickies, recording screencasts, adding text to images, annotating images collaboratively, converting documents to PDF, collaboratively editing documents, adding captions and audio to comics, and creating multimedia stories. The document was written by a Web 2.0 consultant and trainer in August 2010.

1. Working with 2.0 tools
simply and quickly
August 2010

2. 15 Web 2.0 Services
No registration,
web-based and free
1. Discover and test
2. Be creative
3. Publish your work

3. audio
1. Upload mp3 file on your
computer
2. Choose the part of the mp3
file you want to cut
3. Download your new mp3 file
http://mp3cut.net Split MP3-files online
and download your result …

4. video
1. Install your webcam
2. Click on « record »
ans start speaking
3. Share your video
with friends
http://nimbb.com/Default.aspx?l=en:
Recording a 30 seconds video with
your webcam ...

5. online graphs
1. Select a type of graphic
2. Enter data into fields and see
the changes.
3. Copy the link or embed the
code into your website
http://chartpart.com/ : Generating
quickly web-based graphs and
charts …

6. writing notes
1. Enter a title at the top of
the page
2. Write your thoughts and
ideas down
3. Keep them secret and save
online
https://penzu.com/pad : have an
online place to write your diary

7. URL short-cut
1. Paste the URL
2. Click on « raccourcir
cette adresse! »
3. Copy the new URL
http://linkr.fr/ : URL shortcut service
for microblogging, forums, etc. ...
http://bit.ly/ (english)

8. private life
1. Write your private message
2. Click on « create note » and
copy the link to send it over
3. The note will self-destruct
after being read
https://privnote.com/ : Secret notes
that destroy themselves after being
read online …

9. social icons
1. Click at the bottom right of
the page to choose your
icons
2. Add new sites
3. To rearrange the icons
simply drag and drop them
http://myfav.es/ : Startpage with social
networks icons …

10. online stickies
1. Drag and drop a colour
sticker
2. Create multimedia Post-
It notes
3. Publish and share with
others
http://linoit.com : To post stickers
online with text, images or videos …

11. screencasts
1. Define the part of your screen
you want to record.
2. Hit the red „record“ button
to start
3. Create your video and add it
to your blog or publish it
directly on Twitter
http://screenr.com/record : Web-
based screen recording made very
simple

12. foreign language
1. Choose the language and
the speaker voice
2. Type your text in the box
3. Click « listen » to hear
the audio file
https://acapela-box.com/AcaBox/index.php :
Learn pronunciation of foreign
language with the text of your choice.

13. interactive picture
1. Upload your image
2. Put the green point on
the right place
3. Write your text and save
http://alive.picmeleo.com/app :
Online application to make
interactive picture ...

14. online docs
1. Upload a document and
define the access (public or
private)
2. Wait for the pdf conversion
3. Share the unique URL with
friends or colleagues directly
through social networks
http://www.txtbear.com/ : share and
read documents online …

15. collaborative work
1. Click on « create public
pad » to start
2. Write or upload your text
and collaborate with
others
3. See the revisions with the
timeslider
http://titanpad.com/ : Working
simultaneously on a text
document …

16. add text to picture
1. Choose a picture on your
computer or from the
web
2. Hit the « upload and
comment » button
3. Start to comment and
share with friends
http://www.finetuna.com/ :
Collaborative image annotation
tool

17. comics with audio
1. Choose one background
and some figures for your
story
2. Add music, voice and
effects
3. Save and publish it
http://memoov.com/studio_page.aspx:
Create personal movies with a free
online multimedia animation studio

18. http://skoden.region-bretagne.fr/
Experiment Web 2.0 now !
Author : Isabelle Dremeau
Web 2.0 Consultant & language trainer
editorial webmaster website SKODEN
Illustration: Zsuzsanna Kilian
August 2010