The Web 2.0 Guru wiki is worth a visit. With the top 10 Web 2.0 tools for classes listed as well as all tools broken down into categories, this is a handy site.
Top 10 Web 2.0 Must Haves for Every 21st Century Classroom
- Class Blogs – WordPress or Blogger
- Class Wiki or Website – Wikispaces, Wetpaint, Webnode, Wix, Glogster WikiMatrix – compare and contrast
- Virtual or a Cloud Office – Docs, Google Docs, Zoho, Thinkfree
- Online Classroom Environments/Networks/Forums – Ning, Neetz, Lefora Backchannels – tinychat, backnoise, coveritlive
- Audio Channel – Podcasts or recordings – evoca,podbean, gabcast, gcast, odeo
- Teacher Tube create a free account for uploading demonstrations
- Private Videocast or TV Channel – Ustream Mogulus., Youcastr
- Online Assessment tools – Thatquiz. , rubrics – Tech4Learning
- Online Grade book –Engrade
- Online storage – file storage – Box.net Adrive , 4shared, Flickr for pics,
Web 2.0 categories include:
Animation Assessment and Evaluation- Blogging
- Charts and Spreadsheets
- Collaboration
Communication Conversion Tools- Celebration of Success – Award and Certificate Makers
Desktop Publishing Dictionaries/Glossaries/Data- Digital Storytelling
Disposable Email Accounts for Site Registration- Ebooks or Audio Books
Games for Education- Virtual Games in Education
- Global Connections in the Classroom
Keyboarding Mobile Tools Multimedia- Networking and Online Communities
Note Taking, Concept Mapping and Flow Chart Tools- Online Interactive Classroom Environments
Personalized Web Browser Pages Podcasting Polls/Surveys- Presentations
Professional Networks Research RSS Aggregators Search Engines Social Bookmarking Storage – online storage and for files Studying and Help Text <>Speech The “Tubes” Virtual Field Trips Virtual Worlds in Education Vodcasting – Video Broadcasting Web Design Webinars WebQuests Wikis Word Processing
Each category has many tools listed and a brief spiel about each one’s strengths or differences. A good place to find the right tool for the job!