Tom Stimson's List: Tools

"A whole host of tools to spice up your students' projects and your lessons. Explore and experiment with a variety of Web 2.0 tools including animated avatars, comic creators, digital scrapbooks, image creators, interactive timelines, logo generators, slideshows, streaming video, and the web resources that will serve as "containers" for the different elements."

perkupprojects.wikispaces.com - Preview

web2.0 resources interactive on 2009-11-03 and saved by 146 people

cooltoolsforschools.wikispaces.com - Preview

web2.0 tools wiki cooltoolsforschools on 2009-10-09 and saved by 902 people

classtools.net - Preview

Games interactive tools flash education on 2009-04-02 and saved by 947 people

www.go2web20.net - Preview

web2.0 directory tools web reference on 2009-10-07 and saved by 3566 people

"Debut Video Capture Software - Record video from webcam, capture device or screen. Capture video files directly on a PC with this completely free, easy to use video recorder program. "

www.nchsoftware.com/capture - Preview

recorder video tools webcam on 2009-10-07 and saved by 12 people

In order to make this "web 2.0" list, a site had to be:
* accessible to English Language Learners and non-tech savvy users.
* free-of-charge.
* appropriate for classroom use.
* completely browser-based with no download required.

larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/...pplications-for-education-2009 - Preview

ferlazzo web 2.0 tools education on 2009-10-04 and saved by 182 people

Short video narrated by a student explains the advantages of Google Wave (1.41 min)

www.youtube.com/watch - Preview

youtube Google Wave tools collaboration technology on 2009-10-02

Using Glogster, Joyce Valenza shares information and links to web2.0 tools

newtoolsworkshop.wikispaces.com - Preview

web2.0 tools resources joycevalenza on 2009-10-02 and saved by 223 people

Skitch = fast and fun screen capture and image sharing.
"Skitch.com is a webservice that works with the application Skitch to give you 1-click uploading of images for fast and fun image sharing."

skitch.com - Preview

web2.0 screenshot mac tools on 2009-10-02 and saved by 338 people

Do fun stuff with your photos. "Play as much as you like—everything is free."

bighugelabs.com - Preview

tools photos web2.0 images fun on 2009-09-30 and saved by 294 people

Through a safe, and engaging virtual world, www.woogiworld.com, elementary children worldwide are becoming responsible Internet users and goodwill ambassadors, learning and implementing the character traits that are helping them be good influences in their homes, schools, and communities—ultimately leading out in the global "woogi phenomenon" of kids driving good works.

www.woogiworld.com/ - Preview

internetsafety web2.0 kids on 2009-09-27 and saved by 145 people

Lee Keller and Kim Cavanaugh of Palm Breeze Cafe (a video training series for teachers) look at a cool but somewhat unknown feature of Google Docs, the forms. Available at Youtube

www.youtube.com/watch - Preview

googledocs Google tutorials technology web2.0 collaboration on 2009-09-27

Claims to be the largest video collection for kids anywhere with new videos added daily

video.kidzui.com - Preview

videos kids K-6 on 2009-09-26 and saved by 91 people

FunPhotoBox - Easy to use. Much like Photofunia. Add photo effects and gif animations to your photos. Create funny pictures.

funphotobox.com - Preview

photos fun tools on 2009-09-26 and saved by 87 people

Not only does SafeShare.TV remove distracting and offensive elements around YouTube videos, but it also allows you to crop videos before sharing them.

www.safeshare.tv - Preview

youtube tools on 2009-09-25 and saved by 84 people

gelessons.com/lessons - Preview

googleearth google Lessons google_earth education on 2009-09-25 and saved by 256 people

Turn yourself into a cartoon!

mywebface.mywebsearch.com/...index.jhtml - Preview

cartoons on 2009-09-24 and saved by 9 people

prezi.com - Preview

tools presentation animation web2.0 on 2009-09-24 and saved by 1327 people

Create tag clouds. Similar to Wordle

tagul.com - Preview

visualization tag on 2009-09-22 and saved by 168 people

www.kn.pacbell.com/...listweb20s.html - Preview

web2.0 resources tools edtech on 2009-09-21 and saved by 235 people