{"id":1632,"date":"2013-02-25T15:52:38","date_gmt":"2013-02-25T20:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=1632"},"modified":"2013-02-25T15:52:38","modified_gmt":"2013-02-25T20:52:38","slug":"50-web-tools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/50-web-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"50 Web Tools"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"50<\/a><\/p>\n

Thanks to everyone who attended our workshop on \"50 Web Tools in 50 Minutes.\"<\/p>\n

\"Full<\/a><\/p>\n

For your clicking convenience, check out the full list<\/a> of web-based tools that we covered.<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Online OCR<\/a> \u2014 Convert scanned documents to text.<\/li>\n
  2. Wordle<\/a> \u2014 Word clouds! (example<\/a>) See also Tagxedo<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Up-Goer Five Text Editor<\/a>\u2014 Can you explain a hard idea using only the ten hundred most used words?<\/li>\n
  4. Scribd<\/a> \u2014 Document sharing. (example<\/a>)<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. WordPress.com<\/a> \u2014 Blogging platform.<\/li>\n
  6. Edublogs<\/a> \u2014 Like WordPress.com or Blogger but specifically tailored to educational needs<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  7. Wikipedia<\/a> \u2014 \"a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia\"<\/li>\n
  8. NolaWiki<\/a> \u2014 \"a collaborative, reliable, comprehensive look at the people, places, events and ideas of the city of New Orleans.\"<\/li>\n
  9. Wikispaces<\/a> \u2014 Create your own wiki. (Note: This page is hosted on Wikispaces.)<\/li>\n
  10. Google Sites<\/a> \u2014 Create your own website\/wiki. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  11. visualizing.org<\/a> \u2014 Find (and share) visualizations of complex issues. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  12. Many Eyes<\/a> \u2014 Find and create data visualizations. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  13. Pinterest<\/a> \u2014 A social environment for collecting, discovering and sharing images. (example<\/a>) (more on educational use<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  14. Compfight<\/a> \u2014 Search tool that makes it easy to find Flickr photos, including those licensed for re-use.<\/li>\n
  15. YouTube<\/a> \u2014 Everybody knows about YouTube, but did you know about their Education Channel<\/a>?<\/li>\n
  16. Vimeo<\/a> \u2014 Video hosting. Like YouTube but cooler. Lack of support for captioning could be a deal-breaker.<\/li>\n
  17. CaptionTube<\/a> \u2014 Speaking of which, here's a tool for captioning YouTube videos. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  18. TED-Ed<\/a> \u2014 Like YouTube's Education Channel but even more highly curated.<\/li>\n
  19. Animoto<\/a> \u2014 Easy-to-make online videos from photos and music. Free for videos under 30 seconds. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  20. Screenr<\/a> \u2014 Screen recording. Yes, it's web-based. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  21. SoundCloud<\/a> \u2014 Audio sharing platform. Free version limited to 120 minutes total. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  22. AudioBoo<\/a> \u2014 Audio sharing platform. Free version limited to three minutes per file. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  23. Educreations<\/a> \u2014 Recordable interactive whiteboard. Captures voice and handwriting\/drawing to produce movies. Especially nice with an iPad but can also be used via web browser. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  24. Prezi<\/a> \u2014 Make (and find) crazy zooming presentations. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  25. Timetoast<\/a> \u2014 Build (and find) interactive timelines. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  26. Capzles<\/a> \u2014 Make (and find) multimedia storylines. Educational version in the works. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  27. SlideShare<\/a> \u2014 Share and find presentations (mainly PowerPoint). (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  28. VoiceThread<\/a> \u2014 \"A VoiceThread is a collaborative, interactive, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos.\" (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  29. MentorMob<\/a> \u2014 Make and find learning playlists. Virtually all media supported: videos, PDFs, webpages, etc. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  30. Quora<\/a> \u2014 Social Q&A site. There are many of these but Quora's the best. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  31. Khan Academy<\/a> \u2014 Lectures and quizzes with an emphasis on math, science and finance. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  32. Poll Everywhere<\/a> \u2014 Easy way to aggregate live responses. (example<\/a>) (example<\/a>) (see also Socrative<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  33. SurveyMonkey<\/a> \u2014 Surveys made easy.<\/li>\n
  34. Moodle<\/a> \u2014 Free course-management system.<\/li>\n
  35. Quizlet<\/a> \u2014 Make and find study tools (flash cards etc.) (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  36. Evernote<\/a> \u2014 Store notes, images, documents, web clips, audio notes. Searchable. Sync across your devices. Claims to recognize handwriting from, say, a photo of a whiteboard.<\/li>\n
  37. LiveBinder<\/a> \u2014 Like a three-ring binder for web pages. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  38. Delivr<\/a> \u2014 Make and manage QR codes. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  39. Facebook<\/a> \u2014 Yes, it can be used for teaching. For example, make a group for your class.<\/li>\n
  40. Twitter<\/a> \u2014 For developing connections with colleagues around the world.<\/li>\n
  41. LinkedIn<\/a> \u2014 Professional networking.<\/li>\n
  42. Yammer<\/a> \u2014 Enterprise social network: social software designed for the institutional context.<\/li>\n
  43. Dropbox<\/a> \u2014 Easy file sharing.<\/li>\n
  44. Popplet<\/a> \u2014 Mind mapping, image galleries, more. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  45. MindMeister<\/a> \u2014 Collaborative mind mapping. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  46. Voki<\/a> \u2014 Create talking avatars. See example below. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  47. MakeBeliefComix<\/a> \u2014 Create your own comic strips. You'll have to make a screenshot for sharing online. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  48. Diigo<\/a> \u2014 Bookmarks on steroids. Allows you to highlight and add sticky notes to web pages. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  49. ScoopIt<\/a> \u2014 Curated web content. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n
  50. Learnist<\/a> \u2014 Curated web content, possibly more education-oriented. (example<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    See also: The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies' Top 100 Tools for Learning<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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