CoolWeb2.0


 * Some cool Web 2.0 tools to try**

toc This page contains examples of a number of web tools that you can use to make your online space more personal.

This is not only great to unleash hidden creative talents, but these sites also store your media on their spaces, so you're not using all the allocated storage on your own space.

CircaVie
Interactive Timeline creation. Create a timeline of events, a project schedule, a portfolio, upload images and share your timeline. Check out [|this example] of an artist's portfolio. media type="custom" key="961863"

Voki
Make or upload audio recordings for a fully customisable avatar. You can use your own voice or choose from selected, upload your own backgrounds, media type="custom" key="961849"

SlideShare
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 * [|Slideshare.net]** - Upload and embed PowerPoints's as slideshows in your wikis and blogs. Choose privacy and security options for your slideshows.

Slide.com
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 * [|slide.com]** - Upload your photos and publish them as a slideshow which you can then load slies onto your wiki or blog.

**Flickr**
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 * [|Flickr]** - Upload your photographs; a great source of material for students to access, once your images are on Flickr, you can make business cards, books, sticky notes, the list goes on!

SlideFlickr
[|SlideFlickr.com] is another tool you can use to make slideshows, this one communicates directly with your Flickr account/s. The slide show look is streamlined and stylish and there are many configuration options. Signing up is simple! media type="custom" key="1696393"

Animoto

 * [|Animoto]** - Upload images, choose a soundtrack and create some very professional looking films. Go to http://animoto.com/ and watch the preview!

Flowgram

 * [|Flowgram]** - Create interactive presentations using photo's, videos, web pages, PowerPoint, and voice recordings. Go to the site and check out the demo.

Go Animate
[|GoAnimate] is a web tool you can use to create animations (learning activities) for upload onto your webspace or Moodle course. Check [|this site] for a good example.

Scribd
[|Scribd] - With Scribd, you can embed your documents in any website and easily publish and share your documents with your students, colleagues and project teams.

Mloovi
[|Mloovi] is a RSS blog translator tool which can translate any RSS feed into 24 languages using Google Translate. Simply provide the RSS feed URL to Mloovi, and choose the language that you want Mloovi translate to. Besides viewing the RSS feed in your language, Mloovi also let users to subscribe them by providing the translated RSS feed URL. Copy the new URL and subcribe through your favorite feed reader.

Gliffy
[|Gliffy] With this diagramming software, you can easily create and share professional-looking flowcharts, diagrams, floor plans, technical drawings,and more!

Senduit
[|Senduit] is a simple file sharing service. It is a free service that does not require registration. The file limit is 100MB and you can choose an expiration date for the file. For example, you can set the link expire in 30 minutes, 1 day, 5 days, and etc. The maximum period to store this file is 1 week. There is only 2 steps to share your file. Simply upload your file and choose the expire date. After that, you will be provided with a link to your file.

ToonDoo
Have your students roleplay or give examples of excellent customer service by creating their own cartoon. It's as easy and click and drag! Here's one I made on the [|ToonDoo] site. media type="custom" key="1314475"

DVolver
Another great way to get your students roleplaying or give examples of excellent customer service. Dvaolver allows users to create a simple three scene movie, just like this one; media type="custom" key="1314449"

WuFoo
Do you want to create something a bit more interactive?
 * A poll?
 * A form?
 * A questionnaire?
 * A database?
 * A survey?
 * A contact form?

All this is possible with [|WuFoo.] You can see a couple of mine in action [|here] and [|here]. //The second example is a form that could be used to gain permission to publish.//

Here is a screenshot of the pretty results;

WriteToMyBlog
[|WriteToMyBlog] is a web based word editor which allows you to publish your blog entries to various platforms, in fact **you can post to two or three blogs at the same time!** The editor is great, seems to have more features than the wordpress/ edublogs editor and lets you write your posts without logging to your blog. It is totally free to use the service. As usual, you need to provide your blog post’s title and content.


 * WriteToMyBlog also comes with spell checker**

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**Display Work**

 * [|slide.com]** - Upload your photos and publish them as a slideshow which you can then load slies onto your wiki or blog.
 * [|CircaVie]** - Create an interactive, portfolio on a chronological timeline. This timeline can be embedded into any online space, such as a Wiki or a Blog. People can interact and post comments on your work. Check out [|this example] of an artist's portfolio.
 * [|Animoto]** - Upload images, choose a soundtrack and create some very professional looking films. Go to http://animoto.com/ and watch the preview!
 * [|FlickrSlide.com]** - Connect to your Flickr account to make a very nice little slideshow
 * [|Slideshare.net]** - Upload and embed PowerPoints's as slideshows in your wikis and blogs. Choose privacy and security options for your slideshows (have a look at [|these examples])

**Image Sharing & Editing**

 * [|Flickr]** - Upload your photographs; a great source of material for students to access, once your images are on Flickr, you can make business cards, books, sticky notes, the list goes on!
 * [|Splashup]** - A mini photoshop, edit your images for free and online.
 * [|MagMyPic]** - Upload your images and make a fake magazine cover
 * [|PicResize]** - Resize your images online

**Communication Tools**

 * [|voki.com]** - A voki is an animated vodcast using a ‘talking head’ or avatar which you can record online and embed into your blog or wiki.
 * [|DVolver/DFilm]** - Online Movie Making. This tool is **SIMPLE**, great for roleplay, communication subjects, etc
 * [|ToonDoo]** - Create comic strips using a large library of backrounds, images, or upload your own. Try an example of a role play and get students to improve it by making their own.
 * [|VoiceThread]** - VoiceThread is a Web2.0 tool which allows you to share a document, image or video with other people asynchronously online and create a discussion around it suing a range of comment options such as voice, text and/or webcam.