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Web 2.0 tools Maria Laura Damelli TESOL PP107 - Multiliteracies for social networking and collaborative learning environments
Web 2.0 tools
Maria Laura Damelli TESOL PP107 - Multiliteracies for social
networking and collaborative learning environments
Web 2.0 tools
What are Web 2.0 tools ?Web 2.0 is a platform that promotes interactive information
sharing and collaboration online. Internet users are active contributors to web content.
Definition taken form : The teacher’s magazine .N125
The term Web 2.0 is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design,[1] and collaboration on the World Wide Web. A Web 2.0 site gives its users the free choice to interact or collaborate with each other in a social media dialogue as creators (prosumer) of user-generated content in a virtual community, in contrast to websites where users (consumer) are limited to the passive viewing of content that was created for them. Examples of Web 2.0 include social-networking sites, blogs, wikis, video-sharing sites, hosted services, web applications, mashups and folksonomies.
Definition taken from :From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Different web 2.0 tools The following are some of the tools I used while doing
PP100 - PP 105 – PP107
Word cloudsWordle – http://www.wordle.netTool for genetaring word clouds with different fonts, layouts
and colour settings. Clouds can be printed or saved online.
Screen Captures• Jing – http://www.jingsproject.comFree software to capture and share what you see on your computer screen as an image or a short video.
Photo repositoriesFlickr – http://www.flickr.comOnline application for managing and sharing photos. You
can search images and embeded them in your blog or website.
Image and audio presentationsVoiceThread – http://voicethread.comCollaborative tool to create multimedia slideshows holding
images, documents and videos. People can leave a voice, text or video comments.
Flickr – http://www.flickr.comOnline application for managing and sharing photos. You
can search images and embeded them in your blog or website.
Videos• You Tube – http://www.youtube.com Place to watch, upload and share videos which you can embed on your webpage or blog.• Teacher Tube – http://teachertube.comSite where you can post and share instructional videos.
Wikis – Blogs • Wikispaces – http://www.wikispaces.com Intuitive and user friendly service to create and share wikis online.• PBworks – http://www.pbworks.comOnline platform to create a shared workspace and improve teamwork.
Blogger – http://www.blogger.com Free blog publishing tool to post text, photos and videos
easily.
Social NetworksNing – http://www.ning.com Free tool for creating an interactive community for your class. Twitter – http://www.twitter.com Useful service to communicate and be connected through brief
online mesages.• Facebook - http://www.facebook.com Socialnetworking application to share content and messages online.
Conferencing SystemsDim –dim a web-based platform for real-time, rich-media collaboration
and meetings. Dimdim provides free web conferencing service where users can share desktops, show slides, collaborate, chat, talk and broadcast via webcam.
Elluminate Elluminate Live! is a web conferencing program developed by
Elluminate Inc. Elluminate "rents" out virtual rooms or vSpaces where virtual schools and businesses can hold classes and meetings.
Other toolsSlideShare – http://www.slideshare.net an online slide hosting service. Users can upload files in the
following file formats: PowerPoint, PDF, or OpenOffice presentations. Launched on October 4, 2006, the website is considered to be similar to YouTube, but for slideshow.
Google Docs - https://docs.google.com/ a free, Web-based word processor, spreadsheet,
presentation, form, and data storage service offered by Google. It allows users to create and edit documents online while collaborating in real-time with other users
Delicious - http://www.delicious.com a social bookmarking web service for storing, sharing, and
discovering web bookmarks.Weebly - http://www.weebly.com an online, free, widget-based Web site creator
