built by Nik Peachey on April 13, 2009 86 posts so far
Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
Here you can find a collection of recommended Web 2.0 sites for EFL ESL teachers.
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Nik Peachey says

I've been aware of 280Slides for some time now, but haven't really tried to use it much as I'm a very keen user of Keynote on my MAC, but this week I was lookin

Nik Peachey says

Created this video showing how to use Podomatic

Nik Peachey says

Flickriver is a nice tool to get a stream of images on any topic

Nik Peachey says

Really like http://www.xtranormal.com for creating text to speech animated movies. Here's how to make one.

Nik Peachey says

Photoface is an interesting tool for creating speaking images

Nik Peachey says

Really like http://taggalaxy.de/ Nice way to search Flickr

Nik Peachey says

Create Imgae books using Bookr http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/2008/11/create-image-books.html

Sirin says

Collaborative writing tool to write, share, revise with your students

Sirin says

Text editor for free writing

Sirin says

Visual dictionary of Google images that presents a visualization of nouns in the English language. You can also label the images.

Sirin says

Speech Accent Archive is linguistics project. You will see sets of speech samples from all around the world.

Ana Maria says

send video greeting cards using Bubblejoy

tonywatt says

Build interactive, collaborative mind maps with text, video, weblinks, synchronous and asynchronous editing. Great for advanced project work, EAP writing.

ChrisSmith says

Web 2.0 for Educators at Shambles

ChrisSmith says

Pandemics (inc Swine Flu) .. advice and guidance for educators and schools

ChrisSmith says

Pandemics (inc Swine Flu) .. advice and guidance for educators and schools

Nik Peachey says

I really like Penzu for keeping an online journal: http://www.penzu.com/features

Nik Peachey says

Nice free video communication tool www.tokbox.com

ajfarmer says

Anki is a spaced repetition system (SRS). Words, phrases, video and audio can be inserted and studied. Thanks, Damien!

vances says

Have you heard about Issue? It lets you upload office or pdf documents etc and turns them into an ezine with pages that turn

Nik Peachey says

Get video word definitions from www.wordia.com . Or upload your own. Find out how 'real' people use English

vickys16 says

You can visually illustrate a sentence with Phrasr. You type a sentence and the look for a Flickr image to go with each word.
http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr/

burcuakyol says

You can easily share files using Box.net. Very easy to use for students as well. See the example: http://tinyurl.com/d3t78v

burcuakyol says

Smilebox.A tool that lets you share photos with others or save for yourself. Nice templates, especially good for class blogs!

Pebbles says

Podcast site by Kyle Mawer & Graham Stanley on using Digital Games in Teaching & Language Learning http://www.dgtall.net/joomla/

Mary DM says

Overstream is a free tool that allows you to add subtitles to online videos. Gives you the url and the embed code.

Joel says

Kindersite Project: Games, songs & stories plus Educational games http://www.kindersite.org

Nik Peachey says

Creating Comic
Strips Online to Encourage Writing, Reading and Storytelling

mjordano says

http://www.jamendo.com , a good way to add some cc music to your blog, also to work with lyrics in the classroom...

M Pierre says

Poster yourself with Glogster

RitaZ says

SimplyBox: Capture, Organize, and Share anything you find on the web.

andyfisher says

Comiclife is a really intuitive comic creator - free trial and a modest purchase price - lots of fun! Great for reluctant writers

Nik Peachey says

Create lipsync talking heads with your own voice or TTS
http://www.alteregos.com/

Anonymous says

WebTools4U2Use - wiki about web2.0 for school library media specialists (and others). Links, tutorials, ideas and a place 2 share.

Holly Dilatush says

Consider recommending http://englishcafe.com to adult ESOL learners. A fun site for facilitators to explore and contribute to, too.

Holly Dilatush says

I find portaportals (http://portaportal.com) useful -- guest link below to one of mine -- click on the "triangles" to expand/collapse columns...

Holly Dilatush says

PhotoPeach is great fun! Have students create themed stories and leave comments for each other... Thanks to EVO: Images4education to learn about this tool!

ElizHS says

Tokbox is a fun way to get students talking via video-mail. Can also create greeting cards, and talk live.
http://www.tokbox.com

helen73 says

I love Quizlet - more than just flashcards and very easy to use.

Nik Peachey says

http://www.wordsift.com/ great tool for analysing text and getting information about the vocabulary in it.

Anonymous says

Love glogster.com for interactive student projects.

CarlaArena says

Just got to know this nice mashup, wordsift, which is a visual "wordle".

Anonymous says

I really like DDtrac for collecting an using sped data. Takes some time to set-up but once you do it is fantastic.

klaus says

ediscio.com - a collaborative flashcard tool with learning statistics.

maggiev says

Where can you post your podcast radio station: www.gcast.com

aliceayel says

One True Media is great to do presentations with photos and sound. You can download your pics directly from Flickr

ozge says

Subtitles movies with BombayTV, you can also add your voice now!

ozge says

Here comes the singing telegram machine !One of my favourites!

ozge says

Shidonni is a virtual world for kids. They can create their imaginary worlds, animals, play games and interact with each other!

Paul H says

Build video slideshows with your photos that can be embeded into your blog or downloaded as a MP4 video. Way cool effects.

Buckinsand says

using Today's Meet w/ Ss to invite backchannel to come to foregd in fully netw'd class w/ proj. Great for promoting writing questions in & out of class.

Buckinsand says

cautiously experimenting w/ using Tweetscan as a "real time" concordance to support vocab development.

garylatman says

Yapapaca! is like Blackboard, but it's free. Teachers can create assignments and tests, which are scored and analyzed. Share other teachers tests as well.

Nik Peachey says

Very easy to use tool for collaborative problem brainstorming and solving

GladysBaya says

Great way to capture part of a webpage and embed it onto any other site, while keeping links in the image active. Add the bookmarklet to your browser bar!

Nik Peachey says

Eyeplorer.com great toll for developing digital literacy

Noeline says

try Tizmos: it's a place to put thumbnails of sites; useful to construct if you want students to go to certain places only. Cuts down on random searches

Nik Peachey says

Write long media rich postings and submit them directly into your twitter feed: http://write4.net/en

Nik Peachey says

Great tool to get YLs creating animated animals they can feed and dress: http://www2.shidonni.com/

Tara Benwe says

MyEnglishClub is the new social media extension of EnglishClub.com. This is a great place to find inspiration for your classes from the real world.

Pauline Ya says

Huddle for online collaboration with users outside of your institution's network.

Nik Peachey says

Tool for adding subtitles to YouTube videos

Anonymous says

PikiFriends, the best online 'penpal' tool for jr/sr high schools, and it's free.

Anonymous says

voicethread.com is a great site where pictures are uploaded and children can record their voices rather than typing.

Wendy R

Julie T says

www.mathletics.com is great. IMy kids arrive at school wanting to go on before school.

Anonymous says

please post your work on this site 2day

cats says

Write your message here

SueR says

what impresses me the most is that WordAhead is promoting the idea of students making their own videos and uploading them to their Video section.

ElizHS says

Diigo for social bookmarking lets you organize by tags or lists, which play URLs like a slideshow. Has groups for discussion of URLs and RSS.
http://diigo.com

ElizHS says

Tapiokha U http://www.tapiohka.com/
is like a mini-Moodle. Even elementary kids can figure out quickly how to use it, and it's free.

Anonymous says

This is great!!!

Stella says

I LOVE THIS TOOL! I'll use it this year with my students, for sure

Anonymous says

Word up to 557 class!!!

HottyToddy says

I wish I could have this in my future class

T-Walt says

Lets get out of class earlier than 6:45

Anonymous says

My favorite is EverNote...I keep my whole life organized with it.

Anonymous says

I need help with teaching French - any ideas?

Anonymous says

This is really neat!!!

DIXIE74 says

www.toondoo.com is a great site for creating comics. Kids love it.

DIXIE74 says

www.prezi.com superb for making online presentations.

DIXIE74 says

www.kidblog.org great for blogging in educational environments

DIXIE74 says

www.weebly.com great for creating websites/blogs in educational environments

Anonymous says

Thanks so much for your work on help the rest of us get on the 2.0 bandwagon! :)

Lora says

This one is primarily a tool for producing Photo Books. However, a small amount of text can be used and its professional look and ease of use may be of interest to some. Why not produce an illustrated book of student poems!

circuito60 says

Nel mio sito "La scienza in video" troverai i link ai filmati con argomenti scientifici.ì

the person says

aiya! so many posts!

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