Assignment+4

Search and discover Web 2.0 tools that are available today. Using our class wiki, add at least 5 resources to our list. For //each// resource:
 * Task:**
 * 1) Identify the tool and link to the tool’s website.
 * 2) List the category or purpose it best fits.
 * 3) List the subject area it could best be applied to.
 * 4) Identify the pros and cons of using this tool.
 * 5) Record your name as the reviewer of the tool.

You can simply search for these tools by using the keywords “Web 2.0”, “Web 2.0 in education”, and “Web 2.0 tools”. In addition, here are a few places to get you started:
 * Resources:**

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for 6-8 graders. || Rosalind Bain || and parental consent grades 1-6 || Rosalind Bain || email, text, or Tweet || Typed or text messages only || Thomas Brummert || 3-8 || Rosalind Bain || youtube and watching the same videos at the same times || Grades 3-12 || Free, Students can comment interactively on video || Accessing youtube can lead to non-educational videos, Not self contained || Jeff Rose || Pre-K-3 || Students can use a very simple operation on the screen, tell your story through PeKay the piglet and friends. Print it out and have a one of a kind original picture storybook. || usage only for ipad || Keasha Bruce ||
 * **Tools** || **Essential Learning Function** || **Grade/Level Appropriate** || **Pro** || **Con** || **Evaluator** ||
 * 1. Wordpress || Ubiquity, Collaboration, Reflection || Grade 3-12 || Accessible, Free, || Quirky to use || Edward Foote ||
 * 2.[|Flickr] || Making Things Visible and Discussable || Grade 7-12 || Free, User Friendly || Photos Only || Tina Herman ||
 * 3. [|Penzu] || Expressing Ourselves, Sharing Ideas || Grade 3-12 || Accessible, Free || Journal is private; must be made accessible teacher || Alissa Graham ||
 * Web2.0 tools and education Photo-Bucket || Making things visible Collaborative, sharing, for diversified learners, community oriented || 6-12 || Accessible, Free, User Friendly || Guidance suggested
 * Web2.0 tools and education Photo-Bucket || Making things visible Collaborative, sharing, for diversified learners, community oriented || 6-12 || Accessible, Free, User Friendly || Guidance suggested
 * Web2.0 tools and education Photo-Bucket || Making things visible Collaborative, sharing, for diversified learners, community oriented || 6-12 || Accessible, Free, User Friendly || Guidance suggested
 * [|QRnote] || Making Thiings Visible and Discussable || Grade 6-12 || Accessible || Need additional technology || Thomas Brummert ||
 * [|YOuTube] || Making things visible and discussable Educational collaboration || 1-12 || Accessible || Need adult guidance
 * [|Future Message] || Project Management || Grade 6-12 || Accessible, free
 * [|Eyeplorer] || Making Things Visible and Research || Grade 6-12 || Free, Accessible, Organized || Definitions are from wikipedia || Alissa Graham ||
 * [|Voxopop] || Collaboration- Teaching and Learning with Others || Grade 9-12 || Free, Accessible || Needs a Microphone || Alissa Graham ||
 * [|Wordle] || Expressing Ourselves, Sharing Ideas, Organizing || Grade 7-12 || Free, Accessible || Takes some getting used to || Alissa Graham ||
 * [|SlideShare] || Project Management, Collaboration, Making Things Visible and Discussable || Grade 9-12 || Share presentations, documents, and professional videos || Need additional Technology || Thomas Brummert ||
 * [|Trunk.ly] || Project Management, Making Things Visible and Discussable || Grade 6-12 || Free and easy way to save and track your links online || All your links are on one web site || Thomas Brummert ||
 * [|Yammer] || Project Management, Making Things Visible and Discussable || Grade 9-12 || private and secure corporate enterprise social network. || Designed for companies and corporations || Thomas Brummert ||
 * [|Prezi] || Organization, Making Things Visible || Grade 7-12 || Free, Helps organize thoughts, Accessible || Takes some getting used to || Alissa Graham ||
 * [|Wicked] || Ubiquity,Expressing ourselves,building community,sharing ideas || Grade 6-12 || Free,Fun,game based learning || Strictly math based,kind of dark || Stacy Padgham ||
 * [|Sync] || Collaboration,Project Management || Grade 6-12 || Real time interface,information can be shared easily or secured || Could be overwhelming,not compatible with all programs || Stacy Padgham ||
 * [|Simple Diagrams] || Making things visible,Collaboration || Grade 3-12 || Fun visual way to express ideas,Free || Some versions have a cost || Stacy Padgham ||
 * [|Snappy Words] || Research,Ubiquity,Making things visible || Grade 2-12 || Highly Accessible,Free || Princeton based dictionary only || Stacy Padgham ||
 * [|Braingle] || Ubiquity,Expressing ourselves || Grade 2-12 || Fun,Great way to engage students in in-depth thinking,Free || Not sure how accurate information is on site(it is open to public for people to post on) || Stacy Padgham ||
 * [|Ning] || Social Networking || Grade 7-12 || Trial Membership, Highly user integrated || Paid membership after 30 days || Tina Herman ||
 * [|Geogebra] || Math Concept Tool || Grade 3-12 || Dynamic Display of Math Concepts || Only For Math Concepts || Tina Herman ||
 * [|Evernote] || Post It Type Remember Tool || Grade 3-12 || Collaborative Tool, Highly Accessible through Multi Media || Mostly designed for Teachers and Businesses || Tina Herman ||
 * [|Dropbox] || File Sharing Between Devices and Computers || Grade 3-12 || Highly Accessible Shares Photos, and Files || Only 2 GB of free storage || Tina Herman ||
 * [|FluencyProf] || Designed to promote students fluency in Spanish || Grade 7-12 || Accessible, Free, Social network,User Friendly || Some features require membership || Rodger Wilson ||
 * [|Edudemic] || Collaboration, social networking tool that connect education to technology || Grade 3-12 || Free, Accessible to other web 2.0 media || Not much information for foreign lanuage teachers || Rodger Wilson ||
 * Show/World || Interactive world map that changes the relative size of countries based on different statistics || Grade 3-12 || Free, extremely easy to use, no registration required || Some information may not be up to date such as the US literacy rate. || Annalisa Underwood ||
 * MixedInk || Collaberative writing forum || Grades 9-12 || allows multiple users to edit at the same time, doesn't delete your work if someone else is in the program || in the free version you can't preregister users or password protect it || Annalisa Underwood ||
 * Twiducate || Private Social Networking || Grades 3-12 || Free, private only students and teacher can view || can be slow since the website is growing so quickly || Annalisa Underwood ||
 * Carrotsticks || Multiplayer online Math Games || Grades 1-5 || compete with other students globally in social way. Free from 7-3 unlimited classroom use. || The free at home version only includes addition || Annalisa Underwood ||
 * Gameclassroom || educational games, interactive homework help, printable worksheets || Grades K-6 || games created to match standards, language arts and math, free || Doesn't include Science or Social Studies || Annalisa Underwood ||
 * [|Yacapaca!] || Use already created quizzes, tests, surveys or create your own || Grades K-12 || Free, allows teachers to grade & view student statistics, provides a feedback forum || Timed testing, cheating can be an issue, time consuming || Gary Borrelli ||
 * [|NeoK12] || Online educational videos with games & puzzles || Grades K-12 || Free, videos screened by K-12 teachers, covers most subjects || Lots to choose from || Gary Borrelli ||
 * [|Cramberry] || Online flashcard study system || Grades K-12 || Free, tracks learning progress, builds study schedules, thousands of pre-made cards || Very specific pre-made card lists that may not be relevant to you || Gary Borrelli ||
 * [|Arcademic] || Educational video games || Grades K-6 || Free, games are research-based and standards-aligned || Limited subjects to choose from || Gary Borrelli ||
 * [|Knowitall] || Network of educational sites || Grades K-12 || Videos, simulations, image collections, virtual field trips, games, and interactive learning experiences || Can be overwhelming || Gary Borrelli ||
 * [|Classroom 2.0] || A community-supported network || Grades 3-12 || Has a supportive team that helps the novice who is interested in Web 2.0 and Social Media in education. || Membership has to be approved before using || Rodger Wilson ||
 * [|VoiceThread] || Voicethread is a great collaborative tool || Grades 7-12 || Students can communicate with others students around the world. No software to install. || Navigating is awkward it takes a little practice to learn || Rodger Wilson ||
 * [|Bablingua] || Online educational tool for Spanish students || Grades 7-12 || Free audios, videos, games, ebooks || Some of the information is only is Spanish || Rodger Wilson ||
 * [|Gloster] || Ubiquity: Fun online educational tool to express creative innovation and ideas || Grades 3-12 || Online blogging, posted chats, media exchange and ideas. || Instructor or parent guidance for grades
 * [|Gloster] || Ubiquity: Fun online educational tool to express creative innovation and ideas || Grades 3-12 || Online blogging, posted chats, media exchange and ideas. || Instructor or parent guidance for grades
 * [|Edmodo] || Ubiquity and collaboration. Building community. Online network and educational tool for students and educators || Grades 2-12 || Instructor and student centered teachers and students can join.Great way to information share. || May need teacher overview before student involvement || Rosalind Bain ||
 * [|Animoto] || Expressing ourselves, sharing ideas building community. Online tool to create videos and slideshows || Grades 3-12 || Shares photos and video images || Teacher and parental guidance for grades 3-8 || Rosalind Bain ||
 * [|Pics 4 Learning] || Provides a variety of photos for any use || Grades 3-12 || Incredible pictures on many topics || May be time consuming || ChristinaRauber ||
 * [|Dogo] || Latest news focusing on students || Grades 3-12 || Can search by category/subject || Too much information? May be confusing for kids to search independently. || ChristinaRauber ||
 * [|Info Please] || Atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary, spelling helper || Grades 7-12 || Offers a wide range of educational help tools || Developed for older students only || Christina Rauber ||
 * [|Study jams] || Information on school subject material || Grades 5-8 || Terrific animated/real videos and slides || Limited to math and science || ChristinaRauber ||
 * [|Questionaut] || Interactive educational videos and quizzes || Grades 3-5 || Math, science, english learning focused on elementary students || Limited material || ChristinaRauber ||
 * [|JustPaste.It] || Note sharing service || Grades 5-12 || Very simple to use (copy & paste), students can share notes and also acquire word processing skills || Some usage of HTML coding, students may need some guidance || Andrea Lowery ||
 * [|MyStudiyo] || Interactive quiz content for your website or blog quickly and easily; add your own content to the provided quiz templates and create a customized quiz for your students || Grades 3-12 || Very easy to use, no coding or design work is necessary || Might have to pay for some of the quiz templates || Andrea Lowery ||
 * [|PageFlip-Flap] || Transform your doc, pdf, word, movie in an interactive flip book; upload your document to Page Flip-Flap and they will convert it into a document that you can display with page-turning effects! || Grades 3-8 || Free and fairly easy to use, can highlight students writings throughout the year || Some of the website is in a different language, need to make sure it is translated || Andrea Lowery ||
 * [|Smories] || Creative stories written by kids and read by kids || Grades 1-6 || Extremely beneficial for children beginning to read and write as well as improve their reading/writing skills || Do not know the overall content of the stories, teachers would have to preview before the students were to read the stories || Andrea Lowery ||
 * [|ClassTools] || Turn any prose into a virtual book! || Grades 3-12 || Simple to use, allows for better analyze of longer pieces of prose as an entire class || The website is a little confusing and usage of this site might be time consuming || Andrea Lowery ||
 * Paper.li || expressing ourselves, sharing ideas, building community || Grades 5-12 || A simple way to create a newspaper or article online. Can also be used to automatically update from twitter, facebook, RSS feeds, etc... || It does not personalize, as far as I can tell, but gathering information from multiple sources || Matthew Hussey ||
 * Creately || Making things visible, planning and organization, sharing ideas, building || Grades 7-12 || A useful tool for quickly creating flow charts, diagrams, mindmaps, and more || There is a free demo mode, but it does cost after that || Matthew Hussey ||
 * PollCode || Community, Reflection, Making things visible and discussable || Grades 5-12 || A useful tool for quickly creating a poll to place either on a website, in a blog, or classroom presentation || One vote per IP address, so students each have to be sitting at a different computer to have every vote count || Matthew Hussey ||
 * StoryBird || Expressing ourselves, collaboration, building community, deep learning || Grades K-12 || A tool for creating reading and creating picture books stories online, allows for collaboration as well || relatively limited in graphics and format || Matthew Hussey ||
 * Knotebook || Deep learning, sharing ideas, making things visible and discussable || Grades K-12 || A simple way to story notes online, so students can return at any point in time to review or find another way to learn the same topic || Currently not very many people using knotebook, so content is limited || Matthew Hussey ||
 * Qwiki || Research, sharing idea || Grades K-12 || Website has a brief overview of millions of topics which are read outloud. Gives a good overview and links to other related topics || Overview is quite brief, computer voice is annoying. maybe only slightly better than wikipedia.com || Matthew Hussey ||
 * Citeulike || Research, sharing idea, community, deep learning, visible and discussable || Grades 9-12 || Website offers a way for a teacher to gather and group scholarly articles for the students to read and use in classroom discussions or in research papers. || You choose the articles you want on there so the students selection can be limited depending on assignment. || Michele Meyer ||
 * freevlog || sharing idea, visible and discussable || grades 1-12 || can be used as a good icbreaker at the beginning of the year and to display verbal projects || each child would need to be able to be in a quite, excluded area to make their video; they would need a computer at home with a webcam || Michele Meyer ||
 * 30 boxes || Making things visible || Grades k-12 special education || This can be a great use to autistic children. Since they are their best when they are on a routine, the teacher and parents can help them type out their daily schedule so the teacher, parents, and student know where they should be at all times || The child/teacher/parents would need to know how to run the sight in order to assist the child with the schedule and typing || Michele Meyer ||
 * lib.rario || Sharing ideas, making things visible and discussable || Grades 3-12 || Children love to share and talk about the books they are reading-they are able to do this with their classmates in the touch of a button || Students have to manually go and see the others collections. || Michele Meyer ||
 * Toluna || Sharing ideas, making things visible and discussable || Grades 6-12 || Teachers can create polls on debatable topics in order to open class discussion on different topics || Students have to answer the questions in order to participate. There is no way to graph the response to see how the class answered the questions || Michele Meyer ||
 * [|Tweepi] || Making things visible and discuss-able expressing ourselves, sharing ideas, building community || Grades 6-12 || Manage Twitter account delete followers || Cost associated with program || Steve Metzger ||
 * [|Screenr] || Collaboration - Teaching and learning with others || Grades 6-12 || Web based screen recorder, free, no download required || Recording limited to 5 minutes, no editing allowed once recorded || Steve Metzger ||
 * [|Box] || Making things visible and discuss-able expressing ourselves, sharing ideas, building community, Collaboration - Teaching and learning with others || Grades 6-12 || Share files as a link, Access, share, and collaborate on files anywhere from mobile apps || Not to be used as an online backup solution || Steve Metzger ||
 * [|Groupspaces] || Project management, Making things visible and discuss-able || Grades 6-12 || Manage a group online, can be connected with facebook || Uploading can be confusing || Steve Metzger ||
 * [|Google Calendar] || Project management, Making things visible and discuss-able || Grades 6-12 || Select of deselect calendars as needed, variety of display settings, professional appearance || Add new/update interface is slow || Steve Metzger ||
 * [|YTSocial] || A way for all students to be linked in to
 * [|Pixlr] || Online Photo Editor, Online Creation tool- Drawing and Painting || Grades 7-12 || Free, Better than most applications on your computer- ie: Microsoft Paint, Adobe products are very expensive and this is a reasonable alternative || Not quite Adobe Illustrator, Complicated art software || Jeff Rose ||
 * [|ToonDoo] || Create cartoon characters, strips, books. Embed into any webpage. || Grades 5-12 || Free, Simple way to be creative and create a political cartoon or just something fun. || Limited by the graphics available, Limited in design functions || Jeff Rose ||
 * [|Songza] || Create music playlists, explore different genres, find pretty much any artist. || Grades 5-12 || Free, Students can create playlists for their peers, Music teachers can show different styles of music. || Unedited music, Individual Songs are hard to find and play. || Jeff Rose ||
 * [|Facebook] || Interactive site including chat, posting, blogging, grouping, and more || Grades-7-12 || Free, Students can interact with classmates in a variety of ways || Very public if not managed, Not self contained, hard to separate the public and private information || Jeff Rose ||
 * [|Kobobooks] || Read a variety of books whenever students would like to || Grades 4-12 || Free, students can read books on their laptop or cell phone || books downloaded on eReaders are not free || Keasha Bruce ||
 * [|Splash Up] || Online photo editing tool and photo manager || Grades 7-12 || Free, students can edit self portraits, paintings or drawings, and share them with others in the class to get opinions and feedback || complicated, directions are not clear || Keasha Bruce ||
 * [|PeKay's Little Author] || Writing Tool || Grades
 * [|Wallwisher] || Online Bulletin Board || Grades 6-12 || Allows students to post questions to their teacher, share notes with each other. The teacher can post homework assignments. || It is limited and not interactive || Keasha Bruce ||
 * [|Time Toast] || Timeline (Past, Present and || Grades 6-12 || Free, interactive timeline creator || Does not support B.C. era dates || Keasha Bruce ||
 * Zoho show || Access, share, edit, import presentation anywhere anytime || Grades 6-12 || Free, students can share presentation anywhere anytime. || Anyone can edit your work || Melinda Smith ||
 * Preezo || Presentations access from any computer re-use images or content callaborate on a central web doc. || Grades 6-12 || Free, students can work toegther on a web doc. || images, ideas can be overused || Melinda Smith ||
 * Slideboom || Share powerpoints online, play as movie or audio and I link || Grades 6-12 || Free, movie interaction with students, different learning ideas || Students rely on movies and images instead of reading. || Melinda Smith ||
 * Jitterbug || Discover great independent music for your students. || Grades K-6 || Free, styles of music encourages creativity || non-educational music || Melinda Smith ||
 * Diffen || Compare and contrast and find the difference between any two things. || Grades K-6 || Free, compares two objects great for learning || Images can be non-educational || Melinda Smith ||
 * [|Bitstrips] || Expressing Ourselves, sharing ideas, building community || Grades K-12 || Free Services, Applicable to any content area for any grade level || Limited backgrounds and tools for strip construction holds back some of creative aspect || Matt Hilsdorf ||
 * [| Mind42] || Collaboration || Grades 3-12 || Wonderful organizer for unit concepts || Non educational topics cannot be filtered from being added || Matt Hilsdorf ||
 * [|Apture] || Deep Learning || Grades K-12 || Powerful Launching point for student research, quick in depth access based off of key terms and phrases || security flaws can easily lead to unintentional altering of the content || Matt Hilsdorf ||
 * [|FunnelBrain] || Project Management || Grades K-12 || Wide range of application for content review || Not all features are Free || Matt Hilsdorf ||
 * [| Hot Potato] || Reflection and Iteration || Grades K-12 || Multiple ways to produce Assessments || Does require certain Java applications to work || Matt Hilsdorf ||
 * [|Wiki Spaces] || Collaboration, Literacy || Grades 3-12 || Free Easy to use and edit group woks and able to secure || Can be open to public privacy || S.O'Donnell ||
 * [| Audiochannel-Evoca] || Auditory Processing and able to pause repeat and play again || Grades K-12 || Can be played on iPod or MP3 player or computer easy to make and use || Issues with getting it onto students devices || S. O'Donnell ||
 * [|Diigo] || Collabortiation Visual Structured thinking || Grades 5-12 || Neat easy to use, iPad App, can share || Can be overwhelming to students that are using for the first time || S. O'Donnell ||
 * [|Quizinator] || Assessment || Grades 3-12 || Free, Access Online fromanywhere assessment || Time involved and younger kids computer time and learning || S. O'Donnell ||
 * [| iSpeech] || Listening tool || Grades K-12 || Mobile, Text to speech, speech solutions || Tme and computer knowledge || S.O'Donnell ||
 * popplet || brainstorming tool || 3/4-12 || can be shared via facebook/twitter directly, can be embedded, very basic instructions, can be customized, can be used for several situations || must create an account, cannot be shared like google docs, buttons don't have a hovering tab || Kristin Manwaring ||
 * OffiSync || document collaboration || 9-12 || allows students to work together on documents, has a chat window involved, runs in the background || must be downloaded, requires a google account also || Kristin Manwaring ||
 * Monkeyon || task reminder, task delegation || 6-12 || students can organize project tasks and a group leader can send out reminders, teacher can send out long term project reminders, assignment reminders/updates || all email based, no way to certify task is completed... just reminder || Kristin Manwaring ||
 * Change Detection || acts as an RSS feed for a website with no RSS feed. || 8-12 || enables a student/teacher to keep up with a site that is of interest even if it doesn't have its own RSS || only an email reminder, cannot use it on a blog page || Kristin Manwaring ||
 * cloudsafe || personal web-wide file storage || 3-12 || offers a place for students to save files/documents, accessible from any computer, has a share option fro a third party || not a file sharing, unlimited usage requires a fee, || Kristin Manwaring ||
 * [|springnote] || Expressing, Collaboration, Project Management || 4-12 || accessible anywhere, easy to share ideas and work on projects || extra features on notebook may be distracting to students || Lauren Davis ||
 * [|Yodio] || Expressing Ourselves || 6-12 || personalized voice input to images making slide show more exciting || complicated || Lauren Davis ||
 * [|Tagul] || Making things visible || 4-12 || custom features, interactive, can use text or url link to make tag || 20 clouds per user allowed || Lauren Davis ||
 * [|What2Learn] || Ubiquity || 6-12 || thousands of educational games, available to students outside classroom, teachers can monitor || teachers remarks could discourage students || Lauren Davis ||
 * [|Createagraph] || Making things visible || 6-12 || graphs help express info visually, tool is easy to use || cannot embed, can only print out || Lauren Davis ||

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