In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth blogging about, I post a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” (you might also be interested in The Twenty-Five Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2017 – So Far). I also sometimes include tech tools or articles about them that might not exactly fit the definition of Web 2.0:

Goose Chase is an app for creating real-life “scavenger hunts.”  It looks intriguing, though I’m not entirely clear how useful it is.  They have an education-related page with lots of school-related examples and templates.

WebRoom lets you create free onine video and audio online meetings for up to eight people at a time. You can learn more about it at Richard Byrne’s blog. I’m adding it to The Best Online Tools For Real-Time Collaboration.

Speaking of Richard, I also read in his great blog about a new ClassTools…tool for creating online games challenging students to put historical events in the correct order. It’s called Play Dates Right. ClassTools is on The “All-Time” Best 2.0 Tools For Beginning English Language Learners list.

Zipnote is an an intriguing site that provides templates for online note-taking and then automatically turns them into a system for studying. Here’s a video about how it works:

Zipnote Beta from Zipnote Beta on Vimeo.

You might also be interested in The Best Resources On Effective Note-Taking Strategies – Help Me Find More.

In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth blogging about, I post a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” (you might also be interested in The Twenty-Five Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2017 – So Far). I also sometimes include tech tools or articles about them that might not exactly fit the definition of Web 2.0:

Queeky is a free online drawing tool. I particularly like their MultiDraw feature, which lets you create private virtual rooms where users can collaborate in drawing. I’m adding it to The Best Art Websites For Learning English and to The Best Online Tools For Real-Time Collaboration.

Taleship is a new simple site designed to promote “slow” collaborative writing.  You write something, and then you invite a new person to continue the story. I’m adding it to The Best Sites For Collaborative Storytelling.

I’ve previously posted about Amazon’s new site for teachers (Amazon Makes Its Teacher Resource-Sharing Site Public Today). It’s called Amazon Inspire. This week, they announced that educators can now post their own materials and resources on the site. It will be interesting to see how it all goes.

Instagram Stories are coming to the web is a post from TechCrunch covering an announcement made by Instagram this week that should create another tool educators and students can use. You can find more information about its potential classroom use at The Best Resources For Learning To Use The Video Apps “Vine” & Instagram.

 

Time.Graphics looks like an easy (and free) online tool for creating timelines.

It takes seconds to register, and it has a sophisticated, yet simple, interface, and you can easily add multi-media features.

I’m adding it to The Best Tools For Making Online Timelines.

In yet another attempt to get at the enormous backlog I have of sites worth blogging about, I post a regular feature called “The Week In Web 2.0.” (you might also be interested in The Twenty-Five Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education In 2017 – So Far). I also sometimes include tech tools or articles about them that might not exactly fit the definition of Web 2.0:

Author Path is a free tool to help university students write theses or journal articles. I had my daughter check it out (she just completed her Masters Thesis), and she says it would have been very helpful to her. Unfortunately, I can’t remember who told me about it on Twitter.

Obtaining Permission to Blog With Students is from The Edublogger. I’m adding it to The Best Teacher Resources For Online Student Safety & Legal Issues.

Silk lets you create “data visualizations.”  I’m adding it to  The Best Resources For Creating Infographics.

Stockio has photos and videos that are free to use.  I’m adding it to The Best Online Sources For Images, but it doesn’t make The “All-Time” Best Sources Of Online Images list.  Thanks to Richard Byrne for the tip.

FlipGrid: A Platform to Crowdsource Reflection, Metacognition and Perspective is from Langwitches. I’m adding it to A Potpourri Of The Best & Most Useful Video Sites. That list contains several other links related to FlipGrid.

Playbuzz appeared in 2015 as a tool for creating online games, and I praised it at that time – along with sharing some concerns (see “Playbuzz” Is A Great Place For Creating Learning Games – If It Doesn’t Blocked By Your District’s Content Filters).

They have added tons of new features, including being able to easily create some nice-looking presentations and sharing snippets of videos.

In fact, if it isn’t blocked by District content filters, it could join Adobe Spark and Classtools as the most versatile – and easy to use – tools for students to create online content.

I’m looking forward to trying to log-on next week at school to see if it’s usable.