| 
  • If you are citizen of an European Union member nation, you may not use this service unless you are at least 16 years old.

  • You already know Dokkio is an AI-powered assistant to organize & manage your digital files & messages. Very soon, Dokkio will support Outlook as well as One Drive. Check it out today!

View
 

Web Tools

Page history last edited by lmontemayor 12 years, 8 months ago

 

 

 

 

2.0 Web Tools  /  Herramientas Web 2.0 

 

 

 

 

What is Web 2.0 ?

 

 Web 2.0 is the beginning of a new era in technology in the 21st century that will enhance the learning process of our students in our classrooms.  It allows people to use Internet-based tools so that we can access, exchange, and collaborate ideas and information with each other.  It promotes socialization, collaboration, creativity, authenticity, and sharing by means of blogs, tags, RSS, social bookmarking, glogs, AJAX, social networks, etc.  

 

 

 Que es Web 2.0 ?

 

Web 2.0 es el comienzo de una nueva era en tecnología en el siglo 21 que mejorará el proceso de aprendizaje de nuestros estudiantes en los salones de clases. Esto le permite a las personas el tener una herramienta que tiene sus bases en el uso del internet para poder accesar, colaborar e intercambiar ideas e información usando las redes sociales, AJAX, glogs, blogs, etc.

 

 

The next videos are a different way to explain it.

 

Los siguientes videos son una manera diferente de explicarlo.

 

 

 

  

        

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

List of Cool Web tools

 

 

 

 

  Name  Information  Address 
       
1 Bookr

Bookr is a tool to create photobooks using Flickr images. 

http://www.pimpampum.net/bookr/archive.php 
2 BannerSnack BannerSnack is an online banner maker app that allows you to create interactive flash banner ads and other types of flash content very quickly. http://www.bannersnack.com/
3 Bubblr                

Bubblr is a community where people can create comic-strips (photonovels) using photos from flickr, just taking a sequence of pictures where you can add bubbles and create a story. All stories are saved in the archive.

http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr
4 Flipsnack

FlipSnack is an online flipping book software that allows you to convert PDF documents into Flash page flip digital publications. It's the ideal solution for those who wish to embed a book, magazine, catalog, newspaper, portfolio or any other kind of document into a website or blog.

Once created, you can embed your flipping book collection, download them or share them on social networking websites such as Facebook.

P.S. With FlipSnack you can upload several documents at once, allowing you to embed not only one, but multiple page flip publications in the same Flash widget.

http://www.flipsnack.com/
5 Phrasr

Phrasr is an interactive web-based application that uses Flickr images to illustrate the phrases that users submit. She can choose every image and then publish the entire phrase, which is shown as a personal slide show.

http://www.pimpampum.net/phrasr
6 Diccionario/ dictionary

Spanish dictionary were you will find synonyms and antonyms, and translations eng-span, span-eng, span-frenh, french-span, medical terms and "diccionario de la lengua española".

Diccionario en español donde encontraran sinónimos, antónimos, traductores ing-esp, esp-ing, esp-frances, frances-esp, términos médicos, y el diccionario de la lengua española.

http://www.elmundo.es/diccionarios/index.html?a=517c30d7e0b26770bf7e792978a9296e&t=1173779871
7 Memry

Vocabulary/Clasic memory game that use pictures taken from Flickr on the cards, you just need to write a tag to play with the images that belong to chosen word.

Vocabulario/Clásico juego de memoria que utliza las fotografías de Flickr en las fichas. Sólo es necesario escribir un tag para jugar con las imágenes que correspondan a la palabra escogida. Concepto, diseño y programación.

http://www.pimpampum.net/memry
8 Stilus 

This gadget will help you correct orthographic, grammatical and style errors in spanish, Also can be added to your google tool bar.

Corrector ortografico, gramatical y de estilo para español. Que ademas puede agregarse a su pagina de Google en su barra de herramientas

http://stilus.daedalus.es/stilus.php 
9 Vyew 

Whiteboards, meeting rooms, colabarative place.

  

Vyew allows you to meet and share content in real-time or anytime. Upload images, files, documents and videos into a room. Users can access and contribute at anytime.

  • It's easy – no installations.
  • It's compatible – PC, Mac, Linux, powerpoints, documents, images, videos, mp3's, flash files.
  • It's FREE! – The free version is free forever. Unlimited use with up to 10 people. What's the catch? It's ad supported. ( There is also a paid version with more features )
  • Conferencing features – whiteboarding, video conferencing, screen sharing, Voice-over-IP.
  • Collaboration features – continuous rooms are always saved and always-on. Contextual discussion forums, voice-notes, track and log activity.
  • Save them on Clipmarks.com Your clips can be saved publicly for others to learn from or be entertained by, or you can make them private. Either way you've got a fully searchable collection of great things you find on the web.
  • Post them directly to your blog Clipmarks offers direct integration with wordpress, blogger, typepad, live journal and other blogging platforms, enabling you to post anything you clip from a web page directly to your blog. demo
  • Email them to friends Straight from any web page you can clip and email something you want friends, family or co-workers to see. demo
  • Print them Don't waste paper or get annoyed trying to copy and paste to a Word document. Use clipmarks to easily print only the parts of the page you want.

Clipmarks also gives each user a widget for their clips that can be embedded on MySpace, your blog or just about anywhere else. You can also use our Facebook application to share what you clip with your friends. Lastly, there’s a great community over at clipmarks.com where people share and discuss interesting things they clip from the web.

http://vyew.com/s/ 
10 Photosnack
With PhotoSnack it's easier than ever to add photos, create elegant flash photo slideshows with music, and share them with your friends and family. And by the way, it's free!
You will be delighted to see how intuitive the new PhotoSnack photo slideshow maker is and how useful the latest updates are:
      - add music to photo slideshows
      - add photos from Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Photobucket and SmugMug
      - 24 slideshow templates, all free
http://www.photosnack.com/
11 Clipmarks 

Instead of linking to entire web pages, Clipmarks lets you clip exactly what you want others to see. Our browser add-on lets you save and share what you're reading on the web with greater precision than is possible with links. With your clips you can:

  • Save them on Clipmarks.com 
  • Post them directly to your blog 
  • Email them to friends 
  • Print them 

Clipmarks also gives each user a widget for their clips that can be embedded on MySpace, your blog or just about anywhere else. You can also use our Facebook application to share what you clip with your friends. Lastly, there’s a great community over at clipmarks.com where people share and discuss interesting things they clip from the web.

 

Cipmarks es una extensión para tu navegador que te permite de manera extremadamente fácil seleccionar y guardar on-line cualquier parte de una página web que visites: selección de texto, imagen tabla, etc.

http://clipmarks.com/learn-more/ 
12 meetingburner  MeetingBurner is a fast, free way to hold online meetings and webinars.  http://www.meetingburner.com/index?page=index 
13 Webnotes  WebNotes is a web-based notepad app for your Android-powered smartphone. Edit notes from your PC and access them from the webNotes app and vice-versa.
You can edit your notes at any time from any computer the webNotes website or from your Android-powered smartphone.  
http://www.theapparchitect.com/webnotes/about.php 
14 QuizSnack

QuizSnack is the most easy to use online poll & survey tool, allowing you to create and conduct market questionnaires without having to learn complicated software. Also, the reporting is very simple and straightforward, with results being displayed in real-time.

Using QuizSnack you can:
      - customize the looks of your poll and survey widgets
      - create polls and surveys in any language you wish
      - embed your quizzes in your website
      - store your data securely for an indefinite amount of time
      - export your data as CSV  

http://www.quizsnack.com/ 
15 Tricider 

Tricider is a free Tool to make decisions in a team. Ask a question and send a link to friends or colleagues. Everyone may propose a solution or post arguments for an idea. Finally, you vote for the best solution. 

http://tricider.com/t/en 
16 Educaplay 

You can create your own teaching activities with an attractive professional result.

Educaplay does not need any kind of software, you only need a web browser with a flash plug in. Available in english, spanish and french.

http://en.educaplay.com/index.php 
17 Ipiccy 

iPiccy.com is a free completely Web-based photo editing and sharing application to give users everywhere the ability to quickly and easily edit, enhance and share all of their photos from any Internet browser. iPiccy's innovative, Web-based approach lets consumers avoid the problems associated with traditional, retail photo-editing software.     iPiccy makes your photo awesome with many easy to use photo tools. Edit pictures, apply beautiful photo effects, add text and even paint! Enjoy free photo editing online and show your creativity with iPiccy editor! 

http://ipiccy.com/ 
18 Tubesnack

TubeSnack is a video playlist maker that allows you to build custom video playlists online, by adding together links to videos from YouTube. By using TubeSnack, you can now easily share or embed multiple videos at once, making it easier for your visitors or friends to watch series of videos. Because of its stylish skins, TubeSnack allows you to share or embed videos in a much more elegant way.

http://www.tubesnack.com/
19 Spiderscribe  SpiderScribe is an online mind mapping and brainstorming tool. It lets you organize your ideas by connecting notes, files, calendar events, etc. in free-form maps. You can collaborate and share those maps online.  http://www.spiderscribe.net/ 
20 Diipo 

Education 2.0: Social networking for your class

Diipo connects you the teacher with your students by making it easy to communicate with your class. Diipo also connects you with other educators and your class with other classes. Featuring an easy-to-use and familiar user-interface similar to Facebook and Twitter, Diipo helps students stay connected and engaged. 

http://diipo.net/about/ 
       
  Google

 This are a group of tools integrated in googlesearch that can be accessed just typing in the search box.

For examples just click on the link and you will be able to have more detailed information and samples.

 

( In addition to providing easy access to billions of web pages, Google has many special features to help you to find exactly what you’re looking for. Some of our most popular features are listed below.)

 

Everyday Essentials

Weather
To see the weather for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “weather” followed by the city and state, U.S. zip code, or city and country.

  
Stock Quotes
To see current market data for a given company or fund, type the ticker symbol into the search box. On the results page, you can click the link to see more data from Google Finance.

 
Time
To see the time in many cities around the world, type in “time” and the name of the city.

  
Sports Scores
To see scores and schedules for sports teams type the team name or league name into the search box. This is enabled for many leagues including the National Basketball Association, National Football League, National Hockey League, and Major League Baseball.

All sports data provided by STATS LLC

 
Sunrise & Sunset
To see the precise times of sunrises and sunsets for many U.S. and worldwide cities, type “sunrise” or “sunset” followed by the city name.

 

Reference Tools

Calculator
To use Google’s built-in calculator function, simply enter the calculation you’d like done into the search box.

 
Book Search
If you’re looking for results from Google Book Search, you can enter the name of the author or book title into the search box. Then, click on “Books” from the left-hand navigation to view book content. You can click through on the record to view more detailed info about that author or title.

 
Earthquakes
To see information about recent earthquakes in a specific area type “earthquake” followed by the city and state or U.S. zip code. For recent earthquake activity around the world simply type “earthquake” in the search box.

  
Unit Conversion
You can use Google to convert between many different units of measurement of height, weight, and volume among many others. Just enter your desired conversion into the search box and we’ll do the rest.

 
Public Data
To see trends for population and unemployment rates of U.S. states and counties, type "population" or "unemployment rate" followed by a state or county. You can click through to a page that lets you compare different locations.

 
People Profiles
If you’re looking for someone you just met or a long-lost friend, enter the name of that person plus some identifying words about him or her to see a list of people with that name.

 

Choosing Keywords

Synonym Search
If you want to search not only for your search term but also for its synonyms, place the tilde sign (~) immediately in front of your search term.

 
Dictionary Definitions
To see a definition for a word or phrase, simply type the word “define” then a space, then the word(s) you want defined. To see a list of different definitions from various online sources, you can type “define:” followed by a word or phrase. Note that the results will define the entire phrase.

 
Spell Checker
Google’s spell checking software automatically checks whether your query uses the most common spelling of a given word. If it thinks you’re likely to generate better results with an alternative spelling, it will ask “Did you mean: (more common spelling)?”. Click the suggested spelling to launch a Google search for that term.

 

Local Search

Local Search
If you’re looking for a store, restaurant, or other local business you can search for the category of business and the location and we’ll return results right on the page, along with a map, reviews, and contact information.

 
Movie Showtimes
To find reviews and showtimes for movies playing near you, type “movies” or the name of a current film into the Google search box. If you’ve already saved your location on a previous search, the top search result will display showtimes for nearby theaters for the movie you've chosen.

 

Health Search

Health Conditions
To see information about a common disease or symptom, enter it into the search box and we’ll return the beginning of an expert summary. You can click through to read the entire article.

 
Medications
To see information about most generic and brand name prescription drugs in the U.S., enter the drug name into the search box, and we’ll display a summary and description of that medication. You can click through links from the National Institutes of Health to get more information about side effects, how to take the medication, precautions, dietary instructions, and what to do if you miss a dose.

  
Flu Vaccine Finder
During flu season, search for “flu” to find tips on how to stay healthy from U.S. Health and Human Services and a flu shot locator which uses Google Maps to show you nearby locations offering seasonal and/or H1N1 flu vaccine.

 

http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html  

 

  Listio Listio for Web 2.0 is a directory and product review website. It cover web 2.0 applications, services and new media. Up to today , this web site has 1744 pages ( 13,952 web 2.0 tools aprox ) http://www.listio.com/web20/search.php

 



 

In this links you will find more information about Web 2.0 tools

 

Web 2.0: A New Wave of Innovation for Teaching and Learning?

What Is Web 2.0 Anyway?

How to Use Social Media Tools to Achieve Web 2.0 Optimization

 

 

 

  

Logo done using Inkscape and downloaded from google images, (flickr).

Videos from Youtube ( "Web 2.0"  Uploaded by notinwords on Feb 10, 2009 and "Web 2.0 is here" Uploaded by et3rnul on Mar 12, 2007 ), retrieved June 2011.

Comments (0)

You don't have permission to comment on this page.