Comprehensive List of Web 2.0 Apps

BLOGS
You may start your own blog using one of these:

http://www.blogger.com

http://www.blog.com

http://www.livejournal.com

http://www.opendiary.com

http://wordpress.com

http://edublogs.org


Sample blogs with materials and suggestions for teachers:

http://theedublogger.edublogs.org

http://teach-with-internet.blogspot.com (Teacher Training)


WIKIS
You may start your own blog using one of these

http://www.wetpaint.com/

http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki

http://www.wikidot.com/

http://pbwiki.com/

http://www.wikispaces.com/


Sample wikis with materials and suggestions for teachers:

http://www.wikieducator.org

http://teach-with-internet.wikispaces.com/

Index of Wikis:

http://www.wikimatrix.org/
WHAT CAN YOU ADD TO YOUR BLOG or WIKI?

IMAGES

http://www.flickr.com/

http://images.google.com.ar/images

http://www.dreamstime.com/


SOUND AND MUSIC

http://librivox.org/ (Audio Books in public domain)

http://www.gutenberg.org/catalog/world/readfile?fk_files=781704&pageno=6 (Online reading and downloads)

http://www.storybee.org/4through9/4through9.html (Downloadable stories and songs)

http://www.songsforteaching.com/ (Educational songs at low price and free Newsletter with downloads)


PODCASTING

Voice Recorder Programs

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/


http://www.freedownloadscenter.com/Multimedia_and_Graphics/Misc__Sound_Tools/Audio_Recorder_for_FREE_2009


http://www.xemico.com/groups/audio/index.html


Free Downloads:

http://www.pcmus.com/Free-Software.htm


VIDEOS and SLIDESHOWS

Upload – download videos

http://www.youtube.com/

http://www.teachertube.com/

http://www.flixya.com/

http://www.dailymotion.com

http://video.google.es/

http://video.yahoo.com/

Other videos

http://www.teachers.tv/ (Online programmes and vodeos – some exclusive for UK)

http://en.yappr.com (Video, scripts, slow repetition)

http://www.eslvideo.com/ (Videos with Quizzes, make your own quiz)



POST YOUR STUDENTS’ CREATION

http://www.glogster.com/ (Message boards with images, embedded sound and video files)

http://goanimate.com/ (Build your own comic)

http://voicethread.com (Upload photos and narrate a story)

http://www.voki.com/ (Create your own character, choose hair, eyes, clothes, etc. and make it speak)

http://sketchcast.com/ (Draw a sketch and record a story while you do it)

http://www.smilebox.com/ecards/ (Make an online mini book with images and messages you choose)

http://www.gizmoz.com (Use given videos and characters, change faces or add voice to them)

http://www.mixbook.com/ (Build a photo album and add text)

http://animoto.com/ (Use pictures to create a video and post it to You Tube or download, free samples)

http://www.slide.com/ (Create your own slide show with music, especial effects and remix)

http://www.screentoaster.com/ (Broadcast video of what you see in your pc screen)

http://earth.google.com/ (Travel virtually around the World. Record your trip)


SOCIAL NETWORKS

http://facebook.com/

http://www.grouply.com/

http://www.ning.com/


Sample Social Networks for Teachers

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2420726129# (English Teachers Network)

http://teach-with-internet.ning.com/

http://www.classroom20.com/


VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS

http://www.buddyschool.com/ (Contact with chat or skype, good Schedule control and MSN when a lesson is requested)

http://www.wiziq.com/ (Good Whiteboard screen, you can upload files and videos right there, offer public lessons)

http://www.moodle.com/ (Especially for institutions – Online support at http://www.moodle.org )