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=Dickson College Library: Web Tools= Defining | Locating | Selecting | Organizing | Presenting | Evaluating

**Excellent collections of webtools**
[]- Adam Bellow. Many links; search by grade and subject. [] - Richard Byrne. Excellent links and reviews. WebTools4u2use - Many links. [|delicious.com/cgceo] - compiled by Kel Hathaway. Many links; webtools and reviews; excellent websites. [|Top 100 tools for learning 2013.]- compiled by Jane Hart.

Mind Mapping or Concept Mapping, Brainstorming, Backchannelling
[|Vue] (http://vue.tufts.edu) - free, download, add digital content to nodes, can zoom if in full screen mode - good for presentations, too. See our notes on how to use Vue in the classroom. [|Bubbl.us] (http://bubbl.us/) - simple and free, mind map, brainstorm, collaborate, embed in a blog or website, save as an image [|Webspiration] (http://mywebspiration.com/) - easy to use, free, mind mapping, brainstorm, collaborate online [|MindMeister] (http://www.mindmeister.com/) - mindmapping, brainstorming, simultaneous editing, basic section is free, can work simultaneously, in Google Apps. [|Gliffy] (http://www.gliffy.com/) - flowcharts [|Scriblink] (http://scriblink.com/) - online whiteboard - useful for brainstorming [|Mindomo] (http://www.mindomo.com ) TypeWith.me (http://typewith.me/) - simultaneous editing, collaborating, brainstorming

Searching
See Search Tools page for specialized searching. See Creative Commons page for searching for images and other media. Google Advanced (http://www.google.com.au/advanced_search?hl=en) Goog-A-Who? (http://www.googawho.com/searchawho.php) - searches Google, Bing and others Yippy (http://clusty.com/) - searches several search engines and clusters, used to be Clusty

Online Bookmarking
[|Delicious] (http://delicious.com/) - social bookmarking Diigo (http://www.diigo.com/) - bookmark web pages, add highlights, comments, notetaking and snapshots [|Only2clicks] Bookmark your favourite websites and access them anywhere. Simple! [|Symbaloo] Bookmark your sites with a button icon; share webmixes; access anywhere. Easy! 10 good bookmarking websites: [] [|Blinklist] (http://www.blinklist.com/) Rollyo (http://www.rollyo.com/) - create search rolls - can search across a set of bookmarks - useful for teachers, pathfinders [|MyStickies] - (http://www.mystickies.com/) - allows you to put sticky notes on any web pages and sort them and search for them later - bookmarking with notes

Outlining and Notemaking
[|Diigo] (http://www.diigo.com) - group bookmarks, sticky notes, highlighting [|Thinkfold.com] (http://www.thinkfold.com) - collaborative on-line outlining application (like Word in outline mode but can work in real-time) Today's Meet (http://todaysmeet.com/) - easy, free web based backchannelling tool, set up while a meeting is on. Set up a room which can exist from 2 hours to a year. Give participants web address e.g. http://todaysmeet.com/1. Can click projector on main computer. [|Padlet -] free, need a log in, easy to set up. You get a blank wall - you can put anything on it. Fun for a quick brainstorm, post it notes, twitter notes, good for backchannelling. [|Evernote] (http://www.evernote.com/) - clip web, images, store in cloud, download software [|NoteMesh] (http://notemesh.com) - free, need to register, allows students in the same classes to share notes with each other - creates a wiki for individual classes that users can edit. Users can post their own lecture notes or contribute to existing lecture notes. [|YourDraft] (http://www.yourdraft.com) Publish drafts online, share content instantly without passwords or registration. Give others the right to edit or only read your page and add replies. [|Chatzy] - (http://www.chatzy.com/) - Click “Create a Free Virtual Room”. Use for discussions, backchannelling

**Fake sites**

 * [|Fake sites list] -** (http://www.philb.com/fakesites.htm) A list of examples to aid in evaluating web sites.

**Communicating**
[|Skype] - (http://www.skype.com/intl/en-gb/home) - Calling, video conferencing, messaging - See ideas on our How to Use Web Tools page. [|Skype in the Classroom] - (http://blogs.skype.com/classroom-pre-register/) - Directory for teachers.

Drafts
[|YourDraft] (http://www.yourdraft.com/) - online, sharable draft document editor. Can let others edit or read and add replies, very quick. [|Drop.io] (http://drop.io/) - a private file hosting and sharing service - email colleagues url and password and can collaborate on files in real time - chat, share images, audio, doc files. [|Zotero] (http://www.zotero.org) - gather, organize, and analyze sources and then share the results of your research. [|Docstock] - (http://docstock.com) - good place to store documents, ebooks, presentations - (cloud storing) - similar to Google Docs.

Bibliographies - Harvard System
(Smartboard file) [|Reference Order Exercises] (practice writing bibliographies) [|Reference Generator] (use to format references in the Harvard System)

Presenting
[|Slideshare] ([]) - upload presentations (Ppt, .doc, pdfs, etc., can add sound to make a webinar) SlideFinder ([]) - PowerPoint presentations specifically [|Screencast.com] - ([])- produce a video and sound clip demonstrating whatever you are doing on the computer - really useful to teach a process of what to do. Embed into a web site. Windows Movie Maker Edublogs Wikispaces (http://www.wikispaces.com/) - join education wiki [|Glogster EDU] (http://edu.glogster.com/) - Make interactive posters easily, add images, text, music and video, and share. E.g. : http://springfieldlibrary.wikispaces.com/, http://webtools4u2use.wikispaces.com/ Prezi (http://prezi.com/) - create stunning presentations on the web (sign in), embed - tutorials at http://prezi.com/learn/. Look for student/teacher registration. Another example: [|http://prezi.com/hgjm18z36h75/why-should-you-move-beyond-slides/] [|Myna] (http://aviary.com/tools/myna) - Remix music and audio clips. Apply sound effects and record your own voice or instruments. [|Wordle] (http://www.wordle.net) - generate word clouds - size of words show frequency - just type in or paste text. More on our next page. [|Tagzedo] ([]) - Stylistic word clouds - the new Wordle. [|101 ways to use Tagzedo] Vuvox [|Animoto] (http://animoto.com/) - Add images, photos, video clips, text, voice, music - Animoto will analyse and combine. [|Picnik] (http://www.picnik.com/) - photos, images - crop, balance light, add text, free, no log in, no download, ready to use, owned by Google, can save on computer of Picasa. [|Sumo Paint] (http://www.sumopaint.com/app/) - creative drawing tool [|Gcast] (http://Gcast.com) - make a podcast - free - may fold after July 15 - linked to Garageband [|YouTube] (http://www.youtube.com) [] XnView (http://www.xnview.com/en/index.html) - download free software to view and convert image files.
 * YouTube Video Editor -** YouTube videos with a Creative Commons (CC) licence can be freely used and edited using their online video editor.

Podcasting
Steps: record audio, save as mp3, find a host. [|Audacity] (http://audacity.sourceforge.net/?lang=sv) - free audio editor, recording and editing podcasts to more advanced recording and audio editing, need to download. [|AudioBoo] (http://audioboo.fm/) - Record or upload audio file, free hosting, sign in. [|Garageband] (http://www.apple.com/ilife/garageband/) - purchase from Apple iLife [|Podbean.com] - (http://www.podbean.com/) - a place where you can store podcasts, embed in web page. [|The Online Learning School program] (http://recap.ltd.uk/moodle/) - Look for basic podcasting course. [||What Everybody Ought To Know About Podcasting: Part II] - How to host a podcast on a blog. [|Podcasting production Nuts and Bolts] (EdNA) [|Podcasting in the Classroom] (http://www.det.wa.edu.au/education/cmis/eval/curriculum/ict/podcasts/)

Digital stories
[|Photo Story] - Download Windows or Mac from http://www.microsoft.com/. Add images, text, speech, slide movement, timing, background music. Ideas: can type in speech which students record their voices to. Set of slides which students reorder and add text and/or speech to. Set of slides on a topic - use for students to find information about. Fashion students’ assessment - drafting to completion of design. Instructions (for teachers and students): @http://readingpower.wordpress.com/2010/07/23/photostory-in-6-mins/ [|Comiqs] http://comiqs.com/ [|Inkpop] [|Photopeach]- free slideshows in seconds. [|Storybird] [|Storyz] VoiceThread (http://voicethread.com) a way to talk about or discuss images, documents and videos. Can add notes and drawings. http://www.voicethread.com/#u74875.b89120.i480730

Ways of Presenting
Media 21 : Presentation Zen (http://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/presentationzen) How to avoid death by PowerPoint or Presentation Zen (http://www.theunquietlibrary.libguides.com/content.php?pid=83101&sid=616654)

Evaluating
Google Tools (http://docs.google.com/) - In Google Docs create new form, choose a theme then questions, including short answer, paragraph text, multiple choice, checkboxes, scaled responses, etc. Embed in a wiki or give urls. Useful for assessing student learning and prior knowledge. Responses appear in a spreadsheet in Google Docs. Curriculum Collaboration Toolkit : Assessment (http://www.noodletools.com/debbie/consult/collab/assessment.html)

Search strategy tutorials
[|Credible Sources Count] Evaluate your sources.

[|Research It Right!] The steps to good research.

[|Searching with Success!] Search strategies.

[|You quote it, you note it!] Citations, referencing and plagiarism.

Great places to look: WebTools4u2use and Eight (or so) Easy 2.0 Pieces to Piece Together

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