Web+2.0+Tools

=Alerts= =Alerts provide the user with notifications on new websites, postings, articles, etc. related to topics entered by the user.= =· //Google -// http://www.google.com/alerts= =· //GoogleAlert -// http://www.googlealert.com/ //(Not run by Google)//= =· //Search Alert -// http://www.searchalert.net/= =· //Yahoo! Alerts -// http://alerts.yahoo.com/= code

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=**Blogs**= =· //Blog.com -// http://blog.com/= =· //Blogger -// https://www.blogger.com/start= =· //Facebook –// [|http://www.facebook.com]= =· //Live Journal -// http://www.livejournal.com/= =· //MySpace –// [|http://www.myspace.com]= =· //Open Diary -// http://www.opendiary.com/= =· //TypePad -// http://www.typepad.com/= =· //Typo -// http://www.typosphere.org/= =· //Windows Live Spaces -// http://spaces.live.com/= =· //Xanga -// http://www.xanga.com/= =· //Vox -// http://www.vox.com/= = = =**Calendars**= =**Communications Tools**= =**Instant Messaging (web-based, no client):**=
 * //Google –// http://www.google.com/calendar/render?tab=wc&pli=1
 * //Yahoo -// http://calendar.yahoo.com/
 * //Meebo -// [|http://meebo.com]
 * //Chat widget (no I.M. account needed by other users)// http://www.meebome.com/
 * //Miranda IM -// http://www.miranda-im.org/
 * //IMified -// http://www.imified.com/ //([|their blog])//
 * //Twitter –// [|http://twitter.com//)// //(Just added -//][|//Twittervision//]

=**Instant Messaging (Download):**= =· //AOL Instant Messenger –// [|http://www.aim.com]= =· //Google Talk -// http://www.google.com/talk/= =· //ICQ -// http://www.icq.com/download/= =· //MSN Messenger –// http://get.live.com/messenger/overview= =· //MySpace IM -// http://personalweb.about.com/od/myspacecom/ss/myspaceim.htm= =· //Yahoo! Messenger -// http://messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php= =· //Zoho Chat – Instant Messaging and group chat tool:// http://zoho.com= = = =Internet calling:= =Voice email and Voice discussions:= =Document Delivery/Display= =Groups= =Miscellaneous Tools= =· Google Teacher Resources= =o http://www.google.com/educators/tools.html= =o http://www.google.com/educators/activities.html= =o http://www.google.com/educators/community.html= =o http://www.google.com/educators/posters.html= =o http://www.google.com/educators/gta.html=
 * //Skype -// [|http://skype.com]
 * //Skypecasts:// http://www.skype.com/go/skypecasts
 * //Record your Skype calls:// http://www.powergramo.com/
 * //Gizmo Project: -// http://gizmoproject.com/
 * //OpenWengo (open source) -// http://openwengo.org/
 * //Voice or video emails: Springdoo -// [|http://www.springdoo.com]
 * //YackPack for Education -// http://www.yackpack.com/education.html
 * //Chinswing - Voice message board -// http://www.chinswing.com/
 * //Audio threaded discussions: Vaestro –// [|http://vaestro.com]
 * //Real-time Voice Communication Tool: The Gong Project -// http://gong.ust.hk/
 * //Scribd:// http://www.scribd.com/
 * //Acroflip:// http://www.acroflip.com/
 * //Google Groups:// [|http://groups.google.com]
 * //Yahoo Groups:// http://groups.yahoo.com
 * //Google Earth:// http://earth.google.com/
 * //Google Maps:// [|http://maps.google.com]
 * //Pandora Music: (based on the Music Genome Project) -// [|http://pandora.com]
 * //Toondoo: (create your own comic strips) -// [|http://toondoo.com]
 * //Bitty Browser: (picture in picture on a webpage) -// [|http://www.bitty.com]
 * //Widget Box: (add widgets to blog or webpage) -// http://www.widgetbox.com/
 * //Hellodeo: http://hellodeo.com/hello////
 * Web-based File Conversion Tool: Zamzar - //[|http://zamzar.com]///////
 * Technorati - //[|//http://technorati.com///]//
 * Diggs (sharing content) - //[|//www.diggs.com//]//
 * Flock Browser: web 2.0-ified - //[|http://www.flock.com]//
 * 25 GB free online storage: Media Max - //[|http://www.mediamax.com]//
 * Web-based whiteboard: skrbl - //http://www.skrbl.com///
 * Easy online mapmaking: Wayfaring - //http://www.wayfaring.com///
 * Online diagramming: Gliffy - //http://www.gliffy.com///
 * Creative Commons: //[[[|http://creativecommons.org/+|http://creativecommons.org/] ]]//
 * Creative Commons Publisher: //http://wiki.creativecommons.org/CcPublisher//
 * Zoho Planner – Online organizing tool: //http://zoho.com//
 * SketchCast - draw a picture and save it as a video, with voiceover http://sketchcast.com/

=**Photo Sharing Sites**= =Flickr - //[|http://flickr.com]//=
 * Flickr Geotagging: //http://www.flickr.com/photos/barrydahl/map//
 * View a screencast for geotagging: //http://fiickr.com/help/screencasts/vol1///
 * Great example of Art History notes: //http://flickr.com/photos/ha112/234233755///
 * Flickr Services page: //http://www.flickr.com/services///
 * Official Flickr tools: //http://www.flickr.com/tools//
 * Unofficial Flickr tools: //[|http://www.quickonlinetips.com]//
 * Alan Levine has good info: //http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/265279980//

=Fun with flickr:=
 * FD's flickr toyls - //http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/// [|Warhol-like Mosaic], [|Motivational Poster], [|Cartoon bubbles]
 * dumpr: fun with your flickr - //http://www.dumpr.net/// [|Museum example], [|Amazing Circle], [|Sketch]
 * Flickr colr pickr: //http://www.krazydad.com/colrpickr///
 * Splashr: //[[[|http://splashr.com/+|http://splashr.com/] ]]//
 * Bubblr: //http://www.pimpampum.net/bubblr/// (Create comic strips from Flickr photos)
 * Gickr: //[[[|http://gickr.com/+|http://gickr.com/] ]]//(Create animated gifs from photos)

=Other photo sharing alternatives:=
 * Photobucket: //http://photobucket.com///
 * Zooomr: //[|http://beta.zooomr.com]//
 * Bubbleshare: //http://www.bubbleshare.com/// - (add captions and clip art, make slideshows)
 * Picnik: //[|http://www.picnik.com]//
 * Fauxto: //http://www.fauxto.com/// (with layers)
 * Fotocrib: //[|http://fotocrib.com]//
 * GIMP: //[|http://www.gimp.org]// (Not web-based, but open source with lots of features)

=**Podcasting**= =· Odeo: //[|http://odeo.com]//= =· PodOmatic: //http://podamatic.com///= =· Clickcaster: //[|http://www.clickcaster.com]// ($4.99/month for basic)= =· Gcast: //http://www.gcast.com///= =· Talkr - turn any blog post into a podcast //http://www.talkr.com///= =Open Source Editing Tool= =· Audacity: //[|http://audacity.sourceforge.net]//= =Creative Commons Legal Guide for Podcasting: //http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Podcasting_Legal_Guide//= =**Portal Pages**=
 * Google IG - //http://www.google.com/ig//
 * MSN - //http://my.msn.com///
 * Netvibes - //[|http://www.netvibes.com]//
 * Pageflakes - //[|http://www.pageflakes.com]//
 * Yahoo – //http://my.yahoo.com///

=**RSS Feed Readers - Blog Aggregators**= =First Type: When you always use the same computer. Use Firefox Browser with the Sage ExtensionSage Extension(//http://sage.mozdev.org///)////= =· Home Page: //http://sage.mozdev.org///=
 * Sage Extension Install and Instructions: //http://sage.mozdev.org/install///
 * Penn Library step-by-step (includes video screencast): //http://gethelp.library.upenn.edu/guides/tutorials/sage.html//

=Second Type: When you want to access your feeds from any connected computer (web-based readers)= Use Bloglines or Google Reader
 * What is Bloglines? //http://www.bloglines.com/help/faq#What
 * //Go to Bloglines home page: //http://www.bloglines.com///
 * Easiest way to add feeds to your account: //http://www.bloglines.com/help/easysub//
 * Step-by-step Bloglines tutorial: //http://tinyurl.com/ap42n//
 * What is Google Reader? //http://www.google.com/help/reader/faq.html
 * //Step-by-step Getting Started: //http://www.google.com/help/reader/help.html//
 * Google Personalized Homepage - Add Reader to it: //http://www.google.com/ig//
 * The Google Reader Blog: //http://googlereader.blogspot.com///
 * Also try Yahoo Pipes: //http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes///

=**Search Engines**= =**General**=
 * Alexa - //http://alexa.com///
 * AltaVista - //http://www.altavista.com///
 * ASK.com – //[|http://ask.com]//
 * Exalead - //http://www.exalead.com/search//
 * Gigablast - //http://www.gigablast.com///
 * Google – //[|http://www.google.com]//
 * MozDex - //http://www.mozdex.com///
 * MSN - //http://search.msn.com///
 * Sputtr (multiple platform search engine) - //http://sputtr.com///
 * Wisenut - //http://www.wisenut.com///
 * Yahoo! – //[|http://www.yahoo.com]//
 * Yahooligans – //http://kids.yahoo.com//

=**Scholarly**=
 * BUBL Link - //[|http://bubl.ac.uk/link/]//
 * Google Scholar – //http://scholar.google.com///
 * Infomine - //[|http://infomine.ucr.edu]//
 * Internet Public Library - //[|http://www.ipl.org/]//
 * Librarian’s Index to the Library - //[|http://lii.org]//
 * Scirius (scientific information) - //http://www.scirus.com/srsapp///
 * Scout Report Archives - //[|http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/archives/]//
 * Windows Live Academic Search - //http://search.live.com/results.aspx?scope=academic&q//=////

=**VIsual Search Engines**= =· Grokker - http://www.grokker.com/= =· Kartoo - http://www.kartoo.com/flash04.php3= =· Quintura - http://www.quintura.com/= =· Quintura for Kids - http://kids.quintura.com/= =**Social Bookmarking**= =· Backflip //- http://www.backflip.com/dir_start.ihtml//= =· Blinklist - //[|//http://www.blinklist.com///]//= =· Blogmarks - //[|//http://blogmarks.net///]//= =· Connotea - //[|//http://www.connotea.org///]//=
 * del.icio.us home page: //http://del.icio.us/
 * //Adding to your del.icio.us account: //http://del.icio.us/help/buttons//
 * Feedmarker - http://www.feedmarker.com///
 * //Furl – [|http://furl.net]//
 * //Jots – [|http://jots.com]//
 * //Lookmarks - http://www.lookmarks.com/////
 * Scuttle - http://scuttle.org///
 * //Simpy - http://www.simpy.com/////
 * Spurl - http://www.spurl.net///
 * //Wists (social shopping) - http://www.wists.com/////
 * Yahoo! My Web 2.0 – http://myweb2.search.yahoo.com

=**To Do Lists**= =· Remember the Milk - //http://www.rememberthemilk.com///= =· TaDaList - //http://www.tadalist.com///= =· Voo2do - //[|http://frassle.net/] **Video Sharing & Capture**//=  = = =Virtual Worlds=  = = =**Web Conferencing**=
 * YouTube: //http://www.youtube.com///
 * Teacher Tube: //[|http://www.teachertube.com]//
 * Blip.tv: //[[[|http://blip.tv/+|http://blip.tv/] ]]//
 * Bubbleply: add bubble-text and captions to videos - //[|http://www.bubbleply.com]//
 * Fireant: convert video for small screen (ipod, etc) - //http://fireant.tv///
 * Camstudio: //http://www.camstudio.org///
 * Machinima: //[|//http://www.machinima.com///]//
 * Toufee: //http://www.toufee.com/// (Create free online flash movies)
 * KeepVid: //http://keepvid.com/// (Download flash video from Google and YouTube)
 * Democracy Video Player - //http://www.getdemocracy.com/// Open source player for video and Internet TV
 * Video Editing: Eyepsot - //http://www.eyespot.com///
 * Second Life: //[|http://www.secondlife.com]//
 * Teen Second Life: //http://teen.secondlife.com///
 * Whyville: http://whyville.com///
 * //Vyew:// http://vyew.com/content/ //(shared web conference with whiteboard, share PPT, share desktops, etc.)//
 * //Central Desktop:// http://www.centraldesktop.com/ //(Shared Workspaces and Web Conferencing)//
 * //FreeConference:// http://www.freeconference.com/ //(Free conference call service, long distance charges may apply)//
 * //DimDim:// http://www.dimdim.com/ //(free web conferencing - open source - still in Alpha)//
 * //Yugma:// https://www.yugma.com/ //(free web conferencing)//
 * //Zoho Meeting:// http://zoho.com

=**Web Office Tools**= =**//Databases//**= =· //Lazybase database:// http://lazybase.com/= =· //Zoho Applications –// [|//http://zoho.com//]= =**//Notebooks//**= =· //eDaily Diary -// http://www.edailydiary.com/= =· //Google Notebook:// http://www.google.com/noteboook/= =· //Zoho Note Book – Online Notebook:// [|http://zoho.com]= =**//Presentations//**= =· //AjaxPresents –// [|http://www.ajaxwrite.com] //(Firefox browser only)//= =· //Empressr web presentations:// http://www.empressr.com/ //- (Embed video, charts, graphs, etc.)//= =· //SlideFlickr –// [|http://slideflickr.com]= =· //SlideShare for PPT slides:// http://slideshare.net/= =· //ThinkFree -// http://www.thinkfree.com/= =· //Thumbstacks Presentations:// http://www.thumbstacks.com/= =· //Zoho Show – Online presentation tool –// [|http://zoho.com]= =**//Spread Sheets//**= =· //AjaxXLS –// [|http://www.ajaxwrite.com] //(Firefox browser only)//= =· //EditGrid spreadsheets:// http://www.editgrid.com/home//(free, with collaboration $5.00 per month)= =· Google spreadsheet: //http://spreadsheets.google.com///= =· ThinkFree - //http://www.thinkfree.com///= =· Zoho Sheet – Online spreadsheet service – //[|http://zoho.com]//= =**Word Processing**= =· AjaxWrite – //[|http://www.ajaxwrite.com]// (Firefox browser only)= =· Google word processing: //http://docs.google.com///= =· ThinkFree - //http://www.thinkfree.com///= =· Zoho Creator – Online web applications creator: //[|http://zoho.com]//= =**Web Page Building**= =**Web Polls**= =**Wikis**= =· EditMe - //[|http://www.editme.com/95 per month)]// (Starts at $4.= =· Flexwiki - //http://www.flexwiki.com///= =· Jotspot - //http://www.jot.com/ (recently acquired by Google)//= =· MediaWiki - //http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/MediaWiki// (Used to build wikipedia)= =· PB Wiki (aka Peanut Butter Wiki) - //http://pbwiki.com///= =· Project Forum - //http://www.projectforum.com/pf/wiki.html//= =· Schtuff - //http://www.schtuff.com///= =· SeedWiki - //http://www.seedwiki.com///= =· Stikipad – //http://www.stikipad.com///= =· Wetpaint - //http://www.wetpaint.com///= =· Wikia - //http://www.wikia.com/wiki/Wikia//= =· Wikispaces - //http://www.wikispaces.com///= =· Zwiki - //http://zwiki.org/FrontPage//= =**Good Sources of Info**=
 * FreeWebs - //http://members.freewebs.com///
 * Google Page Creator - //[|http://pages.google.com/]//
 * PC//[| Man Website -]http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/web_page_creator.shtml//
 * Zoho Poll: //[|http://zohopolls.com]//
 * Vizu.com - //[|http://www.vizu.com]//
 * Neomyz.com - //[|http://neomyz.com]//
 * Michael Arrington - TechCrunch Blog - //http://www.techcrunch.com///
 * Richard McManus - Read/Write Web Blog - //http://www.readwriteweb.com///
 * Dion Hinchcliffe - The State of Web 2.0 Blog - //http://web2.wsj2.com/the_state_of_web_20.htm//
 * Open Source Tools for Windows Users - //http://www.opensourcewindows.org///
 * Robert Scoble - //[|http://cobleizer.com]//
 * Wikipedia -// [|http://en.wikipedia.org]
 * ZD Net’s Web 2.0 Outlet - http://blogs.zdnet.com/web2explorer/