21st Century Tools

Would you like to
  • move students beyond 'searching for information' to using it and creating it?
  • get better results from student projects and research?
  • provide more equitable access to digital tools and resources?
  • share information (and labor) with your colleagues online?
  • showcase library media center activities and promote your program online?
  • do more in less time make your budget go much further than you - or anyone else - thought you could?
  • integrate 21st-century skills into the curriculum
  • create a website in seconds and post information, images, video, hyperlinks, and sound?
  • foster more collaboration with teachers to benefit student achievement?

Want the quick and dirty on Web 2.0 tools?

http://web20-21stcentury-tools.wikispaces.com/
Go2Web20
List of Web 2.0 sites
Top 1000
Web Tools 4U2Use

Web 2.0 Directory


Listed above are some sites that you may be interested in exploring... In addition, use the links in the navigation bar to the left to discover some additional technology tools that support 21st Century teaching and learning!

Listed below are some of the sites that we will be highlighting...


wordle
Wordle is a toy for generating word clouds from text that you provide. The clouds give greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.
wallwisher
Wallwisher is an online notice board maker. Discussing a new idea? Taking notes? Giving feedback? Voicing opinion? Wishing a happy birthday?
etherpad
EtherPad is the only web-based word processor that allows people to work together in really real time!When multiple people edit the same document simultaneously, any changes are instantly reflected on everyone's screen. The result is a new and productive way to collaborate on text documents

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

http://www.festisite.com/money/

http://fur.ly/

http://www.bubbleply.com/Default.aspx

http://www.gliffy.com

http://www.wordsift.com/

http://www.signappnow.com/Sign App Now

http://www.wordcounter.com/

GeoSense

http://www.piclits.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx     

zamzar

Free online file conversion. Zamzar transforms (up to 100mb) of songs, videos, images and documents into different formats.
pandora
Pandora radio is the personalized internet radio service that helps you find new music based on your old and current favorites.
Last fm
The world's largest online music catalogue, with free music streaming, videos, pictures, charts, artist biographies, concerts and internet radio.
glogster
Poster yourself - Make your interactive poster easily and share it with friends. Mix Images, Text, Music and Video.
Click here for sample
furly
fur.ly allows you to create one URL from a bunch of links. Just enter your desirable choices, and fur.ly will do the rest
doodle
The world�s leading online scheduling tool, Doodle takes the pain out of finding the right date and time for a group of people to meet and makes scheduling virtually effortless. The basic service is a free online coordination tool which requires neither registration nor software installation.
picnik
Photo editing made fun. Picnik makes your photos incredible with easy yet powerful editing tools. Tweak a picture, create a slideshow,
timebridge
Send a single email to coworkers, clients, or friends and TimeBridge finds a meeting time everyone can make. No juggling act required.
phonevite
With this tool, you can send free phone reminders & alerts to yourself and/or your friends in 3 quick, easy steps.
2 broadcasts every 30 days (up to 25 calls per broadcast) one minute in length!
















Poll Daddy
create online surveys and polls for your website, blog and social network.

Scvngr
The SCVNGR Builder is a simple online interface that enables you to quickly create sophisticated mobile games, tours and more! Create, develop, and deploy in minutes. No tech skills required!

Soundzabound
Royalty Free Music fully licensed, with unlimited rights for education. Downloadable mp3 files for use in podcasting, web pages, digital storytelling, etc.

Shelfari

Shelfari is the premier social network for people who love books.Create a virtual shelf to show off your books, see what your friends are reading and discover new books


Myebook
Anyone can upload, or create from scratch, beautifully simple or adventurously complex ebooks... whether it's for novels, children's books, magazines, comics, photo albums, leaflets, brochures or instruction manuals. You can even embed or link to videos, audio, documents, images and flash files to make your books fully interactive.You can publish your book with a single button and release it to the world before the (virtual) ink's dry! You can create as many publications as you want. And it's all free.

Xtranormal
  If you can type, you can make movies!

Etherpad Web-based word processor!
A new and productive way to collaborate on text documents in real, real time.