Useful Web 2.0 tools
Applications & resources for university educators |
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Academic Search: |
Google Scholar |
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Post Genomic, Windows Live Academic. |
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Blog: |
WordPress [Review] |
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Blogger, Blogtronix, Clearspace, NireBlog, Tumblr, TypePad, Yahoo! 360°, and more. |
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Bookmarks: |
del.icio.us [Review] |
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A1-Webmarks, BlinkList, BlogMarks, Blue Dot, Buzka, Clipmarks, Cogenz, Connectbeam, CoReap, de.lirio.us, Diigo, Feedmarker, Furl, Google Bookmarks, iloggo, Jots, Linkademic, Linkroll, listal, LookLater, Lookmarks, ma.gnolia, MarkIt, Netvouz, Raw Sugar, scuttle, Shadows, Simpy, Spurl, Tagseasy, Yahoo! My Web, Zurpy, and more. |
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Calendar: |
Google Calendar [Review] |
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30 Boxes, CalendarHub, Cozi, Epointment, Famundo, HipCal, iPolipo, Jotlet, Kiko, Planzo, Rota Board, Scrybe, Spanning Sync, Spongecell, Trumba, vivapop, Volutio, WhosOff, and more. |
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Contacts: |
LinkedIn [Review] |
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Big Contacts, Catch the Best, Facebook, Highrise, Plaxo, Tabber, Xing, and more. |
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Desktop: |
Google Homepage [Review] |
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atoolo, Clic!Dev, Desktop On Demand, Desktoptwo, eskobo, eyeOS, Favoor, HomePortals, My Yahoo!, NetVibes, Nowsy, ORCA Desktop, Pageflakes, Protopage, Pytagor, Sparc, StartForce, Webwag, Windows Live, YouOS, YourMinis, ZCubes, and more. |
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Document Manager: |
Koral [Review] |
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Blinksale, Bubbletop, ContractPal, docHarbor, docstoc, DocuSign, EchoSign, FreshBooks, Huddle, Invoice Place, PebblePAD, Scribd, Sertifi, ShareMethods, SimplifyThis, and more. |
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Email: |
Gmail [Review] |
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Breeze, Constant Contact, FastMail, Hotmail, Inbox.com, Jubii, L8R, Litepost, Mailroom, Postful, Remote Control Mail, Tamadaa, WebExMail, Webmail.us, Yahoo! Mail, Zimbra, Zoho Mail, and more. |
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Feed Reader: |
Google Reader [Review] |
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Bloglines, Feedeye, FeedLounge, Feeds 2.0, Gritwire, NewsAlloy, NewsGator, Newshutch, Rojo, Streamy, trawlr, Wizz RSS, and more. |
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Instant Messenger: |
Meebo |
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Campfire, eBuddy.com, Gabbly, Google Talk, imo, Jaiku, Jibdig, JumpChat, Kool IM, Lingr, Mabber, MessengerFX, MSN Web Messenger, Orgoo, Peekamo, Plugoo, Scribe.it, SNIMMER, Thinkature, Twitter, Wablet, Zoho Chat, and more. |
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Presentation: |
ThinkFree Show |
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AJAX-S, ajaxPresents, Empressr, gOFFICE Presentations, Preezo, S5, Scooch, SlideAware, SlideBurner, Slidelive, SlideRocket, SlideShare, Spresent, Thumbstacks, Zenter, Zoho Show, and more. |
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Spreadsheet: |
ThinkFree Calc |
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ajaxXLS, EditGrid, Google Spreadsheets, Num Sum, Numbler, Sheetster, wikiCalc, Xcellery, Zoho Sheet, and more. |
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Word Processor: |
ThinkFree Write |
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ajaxWrite, Buzzword, Coventi, Docly, Ebiwrite, gOFFICE Word Processing, GreenDOC, iNetWord, RallyPoint, Solodox, Writeboard, Writely, Writer, writewith, Zoho Writer, and more. |
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Calculator: |
Google Calculator [Review] |
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calc5, Calcoolate, Instacalc, and more. |
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Development Tool: |
Coghead |
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16bugs, Apprenda, Betabug, BugJuice, Bugtagger, Bungee Labs, Click2Map, CodeIDE, Dapper, Etelos, LongJump, Mashery, Morfik, Ning, OpenCode, Oxopia, Pingdom, Pipes, Popfly, Porchlight, Skemma, Springloops, Teqlo, Tesly, WebEx Connect, and more. |
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Drawing: |
Gliffy [Review] |
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ajaxSketch, Aviary, chartAll.com, Cumulate Draw, Floorplanner, Flowchart.com, GraphSomething, Imagination Cubed, LiThA-Paint, OrgPlus LIVE, skrbl, Swivel, and more. |
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Event Manager: |
Event Wax |
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Cvent, RegOnline, setdot, whatstheplan.com, and more. |
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Expense Tracker: |
foonance |
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billQ, BudgetPulse, Buxfer, Cashboard, ClearCheckbook, DimeWise, Expenses Tracker, expensr, FlowCatch, Less Accounting, Mvelopes, NetworthIQ, OneStatement, Wesabe, and more. |
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Fax: |
eFax [Review] |
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InterFax, MyFax, TrustFax, and more. |
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Feed Processor: |
FeedBurner |
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Feed Digest, FeedBlitz, Feedity, Feeds 2, Feedtwister.com, Profilactic, SocialMail, Spanning Salesforce, Teleflip, and more. |
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File Exchange: |
SpinXpress |
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Approver.com, DropLoad, DropSend, Krunch, MailBigFile, Senduit, ShareFile, YouSendIt and more. |
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File Manager: |
Omnidrive |
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Backpack, Box.net, DivShare, DropBoks, Egnyte, ElephantDrive, eSnips, Fabrik, fluxiom, flypicture.com, in.solit.us, MediaFire, MediaMax, MoveDigital, myDataBus, Nakido, Openomy, Orbitfiles, Spoxel, Steekr, Strongspace, TinyLoad, WebLife, Wiki Upload, Xdrive, Xmail Hard Drive, and more. |
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Form Designer: |
Wufoo [Review] |
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Formdesk, FormLogix, FormSpring, frevvo, Icebrrg, jotForm, Sidewalk, The Blue Form, The Form Assembly, and more. |
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Group Manager: |
CollectiveX [Review] |
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8apps, AirSet, BlueTie, Central Desktop, e-days, eloops.com, Foldera, GroupLoop, GroupSharp, HiveLive, MyQuire.com, Nexo, OnlineGroups.Net, OpenTeams, TeamWork Live, Todoz, Veetro, WebEx WebOffice, and more. |
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Mind Mapper: |
MindMeister |
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Acorn, bubbl.us, comapping.com, Kayuda, Mapul, Mind42, Mindomo, and more. |
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Music Player: |
MP3tunes |
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ajaxTunes, Jinzora, LaLa.com, last.fm, MediaMaster, nuTsie, Pandora, Streampad, and more. |
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Notepad: |
Zoho Notebook |
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Beengo, ChangeToLink, ClipClip, Fleck, Google Notebook, gubb, Helipad, Jott, Magnoto, Mindjot, mynoteIT, MyThings, notebook G, Posticky.com, Protonotes, reQall, SharedCopy, shortText.com, SnapBits, SNIPPit, Socialight, Stickis, StickyTag, stikkit, stu.dicio.us, Ubikuo, Workspace, Wridea, YourDraft, and more. |
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Office Manager: |
Joyent |
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ajaxOS, ContactOffice, Firestoker, G.ho.st, Glide, goowy, Nsite, OfficeZilla, Peepel, Simdesk, and more. |
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Outliner: |
iOutliner [Review] |
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FlexLists, iJot, Listigator, ListPool, Nelements, SproutLiner, and more. |
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Personal Organizer: |
Zoho Planner [Review] |
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Athyrium, Life IO, MyTicklerFile, SynapseLife, Tracks, TracksLife, voo2do, and more. |
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Photo Editor: |
PXN8 [Review] |
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Fauxto, Graphita, Phixr, Picnik, Picture2Life, Pikifx, Pixer, Preloadr, Snipshot, Wiredness, and more. |
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Photo Manager: |
Flickr [Review] |
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23, AllYouCanUpload, bayimg.com, Contakme, DPHOTO, DropShots, Dumpt, PhotoShelter, Pickle, Pikeo, Riya, SmugMug, XMG Image, Zenfolio, Zoto, and more. |
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Polls: |
Zoho Polls [Review] |
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AskItOnline, Buzzvote, dPolls, PollGenius, PollPub.com, QuestionForm, Quimble, Tezaa, Vizu, Zoomerang, and more. |
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Printer: |
Kinko's |
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Big Blue Saw, Lulu, VerticalResponse, and more. |
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Project: |
Smartsheet.com |
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1time, ActionThis, Basecamp, Confluence, CreativePro Office, Devshop, DreamTeam, Goplan, Intervals, LetsProve, Lighthouse, PlanHQ, Planix, PriorityTrack, ProjectPipe, ProjectSpaces, Projity, ProWorkflow.com, Side Job Track, Tangentworks 550, teamwork, timeXchange.net, Unfuddle, WhoDoes, Wrike, Zoho Project, and more. |
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Scanner: |
scanR |
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Mytago, and more. |
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Scheduler: |
TimeBridge |
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Acuity Scheduling, Diarised, and more. |
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Sound Mixer: |
RAZZ Mixer |
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Jamglue, and more. |
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Task Manager: |
Ta-da Lists |
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Bla-bla List, e2doList, HiTask, Hiveminder, iPrioritize, Joe's Goals, Neptune, Nozbe, Orchestrate, Propelr, Remember The Milk, Rough Underbelly, Taskee, TaskFreak!, TaskTHIS, tasktoy, Todoist, Toodledo, Tudu Lists, tweeto, Vitalist, Wallnote, WorkHack, Zirrus, and more. |
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Time Tracker: |
14Dayz |
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88 Miles, Beeplet, Harvest, minutes in a minute, SlimTimer, Tick, Tiktrac, Time Tracker, Time59, Toggl, Work Timer, and more. |
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Utilities: |
Timeline |
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circaVie, Contactify, emurse, FiveRuns, FreeYourID, iTaggit, Media Convert, Mowser, MyOpenID, Naymz, PassPack, PDFescape, Ponyfish, ProfileFly, simplifid, Site24*7, useamap, Zamzar, and more. |
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Video Editor: |
Jumpcut |
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Cuts, eyespot, fliptrack, Gotuit Media, kyte, motionbox, Photobucket, Veodia, and more. |
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Voicemail: |
SpinVox |
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Aptela, BrainCast, eVoice, Eyejot, GotVoice, GrandCentral, JAJAH, jaxtr, Odeo, RingCentral, SimulScribe, YackPack, and more. |
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Web Conferencing: |
Vyew |
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ConceptShare, Foonz, Gaboogie, Glance, Persony, Userplane, Yugma, Zoho Meeting, and more. |
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Web Publishing: |
SiteKreator |
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Almerya, Blockstar, Bluo, BrainKeeper, Built Smarter, Cylive, cyn.in, Docufarm, dublish.com, folionow, Freewebs, Google Pages, Jimdo, LetterPop, Light, MosaicGlobe, Noovo, Office Live, Pagety, PBwiki, Sampa, Slide, Socialtext, Squarespace, Synthasite, Terapad, UGAL.net, Versionate, Water, Weebly, Wetpaint, Wikispaces, Zoho Wiki, and more. |
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Sites and links of note |
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Community: |
Classroom 2.0 |
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Classroom 2.0 (on Ning) is the social networking site for those interested in Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in education. |
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Classroom 2.0 blog |
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Blog entries about Web 2.0 and collaborative technologies in the classroom. |
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Social network building |
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9 ways to build your own social network from TechCrunch. |
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Education: |
Education 2.0 |
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A good directory of Web 2.0 teaching tools and resources. |
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Ourmedia Learning Center |
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Open-source tutorials and training materials for video creation, publishing, sharing and more. |
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Open Media Directory |
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Where to find legal, copyright-free music and video clips for your website. |
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Free Photos Directory |
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Where to find images you can reuse and include in your work or on your website. |
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Glossary |
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A quick guide to social media terms. |
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Creative Commons |
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A quick guide to Creative Commons. |
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Blog platforms |
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A comparison of different blogging platforms. |
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Social media essentials |
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Essential tools for social media from Essential Keystrokes. |
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Video translation |
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dotSUB is a great little startup that uses a Wikipedia-style volunteer approach to translating videos into hundreds of languages. |
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Rich search transcripts |
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Everyzing uses voice recognition technology to tease rough transcripts out of videos, making them more searchable and indexable by search engines. |
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