Online Tools and Web 2.0 Applications

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Web 2.0 tools and online utilities have become more full-featured and useful over the years. 

Here are some links to various online tools to help both teaching and learning. The online tools all work with laptops and Chromebooks unless stated otherwise. The ones that have Chrome apps available have a link to the Chrome Web Store link. 

If you find a link that is not working, please let me know the title and I will fix it.

If you have a suggestion, please fill out the form at the bottom of the page!

Form for evaluation of online creation tools.

Pedagogical components of the presentation in this gallery.

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No-registration necessary Web 2.0 tools

• Linda Houle: Web 2.0 Tools
  
• Nathan Hall's list

Online video editors/creators

• Adobe Spark Video (Tutorial)
• Kapwing
• Sharalike​
• WeVideo (Chrome)​

Online audio recorders/editors

• Chirbit
• Clyp.it voice recording
• Online Voice Recorder (Chrome)
• ​QRVoice
• Soundation Studio
• Soundtrap
• ​Text to Speech
• TwistedWave (Chrome)
• Vocaroo voice recording

Online image editors

• Adobe Photoshop Express
• BeFunky: Image editor​
  
• Block Posters
  
• Free Online Photo Editor
• iPiccy (Chrome)
• Lunapic
• Online Photo Editor
• PhotoScissors
• Polarr (Chrome)
• PicMonkey (Chrome)
• Pixlr (Chrome)
• Pizap (Chrome)
• Remove.bg
• Sumo Paint (Chrome)

Online collage makers

• BeFunky collage maker
• FotoJet collage maker
• Fotor collage maker (Chrome)
• Kizoa collage maker
• iPiccy (Chrome)
• PhotoCollage
• Photovisi collage maker
• PicMonkey collage maker

 
Online sketchnoting and drawing tools

• ABCya! Paint and Draw
• AutoDraw
• awwapp
• Draw Island
• Draw.to
• Google Drawings (Chrome)
  
• InspirARTion (Chrome)
• Muro
• Pixiclip
• Sketchpad 5 and Sketchpad 3 (Chrome)
• SketchToy (Chrome)
• Speedpaint
• ​Toy Theater

Online word processors

• ABCya! Story Maker
• Acrobat.com
• Book Creator for Chrome
  
• Google Docs (Chrome)
• Lucidpress (Chrome)
• Zoho Writer (Chrome)

Online animation creators

• ABCya! Animate
• Animaker for Education
  
• Animatron
• Culture Street
• my simpleshow
• Parapara Animation
• Powtoon (Chrome)
• Wideo (Chrome)

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Online comic creators

• Chogger comic maker
• Comic Creator from Read, Write, and Think
• Pixton
• ToonDoo

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Online avatar makers

• Avatar Maker
• Create your own superhero
• Disney yourself​

Online cool tools

• Acme Labelmaker
• Big Huge Labs
• Blabberize
• Bomomo design maker
• Bookr:  Flickr book maker
• Breaking news generator
• Cameroid
• Closr zooming tool
• CutMyPic photo customizer
• Dropcanvas file sharing
• Fake Tweet builder
• Fakebook fake FB builder
• Fun Photo Box
• Gickr animated GIF maker
• Image Chef
• Inspirograph
• Interactive crossword puzzles
• Jeopardy Labs​
• Keep Calm-O-Matic
• Phrase.it speech bubbles
• Random name generator/spinner
• Simitator fake site builder
• SmallPDF Converter
• Twister fake tweet maker
• ViewPure YouTube no-ad viewer
• WebResizer
• Wheel of Names spinner
• Word Blanks (Mad-Libs creator)

Online WYSIWYG Web page creators

• Adobe Spark Page
• Google Sites
• Populr
• Weebly
• Weebly for Education
• Wix

Online design tools

• BeFunky: Designer
• Canva design app (Chrome)
• DesignCap
• Smore design app

Online podcast creators

• AudioPal​
• Anchor.fm
• Podbean
• SoundCloud for podcasting

Online media converters

• CleverPDF (file to PDF)
• Online-Convert
• Online Video Converter (Chrome)
• PDF Candy (PDF to file)
• Zamzar (Chrome)

Online word cloud generators

• AbcYa 
• TagCrowd 
• Tagul
• Tagxedo 
• VocabGrabber
• Word Cloud Generator
• WordClouds.com
• Wordle
• WordSift
• WordItOut 
• WordMosaic  
• Yippy 

Online clipping/curation tools

• Diigo (Chrome)
• Educlipper
• ​elink.io
• Evernote (Chrome)​
• ​Google Keep (Chrome)
• Livebinders (Chrome)
• Pearltrees (Chrome)
• Pinterest (Chrome)
• Pocket (Chrome)
• ​Pullquote (Chrome)
  
• Scoop.it
• Symbaloo (Chrome)
• ​Wakelet

​Online blogging/microblogging tools

• Blogger (Chrome)
• Edublogs (Chrome)
• Jottit
• Penzu (Chrome)
• Tumblr
• Twitter
• Wordpress (Chrome)

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Online RSS Readers

• Feedly (Chrome)
  
• Feedspot (Chrome)

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Classroom Chrome extensions/add-ons

• Google: Chrome Web store extensions
• Google: Chrome Web store extensions for education
• Great classroom-specific Chrome extensions
• 10 free Chrome extensions teachers should try
• 15+ Chrome extensions for teachers
• Padlet Mini
• 21 Chrome extensions for struggling/special needs students
• Add-ons for G Suite: Docs | Sheets

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Online coding and programming tools

• Code Avengers (Chrome)
• Code Combat 
• Code Monster
• Code Studio 
• Codeacademy 
• Coding with Chrome (Chrome only)
• Khan Academy: Computer programming
• Pencil Code
• Run Marco (Chrome)
• Scratch
• Scratch Jr. (Chrome)
• Sketch Nation Create
• Tynker (Chrome)

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Online survey/feedback tools

• Flipgrid
  
• Google Forms and Docs
  
• Kahoot
• Mentimeter
• Spiral
• SurveyAnyplace (upgraded accounts with school email)
• SurveyMonkey​
• Tricider
• Votesy
• Wufoo

Online mind mapping tools

• Cacoo (Chrome)
• Connected Mind (Chrome)
• Creately (Chrome)
• Examtime
• Lucidchart (Chrome) (free for K-12 teachers and students)
• Mindmaps
• MindMeister (Chrome)
• Mindomo (Chrome)
• Popplet (needs Flash)
• RealtimeBoard for Education
• Slatebox
• UnConcept

Online timeline makers

• Capzles
• Our Story
• Time Toast
• Timeline
• Timeline Maker

​Online storyboarding tools

• Storyboard That (Chrome)​
• Storyboard Generator

Online screencasting/screen capture tools

• Clarisketch (ChromeOS only)
• Clipular (Chrome)
• Screen-castify (Chrome and ChromeOS) (ideas)
• Screencast-O-Matic (not Chromebook)

Online citation makers

• BibMe
• Citation Builder
• Citation Generator
• Citationsy
• Cite It In
• EasyBib (Chrome)
• eTurabian
• KnightCite
• Son of Citation Machine
• WorksCited4U

Online presentation tools

• Adobe Spark Page
• Buncee
• Fotobabble
• Google Slides (Chrome)
• Magisto (Chrome)
• MoveNote (Chrome)
• My Simple Show
• Photopeach (Chrome)
• Pixiclip
• Powtoon (Chrome)
• Prezi (Chrome)
• ​Sharalike
• Slideshare
• SlideSnack (Chrome)​
• Swipe
• Tackk (Chrome)
• theLearnia
• Thematic
• Thinglink
• ToonDoo
• UTellStory
• Voicethread (Chrome)
• Wakelet
• Zoho Show (Chrome)

​Online image/quote creators

• Addtext
• Adobe Spark Post (classroom use)
• Block Posters
• Motivator
• Pablo
• Photonotes
• Picfont
• Pixteller image/quote maker

Online math/conversion tools

• Convert LaTeX to RTF format
• ​Demos online graphing calculator
• Firemath
• Google Docs Equation Editor
• ​Graphing calculator
• Keely's MathOL Web Site
• LaTeX Equation Editor
• Matcha Online Math Editor
• MathJax
• Online Graphing Calculator
• Online Conversion
• Online LaTeX Editor​
• LaTeX Equation Editor
• Unit Converter

Online infographic and graph creation tools

• Adioma
• Canva
• Easel.ly
• Google Drawings​​
• Hohli Online Charts Builder
• Infogr.am (Chrome)
• NCES Create-a-Graph​
  
• Online Chart Tool
• PieColor
• Piktochart (Chrome)
• ​Genially
• Silk
• Visme
• Venngage

Online collaboration tools

• AWW: A Web Whiteboard
• CoSketch
• DoodleToo collaborative drawing
• dropcanvas
• Flipgrid
• Google CAST for Education (Chromebook screen sharing)
• Lino (Chrome)
• MeetingWords
• NoteBookCast collaborative whiteboard
• Notion
• Padlet  (iOS | Android | Chrome)
• PrimaryPad
• Realtime Board
• Stoodle online whiteboard
• Taskade
• TeamTalk.io videoconferencing
• TitanPad
• tlk.io
• Trello
• Unio
• Whereby videoconferencing

Online ebook creators

• Blurb (Chrome)
• Issuu
  
• MyEbookMaker (Chrome)
• Snapguide
• ZinePal
• Readium: Online ePub reader

Offline Chrome apps

• Gmail Offline
• Google Keep
• Google Play Books
• Kindle Cloud Reader
• Pixlr TouchUp
• Pocket
• Quick Note
• Sketchpad 3.5
• TechSmith SnagIt

Online digital research tools

• DiRT directory of online research tools
  

​Online URL shorteners

• bit.do
  
• bit.ly
• goo.gl
• tinyurl.com

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Page created: 01/18/2011
Last updated: 09/25/2019
Kathy Schrock (kathy@kathyschrock.net)
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