50+Web+Tools+for+Online+Teaching+and+Learning

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 * 1) [|Online OCR] — Convert scanned documents to text.
 * 2) [|Wordle] — Word clouds! ([|example]) See also [|Tagxedo]
 * 3) [|Up-Goer Five Text Editor]— Can you explain a hard idea using only the ten hundred most used words?
 * 4) [|Scribd] — Document sharing. (example)
 * 5) [|WordPress.com] — Blogging platform.
 * 6) [|Edublogs] — Like WordPress.com or Blogger but specifically tailored to [|educational needs].
 * 7) [|Wikipedia] — "a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free Internet encyclopedia"
 * 8) [|NolaWiki] — "a collaborative, reliable, comprehensive look at the people, places, events and ideas of the city of New Orleans."
 * 9) Wikispaces — Create your own wiki. (Note: This page is hosted on Wikispaces.)
 * 10) [|Google Sites] — Create your own website/wiki. ([|example])
 * 1) [|visualizing.org] — Find (and share) visualizations of complex issues. ([|example])
 * 2) [|Many Eyes] — Find and create data visualizations. ([|example])
 * 3) [|Pinterest] — A social environment for collecting, discovering and sharing images. ([|example]) (more on [|educational use])
 * 4) [|Compfight] — Search tool that makes it easy to find Flickr photos, including those licensed for re-use.
 * 1) [|YouTube] — Everybody knows about YouTube, but did you know about their [|Education Channel]?
 * 2) [|Vimeo] — Video hosting. Like YouTube but cooler. Lack of support for captioning could be a deal-breaker.
 * 3) [|CaptionTube] — Speaking of which, here's a tool for captioning YouTube videos. ([|example])
 * 4) [|TED-Ed] — Like YouTube's Education Channel but even more highly curated.
 * 5) [|Animoto] — Easy-to-make online videos from photos and music. Free for videos under 30 seconds. ([|example])
 * 6) [|Screenr] — Screen recording. Yes, it's web-based. ([|example])
 * 7) [|SoundCloud] — Audio sharing platform. Free version limited to 120 minutes total. ([|example])
 * 8) [|AudioBoo] — Audio sharing platform. Free version limited to three minutes per file. ([|example])
 * 1) [|Educreations] — Recordable interactive whiteboard. Captures voice and handwriting/drawing to produce movies. Especially nice with an iPad but can also be used via web browser. ([|example])
 * 2) [|Prezi] — Make (and find) crazy zooming presentations. ([|example])
 * 3) [|Timetoast] — Build (and find) interactive timelines. ([|example])
 * 4) [|Capzles] — Make (and find) multimedia storylines. Educational version in the works. ([|example])
 * 5) [|SlideShare] — Share and find presentations (mainly PowerPoint). ([|example])
 * 6) [|VoiceThread] — "A VoiceThread is a collaborative, interactive, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos." ([|example])
 * 7) [|MentorMob] — Make and find learning playlists. Virtually all media supported: videos, PDFs, webpages, etc. ([|example])
 * 1) [|Quora] — Social Q&A site. There are many of these but Quora's the best. ([|example])
 * 2) [|Khan Academy] — Lectures and quizzes with an emphasis on math, science and finance. ([|example])
 * 3) [|Poll Everywhere] — Easy way to aggregate live responses. ([|example]) ([|example]) (see also [|Socrative])
 * 4) [|SurveyMonkey] — Surveys made easy.
 * 5) [|Moodle] — Free course-management system.
 * 6) [|Quizlet] — Make and find study tools (flash cards etc.) ([|example])
 * 1) [|Evernote] — Store notes, images, documents, web clips, audio notes. Searchable. Sync across your devices. Claims to recognize handwriting from, say, a photo of a whiteboard.
 * 2) [|LiveBinder] — Like a three-ring binder for web pages. ([|example])
 * 3) [|Delivr] — Make and manage QR codes. ([|example])
 * 1) [|Facebook] — Yes, it can be used for teaching. For example, make a group for your class.
 * 2) [|Twitter] — For developing connections with colleagues around the world.
 * 3) [|LinkedIn] — Professional networking.
 * 4) [|Yammer] — Enterprise social network: social software designed for the institutional context.
 * 5) [|Dropbox] — Easy file sharing.
 * 1) [|Popplet] — Mind mapping, image galleries, more. ([|example])
 * 2) [|MindMeister] — Collaborative mind mapping. ([|example])
 * 3) [|Voki] — Create talking avatars. See example below. ([|example])
 * 4) [|MakeBeliefComix] — Create your own comic strips. You'll have to make a screenshot for sharing online. ([|example])
 * 5) [|Diigo] — Bookmarks on steroids. Allows you to highlight and add sticky notes to web pages. ([|example])
 * 6) [|ScoopIt] — Curated web content. ([|example])
 * 7) [|Learnist] — Curated web content, possibly more education-oriented. ([|example])

See also: The Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies' [|Top 100 Tools for Learning]