1. EMSB Adult Education & Vocational Services Conference
November 7th, 2014
The Best Web Tools to Boost Your Teaching
2014 Edition
Rafael Scapin, Ph.D.
Coordinator of Educational Technology
Dawson College
3. 1
Google Drive: The top real-time document
creating and editing cloud-based system +
storage (15 Gb for free)
http://drive.google.com
Google Forms
Add-ons
Safe?
4. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
2 http://kaizena.com
Kaizena: give voice feedback to your students
5. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
3 http://www.dropbox.com
Dropbox: file synching software
Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghKdYKZ1Sts&feature=re
lated
6. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
4
Dropcanvas: What if sharing files was as
easy as dropping them onto a blank page
and sending it off to a friend?
http://www.dropcanvas.com
7. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
5 http://www.weebly.com
Weebly: website creator
Source:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6iqVxaALas
8. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
6 http://www.slideshare.net
Slideshare: presentation sharing site.
Create your own channel.
9. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
7
Issuu: allows to easily publish and
share documents
http://issuu.com/
10. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
8
TubeChop: allows you to easily chop a section
from any YouTube video and share it.
http://www.tubechop.com
http://www.tubechop.com/watch/2009907
11. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
9
KeepVid: easily download videos from
Youtube
http://keepvid.com/
12. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
10 http://www.voki.com
Voki: speaking avatar creator
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=4551933
&height=267&width=200
13. 11
EDpuzzle: Add Your Voice and Text
Questions to Educational Videos. The easy
way to flip your classroom!
http://edpuzzle.com
14. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
12 http://www.techsmith.com/jing.html
Jing: online screen capture tool
15. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
13 http://www.screenr.com
Screenr: Web-based screen recorder
How it works
16. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
14 http://www.diigo.com
Diigo: Social Bookmarking
17. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
15 http://pixlr.com/
Pixlr: an online image editor
18. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
16
Forvo: the largest word pronunciation
dictionary in the world
http://www.forvo.com
19. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
17 http://www.evernote.com/
Evernote: web-based note-taking tool
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pjn6YkCY2yA
20. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
18
LiveBinders: organize your resources in
an online binder
http://www.livebinders.com
21. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
19
ClassMarker: is an online quiz and test
creation website.
http://www.classmarker.com/
22. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
20
EasyBib: Free Automatic Bibliography and
Citation Generator
http://www.easybib.com
23. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
21 http://www.zamzar.com/
Zamzar: Free online file converter
Zamzar supports
over 1200 different
conversions!
24. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
22 http://www.polleverywhere.com/
Poll Everywhere: online, real time text voting
application
27. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
23
VoiceThread: record live annotations and
collect comments (both text and voice)
http://voicethread.com/
http://voicethread.com/?#q.b409.i848804
28. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
24
Socrative: is a smart student response system
Engage classrooms through a series of
educational exercises and games via
smartphones, laptops, and tablets.
http://www.socrative.com
29. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
25 http://www.lastpass.com
LastPass: online password manager
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RM0fzHxMASQ
30. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
26
Record MP3: The easiest way to record and
share audio
http://www.recordmp3.org/
31. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
27 http://infogr.am
Infogr.am: An easy tool to create infographics
32. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
28
YoucanBook.me: An easy way to people book
you!
http://youcanbook.me
http://rscapin.youcanbook.me
33. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
29 http://vline.com/
vLine: A free and easy video chat
34. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
30 Scoop.it & Paper.li: Curation Tools
Scoop.it: http://www.scoop.it Paper.li: http://www.paper.li
35. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
31TodaysMeet: is a free service to quickly create
chatrooms to use with your students.
http://todaysmeet.com/
36. Web 2.0 Tools for Teachers
32
CloudMagic: Lightning fast search across
Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, Evernote
and much more.
http://cloudmagic.com
Source: http://youtu.be/F1tH-S2HjGg
Press F5 or use the tool bar to enter presentation mode in order to see the poll.
In an emergency during your presentation, if the poll isn't showing, navigate to this link in your web browser:
http://www.polleverywhere.com/multiple_choice_polls/LTEyMjEwMzIyMTE
If you like, you can use this slide as a template for your own voting slides. You might use a slide like this if you feel your audience would benefit from the picture showing a text message on a phone.