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Also see the links pointing to other resources, e.g. in Jan 2013 The Best of Teachers Web Tools was a good resource, but it is broken now. In particular 'web 2.0' websites seem to have a very short half life.
- Daniel K. Schneider 12 May 2010 / Jan 14 2013
This note taking app is compatible for android 4.0 and up. It has been updated on 1st Aug 2013 and has added new formatting options for its users. This app way downloaded 5 million times. Developed by Social & Mobile, Inc., this note taking app is ideal fo jolting down lists, text notes and video recordings. Windows Blogging & Writing Apps. Here is a list of blogging apps that you might want to check out if you’re a Windows user that are specifically designed to connect to a blogging platform, such as WordPress, Blogger, etc. Notion 2.0 is a different story. This can legitimately replace your task management app (particularly Trello), your spreadsheet app (e.g. Airtable), your notes app (e.g. Evernote), your documents app (e.g. Dropbox Paper), Lists/Outliner (e.g. Workflowy) and it integrates them all incredibly elegantly - on desktop AND mobile. Some students might enjoy the freedom of being able to actively listen and then take photos for later reference. Others might furiously type each word, and for some students, paper may be the most effective note-taking tool. The beauty of note-taking with iPad is its impact on all learners.
2The List
3Links and References
1 Definition
This is a list of web 2.0 applications. It should centralize software discussed in rich internet applications, virtual office, social software, e-learning 2.0, personal learning environments etc.
Basically I want this to be a toolkit for:
teachers engaged in project-oriented learning, e.g. read the personal learning environments or C3MS project-based learning model (one of my proposals).
learners who on their own initiative, want to have a personal learning environment / learning e-portfolio
Note: webtops (applications that integrate web widgets, i.e. some light-weight web 2.0 applications and information feeds are described apart). Also, this list may include on-line tools that are not really 'web 2.0', e.g. are not Ajax or not sharable. It also may contain useless junk. There is 'no' endorsement.
See also Creating websites with online services and using web widgets, i.e. some background information in the web technology tutorials series that explain how to create (a) web sites with online services and that (b) may include other services as widgets.
2 The List
Notice: As mentioned above this list should be completely revised, updated and also reorganized
GoogleDocs (free and the most well known, was Writely)
Zoho writer. Free and probably the best in terms of WP functionality. Zoho also has other tools, e.g. Spreadheet, presentation, database. All good (except the wiki tool)
NoteTango! a free collaborative note sharing website for students. Students can take notes and share their notes, and collaborate on notes
NoteMesh. NoteMesh is a free service that allows college students in the same classes to share notes with each other. It works by creating a wiki for individual classes that users can edit.
NoteCentric A web based note taking application. Notecentric keeps your notes organized and readily available online. Sharing with friends is possible.
Flashcard Sharing
StudyStack create and share flashcards. Site also takes the data from your flashcards and creates other activities - matching, hangman, crossword, bug chase, etc. Flashcards can also be put on your cell phone.
Quizlet a flashcard sharing site created by a high school student.
FlashCardExchange is another flashcard sharing site.
Anki is a popular flashcard sharing tool powered by spaced learning.
Synap is a flashcard / Multiple Choice Question sharing site created by medical students.
Memrise is a flashcard site used mostly for learning languages.
Wikis
See also the wiki article (more links)
wikispaces (public read/write or read/only is free, private is $50/year).
Jotspot (currently locked for new users, since bought by Google - Daniel K. Schneider 21:24, 6 June 2007 (MEST))
Other collaborative writing
YouFig.com currently (12/2007) closed for non-invited. 'Band together with friends and colleagues to exchange ideas, network, and collaborate in real time private communities'.
BricaBox. A sort of service that allows to combine wiki, photos, maps, etc. into your own space.
2.4 Web pages and sites
There are lots of sites that allow you to create an online presence.
See also sharable webtops like Pageflakes
Facebook (Wikipedia article).
Workstreamer Social Collaboration
Spruz.
Note: There is a crossover with social networking platforms. See some more links there.
2.5 Data gathering and analysis
Online survey tools
Requestio for market research using online surveys and opinion polls. Provides a multilingual interface to create and publish questionnaire.
Typeform to create surveys which are optimized for all platforms and devices.
SurveyKing to create free online surveys and forms. Provides advanced reporting features such as cross tabulation and filtering to spot hidden trends in data.
Calculators
Google Calculator, Calcoolate, Instacalc.
Spreadsheets
See Integration tools - Office tools, in particular Google and Zoho.
Video.Google (much better than YouTube since you can share contents in MP4, youtube only allows you to share viewing unless you teach students to use tricks like [1].)
Since youtube and google are probably censored in schools, use teachertube
Imagination at Work. GE collaborative drawing tool (works nicely, allows printing, sending a message to invite people).
skrbl. Sketch, text, share files, upload pictures all in one common shared space.
Graphs
CreateAGraph, Graphs and charts maker (online tool where you can configure the graph and enter data, no registration required)
Chartle.net Supports Bar, Pie, Line diagrams etc. and interactive maps.
Wordle is a toy for generating “word clouds” from text that you provide. It also can import RSS feeds and tags from del.icio.us users.
ChartGo.com Tool to Create Charts Online. Easy to use and free. No login required.
UML
yUML. You will have to specify the diagram with a short hand notation. The result can be taken as picture or embedded as widget in a web page. Currently (May 2009) UML Class diagrams and use case diagrams are supported.
Aviary Photo-editing, logos, web templates, filters, color palettes, screen capture & more
2.11 Concept mapping and argumentation diagrams
Mind mapping and concept maps
Mayomi (was good, but the URL is dead now. Is there a replacement ?).
Bubbl.us. Nice and easy to use application
Mindomo Web-based mind mapping tool (free)
MindMeister is an online mind-mapping service (free, at least beta version of Feb 2007)
Gliffy Online Diagramming in your web browser (needs Flash 7). Supports various domains (UML, Flow Chart, Floor Charts). Five drawings are free. ($30/30 per year).
Drop mind (Sliverlight technology). Free (as of May 2009)
Argumentation
CoPe_It!, is a web based tool supporting argumentative collaboration and decision making for Communities of Practice.
2.12 Networking
Contacts
Plugoo, Bebo, Yahoo! 360, Multiply, .
Places
Ning (nice features)
Facebook (not too useful in education)
Liquivid video exposure and effects 1 0 9. See also the List of social networking websites in Wikipedia.
2.13 Organizing (specifically for education)
Personal Organizer
Stu.dicio.us, Student organizer and social notetaking tool where students can create a schedule, track their grades, manage a to do list, store files for classes, and write public notes in an outline-like format.
Educational projects
NoteStar, not really web 2.0, but useful :)
HomeWork Organization
GradeFix, homework management system for students.
Teacher tools (Grade tools, organizers, contents)
See also: Gradebook
Chalksite Teachers, students and parents have a central point to access grading, assignments, discussions and messaging.
iversity Interactive online-teaching platform. Universities can make introductory courses available online
Engrade Gradebook, Attendance book, HomeWork Calendar, Student Reports.
E-Portfolios
See Learning e-portfolios
DIGIcation (not tested).
2.14 Learning management systems / e-learning
Most of these do less than a full blown LMS, but since they use AJAX interfaces, they are usually much easier and faster (!)
Haiku LMS (Haiku) (Learning Management Tool) Drag & Drop environment to organize a class website (Text, Files, Links, Photos, Audio, Video), Events, Calendar, Assignments. etc. For teachers, their students and parents. Daniel K. Schneider wouldn't call it an LMS yet, since it doesn't include collaborative work and upload facilities for students. Otherwise a nice and easy to use tool. Free for one class (includes all tools and 1MB storage).
LearnHub (formerly NuVVo). Quote: 'LearnHub is a network of communities, each one built around a specific subject (ex. Algebra, History, Software Development). Search to find a community that fits your interest. You will find many communities offer a wealth of freely available information, created by expert teachers, and other students. The line between teacher and student is blurred, because a student in one subject, can be a teacher in another. Communities are a mixture of lessons (pages, videos, presentations, concept games), tests, discussions, debates and fun activities. You will also find a marketplace, where you can find courses and tutor offerings from expert teachers.' (retrieved april 11 2008). Use of LearnHub is free, but teachers may sell courses. Therefore Learnhub may become an e-commerce platform for open microlearning.
Mindpicnic, Courses at Mindpicnic are a simple method of organizing and sharing large amounts of study material. More precisely, a course is an ordered collection of cardboxes (flashcards), books, links and notes referring to one topic. So this is a personal learning environment in a way. Free (but there is a pro upgrade). Not too impressed by the examples I have seen.
edu20.org. Free web-based education site with comprehensive features for teachers, students and parents. Anyone can teach and/or learn using the system, whether it's at school, at home, or on the move.
Unison. Web-based rapid elearning development. Allows teams to collaboratively capture, storyboard, develop, review, test, and publish Flash-based courses. A simple version is free, others up to $500/month.
2.15 Organizing
Multipurpose
Scrybe (an augmented calendar, since 9/2008 closed to beta testing, final version will have both free and paying services).
Calendar
Google Calendar, 30 Boxes, CalendarHub, Epointment, HipCal, Jotlet, Kiko, Planzo, Spongecell, TimeBridge, Trumba,
Some webtops also provide simple task mangement tools
Time Tracking
Tick, 14Dayz, Beeplet, clockodo, Harvest, Deskmeister, minutes in a minute, SlimTimer, Time Tracker, Time59, Toggl.
2.16 Development and webos
On-line web development tools
(e.g. manipulate images, create web layouts, etc.)
See: Web2Rain A list of 434 (or more) tools that make web development easy.
On-line configuration and hostring of web applications
(there are more, e.g. wikis, LMSs etc.)
See also web widget and mashup
Ning, Coghead, Dapper, Mashery, Morfik, Pingdom.
Operating System
See web operating system
2.17 Browser extensions
Zotero is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. E.g. features automatic capture of citation information from web pages, Storage of PDFs, files, images, links, and whole web pages, flexible notetaking with autosave, fast, as-you-type search through your materials, playlist-like library organization. A kind of personal learning environment.
Major sources are/were (also would need updating !)
The Best of Teachers Web Tools (2013)
Learning Tools Directory (Centre for learning & Performance technologies). Many of these are 'web 2.0'.)
Cool tools for schools (Also includes PC software)
Carpe Noctum (dwebb68),
Go2Web20 - RSS Feed
Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 1 (Brian Benzinger).
Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies (several lists and indexes, e.g. top 10 for school, professionals.)
3.2 Introductions for educators
See also e-learning 2.0 and personal learning environment. Here we focus on articles that contain lists of useful applications.
Anderson, Paul, What Is Web 2.0? Ideas, Technologies and Implications for Education, JISC Technology and Standards Wath, PDF. One of the best technical overviews of web 2.0 I have seen - Daniel K. Schneider)
Benzinger, Brian (2006), Back to School with the Class of Web 2.0: Part 1, [2]. On 19:51, 14 May 2007 (MEST) this was the best 'web 2.0' list made specifically for education I found. This article has three parts. [], [], [] - Daniel K. Schneider.
MacManus, Richard (2007). e-learning 2.0 Infiltrates the Classroom, Read/Write Web, HTML
D'Souza, Quentin, 100+ Web 2.0 Ideas for Educators: A Guide to RSS and More. Abstract/PDF
Molina, Pablo G. and the 2006 EDUCAUSE Evolving Technologies Committee, Pioneering New Territory and Technologies, EDUCAUSE Review, vol. 41, no. 5 (September/October 2006): 112-35 HTML/PDF
Wagner, Mark (2006). Best of 2006: The Read/Write Web in Education, HTML.
3.3 Other
3.4 web2.0 / Office 2.0 lists and databases
Office 2.0 database at Itredux. Best choice on 18:52, 4 May 2007 (MEST).
goweb 2.0. Large tagged and searchable site that indexes lots of web2.0 services (but no sorting mechanism offered).
Office 2.0 conference 2006 (some introductory articles available, some referred below)
Descy, Don E., (2007). Browser-based Online Applications: Something for Everyone!, TechTrends 1, Number 2 / March, 2007. 10.1007/s11528-007-0014-z PDF.
Ghalimi, Ismael, Office 2.0, IT|Redux index of overview articles, HTML, retrieved 16:49, 26 April 2007 (MEST).
Ghalimi, Ismael (2006), How To Build a Website with Office 2.0, IT|Redux, [3], retrieved 16:49, 26 April 2007 (MEST).
Hayes, Alexander, A Web Office Toolkit HTML, retrieved 16:49, 26 April 2007 (MEST). (a large list).
Hinchcliffe, Dion, Blogs, wikis, and Web 2.0 as the next application platform, ZDNet article, HTML, retrieved 16:49, 26 April 2007 (MEST)
Ezzy, Ebrahim (2006). Webified Desktop Apps vs Browser-based Apps, retrieved 16:49, 26 April 2007 (MEST).
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OneNote is a bit of a Swiss Army Knife with a multitude of note taking applications. I use if for a couple of purposes, the first being engineering research and the second, and no doubt more nefarious, blogging. It is the latter application that I will be discussing today with the intention being to, in no uncertain terms, outline why OneNote is one of the best blogging tools on the face of this planet.
There is no shortage of good blogging tools, and no doubt you are thinking that my sanity has completely deserted me to propose OneNote as being one of them. But, if you give me but a few minutes of your time I will substantiate this outlandish claim with sound, reasoned points. Nine of them to be exact. Am I a bit annoyed that I could not make it to a round ten points, absolutely. But I will not be disheartened, and will progress nevertheless and if the readers come up with a tenth point, then please drop it in the comments section below. Let’s now begin with the slightly inadequate, 9 points.
OneNote is great for blog post research
As indicated by the name OneNote a great tool for taking notes. You can copy and paste all manner of media including,
Text
Pictures
URL
Screenshots using the Clipping tool
Excel Tables
Hand written notes
Of those mentioned, my favourite is the clipping tool which I find to be invaluable. Simply hit the keyboard shortcut, (Windows button + S) and then draw a rectangle over the area you want to copy to the clipboard.
Hit the Windows Key (shown) and “S” together for screen snapshot
OneNote is Free
It is an indisputable factoid that stuff is 73% better when it is free. Yes, I totally made that up but I stand by the principle. All versions of OneNote can be downloaded free. Here are the direct links for downloading the IOS version of OneNote, OneNote for Android and OneNote for Windows.
OneNote can Sync notes and blog posts across all devices
If you’re not working exclusively on one device then the ability to sync your notes across multiple devices is invaluable. This means that you can begin an article on one device and pick it up one another. Picture this. You’re out in a nice cafe, nursing a latte while tapping out an article on your iPad. Naturally the latte and chatting with your buddies online takes priority meaning that the article is not finished by the time you have to amble home. Of course you need not amble, you could stroll or for metropolitan types, jump on your Vespa. Speaking of which, I have been musing recently about the emergence of electric motorbikes. They seem pretty cool and would no doubt offer a low maintenance, low running cost alternative to traditional combustion engines. For example, check out these electric motorbikes. There are also common sense alternatives but I had to show the cooler versions.
Anyway, you make it home from the cafe, or pub, whatever the case may be and flick on the computer. Low and behold, there is the OneNote article in all of its half-finished glory ready to be polished off. Note, this story is purely fictional and any resemblance to bloggers living or typing from the grave is purely coincidental. https://bestkload876.weebly.com/hdr-projects-professional-7-235.html. Anyway, although rather long winded, the point is that it is rather convenient when OneNote can sync across multiple devices.
OneNote can organize everything
You can imagine OneNote to be the electronic equivalent of a Staples store with all possible variations of stationery and filing tools at your disposal. You can set up primary Notebooks for large topic areas, divide the Notebooks by Chapters(Tabs) and fill those chapters with pages which can also be arranged as a hierarchy and collapsed to keep them tidy. So, for paper and pen people, OneNote will offer a soft landing in the world of electronic note taking.
OneNote has tags galore for blog article and posts
In addition to the Myriad of filing and organizing methods that were listed in the point above, it is also possible to insert tags anywhere in OneNote. A list of predefined tags come as standard such as “Important”, “Send Email”, or “Project A”. These are but mere examples for the tags can be tailored to your particular needs. Another nice touch is that you can associate keyboard shortcuts with each tag. So imagine if you will, doing your work when you come across an interesting passage. Do you,
A) Panic And break out in a cold sweat?
B) Consciously dismiss the critical point and crack open another beer?
C) Tag it with a deft application of the associated keyboard shortcut for later reference?
While answer B has its attractions, the right thing to do would be answer C and for that OneNote has your back. Naturally whatever you tag is easy to Search for in OneNote due to its cosmically powerful Search features. Admittedly point B does provide a little inspiration to visit the fridge as my Cabernet Sauvignon has been somewhat depleted during the course of this article.
OneNote has an excellent Search Feature
At some point depending on how much work you were doing will ultimately end up with a massive information and somehow you need to be able to find the information that you want quickly and easily. And this my friend, is where the OneNote search functionality enters the fray. The search functionality of OneNote must be one of my favourite features. Naturally you can search for text and tags, but the real beautiful beauty of it is that you can also search for text within images. Whenever you insert a picture or screenshot the Optical Character Recognition(OCR) in OneNote automatically scans it for text. Whenever you do a search within OneNote, this OCR text can also be searched.
OneNote can track tasks
Given that this blog often covers To-Do List Apps, it is natural that I also spare a few words for this topic. I find it quite nice to have a list of activities inherent or associated with the work that I’m doing. For this, OneNote has a nice feature whereby any list of text can become a tickable to-do list by simply selecting the text and then the To-Do Tag on the task bar.
A quick and Simple To-Do List in OneNote
OneNote can export to other formats
If for some reason you’re wanted you the information from one note and another format this is also possible you can easily export a page or section or even an entire notebook into other formats such as Microsoft Word or PDF or even as a web page. Naturally, text can also be readily copied and pasted in and out of OneNote.
OneNote can publish directly to WordPress
“Send to Blog” feature really streamlines the process of posting a new article
Desk 2 0 – A Writing Blogging And Notetaking Approaches
This again has to be one of my favourite points which enables any articles penned using OneNote to be directly uploaded to a WordPress blog. This “Send to Blog” feature really streamlines the process of posting a new article, replete with web page links, pictures and text formatting from your computer to WordPress. This is a great feature that is shared with other writing Apps such as iA Writer. If you are not familiar on how to use OneNote to upload a post to WordPress, I have provided a short guide.
Quick Guide on How to Publish to WordPress Blog using OneNote
1. After completing your article in OneNote, Hit the “File”, button and then “Send”. A few options will come up and the one you want is of course, “Send to Blog”.
2. MS Word will open and the OneNote article will be automatically imported. You will be prompted to set up an Account for your blog provider. Simply select your provider, “WordPress”, in this case and enter the Username and Password.
Create a Blog Account in Word when prompted
3. Finally, in the top right of the Word Document you will find a little button, “Publish”. Just below it there is an arrow. Hitting the arrow will enable you to either select “Publish”, or “Publish as Draft”. I would advise to select the latter so you can do final adjustments on WordPress after the Article has been uploaded. If you now log into your WordPress account, you will find the article waiting for you.
Desk 2 0 – A Writing Blogging And Notetaking Apps
Select “Publish as Draft”, to send your Article to WordPress
So, is OneNote the best blogging tool? Personally I think OneNote is great for getting from basic article planning, through research all the way to streamlined publishing on WordPress. And, all this free blogging tool functions across multiple platforms. What’s not to like?
Desk 2 0 – A Writing Blogging And Notetaking Applications
That’s my two cents on this topic of the best blogging tools. Did you find it a worthwhile use of your time? If the answer is yes, then make sure to share on your choice of social network using the little buttons on the left side. Cheers!
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