Evaluated Web 2.0 tools
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The team of the iProject EduWeb2.0 has used in academic teaching and evaluated more than 50 Web 2.0 tools. Our evaluation of these Web 2.0 tools is posted on wiki pages that are listed below (click on the links). The evaluation information includes experiences of teachers, as well as some critical problems that were noticed while using those tools for education purpose. Also, a comprehensive usability survey was performed for most useful types of tools (mind mapping, block-diagrams, online notes taking, online presentations) and the best performing tools in each category are recommended on this web page.
Online notes taking
- iNetWord
- Helipad
- Google Docs (best usability - online notes taking)
Mashups
- iGoogle
- myYahoo
Collaborative Google applications
User interface design
- Mockflow
Social bookmarking
- Diigo [1]
- Sticky notes
Mind-mapping
- Bubbl.us
- Mind 42
- Mindomo (best usability - mind mapping)
- Mindmeister (very good usability - mind mapping)
Block-diagrams
- Gliffy (best usability - block-diagrams)
Online presentations / video podcasting
- Masher
- SlideSix (best usability - online presentations)
- Veotag
- Yodio
Audio podcasting
- Woices
Collaborative programming / SNS
- Posteet
- Github
- Pastebin
Online photos & comic strip creation
- Flickr [2]
Online surveys
- JotForm [3]
Voice recording & publishing
- Voiceboard
- Riffly
- Covcell
Social networking
- Ning
- SocialGo
ePortfolio
- Mahara
- Elgg
- Foliospaces [4]
Wikies
Video editing
- JayCut
- Tubegrip
- Vixy
