Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning:
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Director:
Mailing Address: Steve Szymoniak
1902 North Loop 499
Harlingen, TX 78550
Location: The Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning is located in W-301 of the Irma Rangel Science and Technology Building
Office Hours: M - F: 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Sat., Sun.: Closed
Introduction to Web 2.0
What is Web 2.0? Web 2.0 is commonly associated with web applications that facilitate interactive information sharing, interoperability, user-centered design, and collaboration on the World Wide Web. Some call it the second generation of the World Wide Web especially the movement away from static webpages to dynamic and shareable content and social networking. Another characteristic of Web 2.0 is the behavior in how people now use the Internet and the World Wide Web. Please view this short video.
Web 2.0 Applications
Listed below is a list of free web 2.0 applications that can be used to manage your time, use in the classroom, and deliver instruction. If you know of a useful web 2.0 tool please let us know and it will be added to this page.
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PB Works |
PB Works (formerly PBwiki) is a free online application that offers basic wikis; a premium wiki at a price to add extra features such as enhanced security management with secure HTTP, Style sheets, and JavaScript support. |
PB Works |
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Wikispaces |
Wikispaces is a free website that lets teachers create their own "wikipedia" world in their classroom. |
Wikispaces |
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Wikidot |
Wikidot is a free social networking service and wiki hosting service. |
Wikidot |
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ScreenToaster |
ScreenToaster is a free online screen recorder. |
ScreenToaster
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Blip.tv |
Blip.tv is a video distribution service that allows you to post videos, free of charge, for the world to view. |
Blip.tv |
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Audacity (Download Software) |
Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. |
Audacity |
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Podomatic |
Podomatic is a podcasting portal site where users can create, mix, host, search, share, and grab podcasts and mp3s. |
Podomatic |
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Podbean |
PodBean is a podcast hosting service with a Web-based system that allows users to publish, manage, and promote podcasts. |
Podbean |
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Delicious |
Delicious is a social bookmarking service that allows users to tag, save, manage and share web pages from a centralized source. |
Delicious |
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Digg |
Digg is a website made for people to discover and share content from anywhere on the Internet by submitting links and stories. |
Digg |
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StumbleUpon |
StumbleUpon is an Internet community that allows its users to discover and rate random Web pages, photos, and videos. |
StumbleUpon |
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Vyew |
Vyew is a free browser-based conferencing and always-on collaboration platform that provides instant visual communication without the need for client downloads or installations. |
Vyew |
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Flickr |
Flickr is an online photo management and sharing application where you can securely and privately show content to your friends and family, or blog the photos and videos. |
Flickr |
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Remember the Milk |
Remember the milk is a phone application that acts as a personal organizer for iphone users. |
Remember the Milk |
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Dropbox (Storage-provider) |
Dropbox is a file hosting service operated by Dropbox, Inc. which uses cloud computing to enable users to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet using file synchronization. |
Dropbox |
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Zamzar |
Zamzar is a web application to convert files without downloading a software tool. |
Zamzar |
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Free File Convert |
FreeFileConvert converts files from one format to another and can be used to download videos from a large number of online portals. |
Free File Convert |
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Media-Convert |
Media-Convert converts all types of files without software installation. |
Media-Convert |
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Scan My Essay (Viper) |
Viper is a plagiarism essay checker that’s accurate, easy, and free. |
Scan My Essay |
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PDF-XChange Viewer |
PDF-XChange Viewer is a PDF creator/editor/reader that allows you to view and edit PDFs. |
PDF-XChange Viewer |
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Hot Potatoes |
Hot Potatoes is a suite of interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises (Second link: Manual). |
Hot Potatoes
Manual |
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