web 2.0





A VoiceThread is a collaborative media application that enables users to create their own media to be shared with others online using different formats (images, presentation slides, documents, PDF files, videos) and other dozens of most common formats. This application allows users to upload their own media and then use the comment features which are available in five different ways: voice comments, webcam video comments, written comments, telephone comments, and uploading an audio file. The user can also use drawing features to point or highlight some important elements while she/he is commenting. This application is a good way for students to create authentic tasks, share them with other students in their classroom as well as other students around the globe. Teachers can follow their students’ work and give them immediate feedback through the different commenting features. 


StoryJumper is a website that allows students  to build their own books in an interesting way. It is very easy to create cover pages, add text, upload drawings or photos to illustrate story, and StoryJumper clipart gallery can also be used. When the story is created, the students can order their own published hardback book, but it is not free to get the hardback book of course.
it is very recommended for English learners to be used in writing stories and also be professionals. There are many tools available to be used such as images, background colors, templates that could help second language learners to write with confidence and more.


This is an easy way to create your own video and/or audio to be shared instantly through a direct link. It can be used with your classroom, deliver important messages that require face to face instructions, keep in touch with your students while you are in a conference or elsewhere so you do not miss your classes any more. To record videos, you need a lot of space and to send the video you need to wait for long time to deliver your video, but not with the mailVU because your video is email it immediately along with your message to your students. Most important, students can reply without the need to open an account, just as easy as 1, 2, 3. Give it try and see what you can do with this application. If you have other classroom ideas, please share them here.


Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages. It's easy! From any page, click "Create". Voki is extremely user friendly, so just follow the steps. Customize your character, give it a voice, choose a background and a player, and click Publish! To start Voki, you need to register for a new account, visist Voki here.



Storybird is a service that uses collaborative storytelling to connect kids and families. Two (or more) people create a Storybird in a round robin fashion by writing their own text and inserting pictures. They then have the option of sharing their Storybird privately or publicly on the network. The final product can be printed, watched on screen, played with like a toy, or shared through a worldwide library. Storybird is also a simple publishing platform for writers and artists that allows them to experiment, publish their stories, and connect with their fans.


This web 2.0 technology helps ESL students to improve their listening, spelling, vocabulary, and writing. The students have the choice to choose their own levels among different activities based on their needs and interest. You need to sign up at (Listen and Write) for free and it only take two minutes to register which will help the student to see his/her scores at any time during the activity task.. There are different options in each activity that the learner may choose. First, in full mode the learner has to type the entire sentence she/he hear from the speaker which can be set as auto repeating so the sentence will be repeated until the correct sentence is written. Second, in the quick mood, the learner only needs to type in the first letter of each sentence and the rest of the word will be filled out. Third, in the blank mood, the learner has to choose the number of blanks he/she wants to have in the activity. Then the learner has to fill in the missing word in the blank. The powerful feature in this site is that the letter you type is immediately checked whether it is write. If not, it will be rejected. Give it try! 




This is a great web page that can combine all your pages that you want to share in the class in just one page with one click. Just what you need to do is go the home page of Fur.ly and then enter the URL for as many pages as you want to share. When you are done, you will be given a new URL that gives you access to all your sites together in different views. You may then click on the next page from the top menu or you may select your page from the menu. It is very easy to use and more important you can get a report tells you about the number of hits each page has. Try it and let me know if you like it.