Web 2.0 Tools 2013
Miscellaneous Tools
Polling
Poll Everywhere: http://www.polleverywhere.com/ Live, real-time polling and results on any device
Websites
Weebly: http://www.weebly.com/ Amazingly easy and free website builder and hosting platform. Everything you could possibly want to have a quality website.
Visualizations
many eyes V2: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/analytics/labs/manyeyes/ From IBM, you can create a "visualization" of data in the form of word clouds, graphs, and mind maps.
Timelines
myHistro: http://www.myhistro.com/ Create geo-located interactive timelines over map backgrounds and embed in your blog or website. Searchable historical timeline archive as well.
myHistro demo video
Mind Maps
memofon: http://www.memofon.com/ Visualize text notes. Converts your notes to a mind map
Memofon
Remind101
https://www.remind101.com/ A safe way for teachers to text message students and stay in touch with parents.
Wonderopolis
http://wonderopolis.org/ Learning starts with wonder- where natural curiosity and imagination leads to exploration and discovery.
Wonderopolis
SeriouslyAmazing
http://seriouslyamazing.si.edu/ From the Smithsonian, where questions come alive. Be prepared to spend hours exploring through the Smithsonian's questions, Twitter feeds, and images.