Web 2.0 Sites for Communication and Collaboration
Brainstorming/Collaboration
- My Big Campus - a learning community that is free, filtered, monitored, and student centered
- eyePlorer - allows the user to “explore and process knowledge.” The user enters a word or words to research, eyePlorer pulls information from Wikipedia and puts it into a color wheel of information. There is a notebook where the user can drag and drop facts that they want to remember.
Twiddla –create free, collaborative whiteboard spaces online. - Mindmeister –easy collaborative brainstorming, graphic organizer tool.
- Wallwisher –set up a wall for brainstorming, collaborating online.
- Linoit --like Wallwisher but has more controls and sticky notes. (Has an app)
- Thinklinkr –create/share collaborative outlines.
- Mindomo –online mind-mapping/brainstorming.
- Diagrammr –create simple diagrams for ideas by just writing sentences.
- CoSketch –collaborate through drawing; includes ability to incorporate Google Maps.
- Bubbl.us –collaborative mind map creation tool; easy, flash-based interface.
- Creately –create collaborative diagrams, mind maps, flow charts, etc. with drag-and-drop interface; free version allows up to 3 collaborators and 5 diagrams.