Web 2.0 Tools and Apps

Google Docs

This tool allows you to create text documents
and share them for viewing or editing purposes

I use this to share text docs with teachers
and practice plans with assistant coaches

Google Drive

This tool allows you to share text docs,
video, sheets, pictures, etc

I use this to share video and larger text docs
with coworkers

Gmail

Standard email

We use this to communicate with other coaches, teachers, coworkers throughout the day, week, etc

Google Classroom

This tool allows you to build an online
class where assignments, notes, and
reminders can be uploaded

I use this for my team. Typically used
to post reminders and schedule updates
for parents and athletes

Google Calendar

This tool is an interactive calendar
that allows the user to post events
and event details. It also sends
reminders to your phone of scheduled
events

We use this heavily in the workplace to remind
ourselves of team meetings or staff meetings

Google Sheets

This tool allows the user to
create spreadsheets

I use this to create attendance sheets,
take statistics, and organize uniform
checkout/sizes etc for my team

Google Keep

This tool allows the user to
create lists

This tool is new to me. I would like to start
using it to create lists of important links that
I use frequently during certain teaching units

Google Sites

This tool allows the user to create a site
with large amounts of organized information

This tool is used in the classroom to create entire
units of study. It allows the teacher to locate all the
information for a unit in one location. You can upload
videos, notes, worksheets etc.

Google Slides

This tool allows the user to create slides of
information similar to a powerpoint

I have switched to google slides because it has the same
features as power point but you have the ability to share
the slides and allow them to be edited or viewed only

Google Video

This tool allows the user to make short
videos.

This tool would be great for a flipped classroom setting
or to provide instruction for assistant coaches/athletes/etc

Twitter

This app allows the user to follow various people
online for various sources of information while
also providing a forum for collaboration on
various topics

I use this app to follow various coaches
i.e. football, wrestling, strength in order
to gather information about the way
they run their programs

FlowDock

This is a private chat that allows its users
to get notifications from twitter

I have not used this yet but I think this
would be a great tool to use because you can
receive notifications from other apps such as
twitter which can provide added information
for conversation/collaboration

Instagram

This app allows the user to share pictures,
videos, results, and captions

Our wrestling team uses this to share
photos and results from events

Facebook

This app is a great way to communicate
updates, schedules and results to the
public

Our wrestling team reports results
shares pictures and reminders on this
app. It is a great way to reach the
general public

Remind 101

This app is similar to Group Me. It
allows for mass group texts to be
sent all at once

I use this to remind students
and athletes about sheduling

Group Me

This app allows you to create a large
contact group on your phone that you
can send reminders to at one time

This is a great way to communicate
with a team about schedules/changes

Class Dojo

This app allows you to take attendance,
reward points or point deductions, and
create notes for students/athletes/etc

I would use this app to
provide feedback to my
students/athletes regarding
their performance on an
assignment/practice/game

Evernote

This app allows the user to take notes
that are instantly saved on their mobile
device

I like this app because it is a quick and easy
way to take notes whenever you have them.
I use this frequently to take notes during
competitions, during/after class, or any
other time of day

Todoist

This mobile app allows you to assign
a priority to each item on your agenda

I would use this app on a daily
basis to help myself prioritize my
daily tasks

Habit List

This mobile app allows you to set
reminders for yourself while completing
a long term task

This would be a great tool for a
teacher, coach or administrator
to use throughout the course of
a unit or season to remind them
of certain tasks that need to be
completed by a certain time