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Google has not only taken over the world, but they are positioned to take over many of the classrooms! There are many Google resources and applications that can be utilized in the classroom. Below you will find them organized into the following categories: Applications (downloads); Collaboration; Research Resources and Other Resources.

Steve Wheeler's blog. He gives a list of ideas for effective Twitter use in the classroom. Includes links to other Twitter resources for classroom use.

An online charity through which public school teachers can post classroom projects and choose the ones for which they choose to donate. When the project reaches its funding goal , DonorsChoose.org delivers the requested materials to the school.

Interesting site on using technology in the classroom; there are a lot of resources.

When students let their minds drift off, they're losing valuable learning time. Here are ten smart ways to increase classroom participation.

Students have more information at their fingertips than ever before, yet the challenge remains for them to find, evaluate, and apply the information they discover in the classroom and beyond.Applying critical thinking skills through web research can help students: Improve search skills.Evaluate the information they find.Incorporate them in their work.Explore the ready-to-use curriculum below, including detailed lesson plans, student worksheets, and class demonstration

Another broad view and food for thought regarding Web 2.0 in the classroom

"Hello and welcome to the VoiceThread 4 Education wiki. This wiki was started by Colette Cassinelli (http://twitter.com/ccassinelli) but because of contributors like YOU - it has grown to be comprehensive collection of VoiceThread examples from students and teachers of all ages and groups. The purpose of this wiki is to gather examples of how educators are using Voicethread in their classrooms (or for professional development) and to share those examples."

A 23 slide slideshow on using backchannel chats.

Article about why online communities fail - may be valuable for those looking to extend the classroom beyond the walls.

A post about Google Moderator as an alternative to tools like Poll Everywhere. The post includes ideas for potential use in the classroom. 

A wiki created by Joyce Valenza that provides not only various Web 2.0 tools but also provides resources for how to use them in the classroom.

An extensive list of resources for digital storytelling including how to use it in the classroom and which tools to use.

It seems like everything is on youtube. This collection features history, language, arts, science, technology and even classroom management videos.

StageofLife.com thinks the answer to this phenomenon lies not in pushing against new social media, but rather embracing it: by encouraging high school students to blog. StageofLife.com is a website for the generation growing up with social media embedded into their daily lives to meet, share stories, and learn about those in their generation and other stages of life. It is an educational resource as well, offering lesson plans and contest ideas to educators. One of the most recent creative writing lesson plans is quite innovative: its goal is to break students out of the restrictive environment of 140-character word limits while at the same time promote the use of social media in the classroom. StageofLife.com believes that blogging and other social media is an integral part of the lives of current high school students, and should be incorporated into English classes around the country.

This was sent by a colleague a few years back. It's a repository of digital media for classroom use and instruction.

In the '09 cohort someone came across this open source resources page. It's a listing of free webtools (like Joyce Valenza's) that you may find useful for your classroom. They're organized by use/purpose and they're all free to use unlimited in your courses.

An interesting blog about changing the way we teach.