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Blog from Martin Weller of the Open University on Educational Technology, digital scholarship, open education, e-learning etc.

An Aquaculture Community Site focusing on sharing learning resources and themed discussions. Run by the University of Hawaii using a social networking platform 

Cloudworks is an open participatory and social site for discussing and sharing ideas and resources about teaching and learning. It is based around the idea of "social objects" surrounded by a social space for discussion. These social objects can be cumulatively and collectively improved. Cloudworks is being developed by the Institute of Educational Technology at The Open University, UK.

Educaplay enables you to create activities and then embed in your blog or wiki. You need to set up an account. The default settings are Spanish, so make sure you select English. Ways to use this in a classroom: - spelling word activities - topic word activities - shared book activities (as shown below) - making crosswords about topics or books - specific grammatical activities like changing tense, adding endings, plurals etc - Comprehension activities

E-book from  EDUCAUSE.edu on how information technology is changing thinking and practice in higher education. Focused mainly on North America, but relevant globally

"Free and easy-to-use tool for interaction with your audience Mentimeter allows you to use mobile phones or tablets to vote on any question you specify. Our vision is to improve the meeting between a presenter and an audience."

there now is an edtech app store! Well, it's more like an app directory but you get the point. It's called edshelf and is an easy-to-use directory all the great web 2.0 tools out there just waiting for educators to try them out. You can share your experience with the tools, add your own, store a 'shelf' of your favorite tools, and more.

Web 2.0 survey and polling tools

A guide on 20 selected Web 2.0 tools for research purposes