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Recently I've had some inquiries about the best tool to use for a group to collaborate and share articles, videos, images, documents, etc. My initial thought was a wiki, but now that I've fully investigated the features of Diigo (dee'go), that is the tool I would recommend. Diigo, an online curation tool, is another one of my top 10 tools that I use every day.

I think the best paedagogic use of digital tools in school is the same way they're being used in society: As an interactive information and communication medium. For the first time in paedagogic history we have such simple ways of organizing the most important aspects of learning, namely internalization, externalization, individualization and collaboration. Good practice for me is to use blogging for the collaborative collection of material, to discuss problems and to show results. They pretty works in all subjects, I've even seen a successful implementation in sports.

Designing 21st Century Schools and Learning starts with "what knowledge and skills do students need for the 21st century?" But real design needs to go much further and address these questions: What learning curricula, activities, and experiences, foster 21st Century learning?What assessments for learning, school-based and national, foster student learning, engagement, and self-direction?What physical learning environments (classroom, school, and real world) foster 21st century student learning?How can technology support a 21st Century collaborative learning environment and support a learning community?

Here are the new rules: Create your own education. Find problems and solve them.  Be unique.  Make beautiful, useful stuff.  Build a network of really smart people who you will never meet.  Be indispensable.  Do real work that changes the world.  Have a brand.  Share widely and safely.  Collaborate. Add value.  Be a voracious learner.  Tread softly but boldly.  Edit the world. (Add yours below.)

Engaging students is not an easy task for teachers and educators, but Web 2.0 provides a lot of resources that they can use to improve learning and teaching in and out the classrooms.