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THE Online is the leading Technology based education publication for K-12 and higher education.

Wikis are an exceptionally useful tool for getting students more involved in curriculum. They're often appealing and fun for students to use, while at the same time ideal for encouraging participation, collaboration, and interaction. Read on to see how you can put wikis to work in your classroom.

This wiki is a meeting place to experiment with and exchange ideas about online mathematics education collaborative tools. Its goals are as follows: Identify, evaluate, catalog, and aggregate online collaborative tools. Identify technologies and tools that improve in-class mathematics instruction. Identify and leverage technologies trends in education. Improve communication.

Whether working individually or collaboratively, Webspiration is the new online visual thinking tool. With integrated diagram and outline views you can think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas in the ways that communicate best. Webspiration is currently in Public Beta and offered free of charge.

Whether working individually or collaboratively, Webspiration is the new online visual thinking tool. With integrated diagram and outline views you can think visually, structure your work effectively and express your ideas in the ways that communicate best.

Decent blog from author of "Grown Up Digital". You have to search some for posts related to education, learning, and ed tech, but lots here for gaining a global, macro perspective on Web 2.0 / online collaborative tools.

My department is considering using this software - primarily for its ability to ensure originality in compositions, but I'm also fascinated how it can be used to track progress, supply paperless feedback, and nurture collaboration.

Very cool site which allows you to upload data, text, spreadsheets, stats, etc. and visually present them in a new and different way - a way which "democratizes" data analysis so it is more social and collaborative in nature. The result allows us to detect new patterns in the information. It can be a way to jumpstart discussion and insight.

This is a free registration website where teachers can conduct live online classes, create and share tests, and upload and share content, and student can attend live online classes from experts around the world, attempt online tests, view educational content on topics of their choice, and search a techer for help.

To mix cliches, the people who contribute to this blog seem ahead of the curve in terms of what's coming down the pipeline for different uses and applications of a wide variety of technologies (data visualization, media art, environmentally friendly tech, toys and learning, entrepreneurship, etc.)