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Both wikis and blogs provide teachers with a a dynamic process for integrating Web 2.0 technology in their science and math classes. These two types of online tools offer students a more engaging process for learning. Both are relatively easy tools which do not require teachers or students to learn any special program tools or computer skills. Their uses and applications are only limited by the vision and purpose for helping students learn.

Article de Cursus sur le rapport annuel des technologies dans l'éducation, réalisé par The Open University UK

A member supported weekly magazine of the American Chemical Society, Chemical And Engineering News covers all the news of the chemical world including science and technology, government and policy, and business

"The Volume Purchase Program makes it easy for educational institutions to purchase iOS apps in volume and distribute those apps to users. The Volume Purchase Program also allows app developers to offer special pricing for purchases of 20 apps or more."

A comprehensive list of the best web 2.0 tools and links, sorted via category, for teaching and learning with technology. tools for 3D projects, tags, photo editing, online storage, animations, blogging and lots more

"When you are trying to find ways of making your life in college easier, technology can always come to the rescue. There are apps for nearly all problems you encounter: budgeting, academic writing, studying, organizing, reading, eating, and anything else you could think of."

life long learning personified through one man's experiences with technology.

Resource wiki from Wes Fryer's workshop.

Digital storytelling resources

Wild Sanctuary is a great resource that allows users to listen to the "sounds of nature" as recorded around the world. Wild Sanctuary offers Google Earth and Google Maps files of placemarks containing audio recordings from around the world. Each placemark features a recording of the sounds of nature (birds, waves, rivers, mammals, etc.) made at that location.

"Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out fills this gap, reporting on an ambitious three-year ethnographic investigation into how young people are living and learning with new media in varied settings-at home, in after school programs, and in online spaces. By focusing on media practices in the everyday contexts of family and peer interaction, the book views the relationship of youth and new media not simply in terms of technology trends but situated within the broader structural conditions of childhood and the negotiations with adults that frame the experience of youth in the United States. Integrating twenty-three different case studies-which include Harry Potter podcasting, video-game playing, music-sharing, and online romantic breakups-in a unique collaborative authorship style, Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out is distinctive for its combination of in-depth description of specific group dynamics with conceptual analysis."