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The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You

If you're not an avid follower of #edchat on Twitter, you may be missing out on a great opportunity to learn about some new Web 2.0 tools that are currently being used in classrooms around the world. That's because @chickensaltash posed a simple question to the PLN and there has been a huge swell of support as hundreds of people have jumped in to answer the question about which 5 Web 2.0 tools teachers are using in classrooms.

A lot of these are really great tools to use!

Tool Allows for digital paint, some brush types, a tool for painting. No login required allows the student to download work.

"dTech tools themselves are simple to use, the real challenge is knowing where to start. I don't know about you, but I get completely overwhelmed by the number of EdTech tools out there. I'm bombarded constantly by emails and tweets telling me I *have* to sign up to the latest app or website. I'm no technophobe and I know it can save me time, or help me create more engaging lessons, but where do I even begin?"

27 tools for diverse learners, lots of great links to tool for a variety of purposes.

Google Apps Education Edition is a broad IT solution that schools can use to bring communication and collaboration tools to the entire academic community for free. Google manages all the technology details, so you can focus your time, energy and budgets on teaching your kids. Students, teachers and staff can share ideas more quickly and get things done more effectively when they have access to the same powerful communication and sharing tools. Google Apps Education Edition lets tech administrators provide email, sharable online calendars, instant messaging tools and even a dedicated website to faculty, students and staff for free. There's no hardware or software to install or maintain, since everything is delivered through a standard web browser -- anytime, from anyplace.

Collection of links on interactive math tools and resources for students ranging from elementary through college

Tools for use that enhance Math Learning- For teachers of K-12 grades and college instructors too- (educational technology)

"If you want your teachers using tech tools in their classroom,  you need to be using them in your PD so teachers are able to see the tech tools in action. "

More and more schools, colleges and universities are using online educational tools that students are required to use to obtain course syllabi, access lectures and associated material, participate in class discussions, read course material, and receive grades and feedback from instructors. These popular tools, such as Blackboard, can frequently pose significant barriers to students with vision loss because they do not work well, if at all, with computer programs commonly used by students who are blind or visually impaired to access content displayed on the computer screen. For example, screen reading software reads the contents of the screen aloud. Screen magnification software enlarges text and graphics displayed on the computer screen in a customized way.

Some very interesting Microsoft applications that might be suitable for schools. It includes Beginner Developer, Chemistry Add-in for Word, Education Labs for Maths test creation, Microsoft Robotics and others. Hat tip to Skipz

A great place to find tech tools to use with MS Office programs. Find and download alll of Microsoft's free tools for teachers and students.  Updated 3.18.2012 Microsoft Partners in Learning helps educators connect, collaborate, create and share. TeachTec is a Microsoft Partners in Learning resource that helps educators find relevant and effective ways to use technology to inspire teaching and engage students. Together we have consolidated the latest and most popular teacher and student resources that Microsoft provides to all schools, districts and education organizations around the world.

A great list of tech resources!

Some of these are a little out of date, but it is a fabulous resource! WOW! Someone spent a good deal of time putting this together!

A collection of links to online educational resources. This is a high school site, but many of the tools linked here would be appropriate for elementary/middle, too!

Math tools, resources, games, calculators, worksheets and more.

"Bamboo DiRT is a tool, service, and collection registry of digital research tools for scholarly use"

A list of tools and ideas for infographics in the classroom.

Tools for Dropbox users

Free web tools for educators

 A social learning tool creating by the University of Minnesota's learning tech dept.  An online discussion tool using video.

Do you know if this will continue to be free after the 21 day demo? If not, any idea on the cost?

I'm not sure, but I think your flipgrid is live for 21 days in the system and then gets deleted but then you can create a new flipgrid. That was my understanding when I read it, but it could be wrong.

Some creative tools for summer.

Are you interested in a list of 23 free teaching tools that you can use on your classroom? From helping students learn through interactive 3D experiences to transform ordinary classroom experiences into extraordinary immersive education and much more…

useful info for blogging and reflective thinking

This site contains a huge variety of maps plus useful facts including demographics, economic data, and the history behind the subject of each map. Great tool for teachers and students.