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A web application is an application that is accessed over a network such as the Internet or an intranet. The term may also mean a computer software application that is hosted in a browser-controlled environment (e.g. a Java applet)[citation needed] or coded in a browser-supported language (such as JavaScript, combined with a browser-rendered markup language like HTML) and reliant on a common web browser to render the application executable. Web applications are popular due to the ubiquity of web browsers, and the convenience of using a web browser as a client, sometimes called a thin client. The ability to update and maintain web applications without distributing and installing software on potentially thousands of client computers is a key reason for their popularity, as is the inherent support for cross-platform compatibility. Common web applications include webmail, online retail sales, online auctions, wikis and many other functions.

A good place to start to learn about webapps.

Education students at Flinders University have been investigating web2.0 tools and how these can be used to enhance learning and teaching.The site provides an excellent overview of many free web 2.0 tools for teachers and students.

This is the page where you will find most of the tools of interest.

This is a virtual place for folks interested in learning to "operationalize TPACK" (Technology, Pedagogy, and Content Knowledge) via curriculum-based learning activity types ('ATs') to get up-to-date information, and (more importantly) participate in the vetting and refining of the activity types in each of the curriculum areas in which activity type development is happening.

The place to visit when curriculum planning to help you decide what technologies and activity types work for particular content areas.

Here is the link to some interesting web 2.0 and other digital tools to support learning and teaching.

CEGSA is one of the largest teacher professional associations in South Australia, serving teachers in public, independent and Catholic schools.

Go to the Digital World section using the menu on the left hand side. Then visit the Web 2.0 section first.

The Internet is evolving, and Web 2.0 is changing the way we interact online. This web guide will help those new to social media gain an understanding of social networking, social bookmarking, social news, personalized start pages, wikis, widgets and other aspects of the new Internet that can help in connecting with others, increasing productivity or having more fun.

A good starting point for those looking to define and understand what is meant by web2.0

This site adapts Blooms Taxomony to the use of digital technologies to enhance student learning outcomes. Bloom's Digital Taxonomy isn't about the tools or technologies rather it is about using these to facilitate learning. Outcomes on rubrics are measured by competence of use and most importantly the quality of the process or product.

This site would be valuable to help you design your culminating assessment task and learning activities using ICT.

Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who, in 1956, developed a method of classifying cognitive thinking into different levels, each building on the previous level, from the most simple to the most abstract. Cognitive learning includes knowledge recall, comprehending information, organizing ideas, analyzing and synthesizing data, applying knowledge, choosing among alternatives in problem-solving, and evaluating ideas or actions. These skills are targeted in education.

Visit this site to help you develop a culminating assessment task that develops students' higher order thinking skills.

Voki is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile, and in email messages.

** Consider using this tool to enhance your assignments by adding multimedia.

Now that we are using the Internet in the classroom to support instruction, it is important the area of assessment be addressed. One usable method for teachers is to provide a rubric for student use and for both formative and summative assessment purposes.

** Visit this site to help you develop an assessment rubric for your culminating assessment task.

This research from South Australia looked at the ways wikis can be used as a collaborative tool by teachers to store, harvest and share corporate knowledge and in what way can class wikis be used effectively in different subject areas.

Mar Pesce on Those Wacky Kids. A seminar about "The Digital Education Revolution", Adelaide, Monday 2 June 2008. All about kids, hyperconnectivity, and the gap between how the kids communicate today and how we try to educate them in the classroom. The text for "Those Wacky Kids" is available at http://blog.futurestreetconsulting.com/?p=56

With VoiceThread, group conversations are collected and shared in one place from anywhere in the world. All with no software to install.

Consider using this tool to enhance your assignments using multimedia.

Many people believe that Web 3.0 is just around the corner. But it took over ten years to make the transition from the original web to Web 2.0, and it may take just as long for the next fundamental change to reshape the web.

Just getting your head around web 2.0? Web 3.0 is also on the horizon.

YouTube videos that have been deemed appropriate by teachers and parents for children 2 to 10 years old.

Problem-based learning (PBL) is focused experiential learning organized around the investigation and resolution of messy, real-world problems. It is a complementary approach to inquiry based learning.

Visit this website to learn about how to create engaging learning for your students.

This website provides web based resources for teachers about Assessment for Learning theory and practice. It has 32 assessment tasks across the curriculum.

This site will help you with stage 2 of the recommended planning template.

Web apps are applications that are accessed using a web browser. links to 69 Coolest Web Apps Of 2009 and The Best Web 2.0 Applications For Education - 2009

Web 2 in Education Wiki. This site is designed to provide teachers with a directory of free webtools along with some suggestions as to how they may be used in the classroom. Over 2000 websites listed over 295 tools and all for free!

Another great site for finding new educational tools.

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