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As educators, the use of Web 2.0 tools is transforming our work, and more specifically the way we support students in the classroom. As schools bring more technology into their classrooms, teachers will in turn strive to put more technology in their students' hands. That is, if they are prepared to do so. Here are some Web 2.0 tool that can be easly adapted to education.

Azime thank you, the document you shared contains very good questions for in class discussion: are educators prepared to use web 2.0 tools? How can educators best plan to incorporate Web 2.0 Tools into their classroom? How can they best plan to ensure effective tech integration? How can they be sure that the tool remains a support piece to their instructional practice, rather than a replacement?

In the article, you can find beneficial explanation of advantages and limitations of flipped classrooms.

Thank you for this informative and easy-to-read article Ezgi. I agree with most of what the writer argues; however, the 2nd con about "trusting" the student made me feel a bit unease because as teachers and also human beings we have to trust others at least to a certain degree and I believe that teachers are a bit way too sceptical as to their students' credibility. I get the reasons behind this and totally agree yet still argue that we shouldn't count "trusting the student" as a con for flipped classrooms. After all, in a traditional school, the teacher still counts on the student when she sees a completed homework which might have been done by the student's father.

Thanks for your sharing Ezgi, I really like it :) In my opinion, 5th con is valuable to discuss because there are so many studies in the literature indicating that screen time has been considered as a main issue for physical inactivity among children and adolescences. Almost all parents complain about their children's long time usage of technological devices. Therefore, while planning a flipped classroom, this subject must be considered seriously.

A new way to debate! They may find more evidence about their claim of course if this is not considered as cheating. :)

Murat, this is interesting. I plan to conduct similar experiment in my class using Twitter for debating. There are some examples out there!

This is the web paged which contains examples of usage the smartboard in disabled childrens classroom. The video about the intreaction gives enjoyful exercises whşch can be used in classroomms. They can be used in primary school, especially for first grade. Als it can also be adopted for math classes or language classes. Have enjoy it.

Neil Postman is an important critical theorist in the field of education. We will have frequent references to his work during the semester. Here and in many other Youtube videos he is sharing his insights on the purpose of education.

Google has a page related to education. Google will soon expand its education offering to include Nexus tablets and Google Play for Education. Developers can visit the edu developers' microsite to learn more. Schools who want to stay informed should complete the web form on this page. Learn more

apps from Apps for Good Project

This one was my other favorite. :))

Apps are available on google play but I couldn't try them yet.

A presentation about SIM School

A video about affordances of simschool

Nice presentation which helped me to understand the simSchool better.

In this article, the authors provide a summary of the evolution of simulation in the field of teacher education and three factors that need to be considered as these environments further develop.

He really work intensively to promote MOOCS and OERs.

MIT Center for Mobile Learning, in colloboration with the MIT Media Lab encourages teachers and academic faculty to develop their own mobile apps to facilitate in education.

"Join over 33 million teachers and students safely connecting in online classrooms, collaborating on assignments, discovering new resources, and more!"

* Edmodo is an online networking application for teachers and students. * Think Facebook, but in a safe and controlled environment appropriate for school edmodo is primarily a tool for within class communication, but it also provides several ways for teachers to connect with other teachers. * Over 500,000students are using edmodo worldwide

Check the 10 signs and see how tech-savvy you are as a teacher :) It is good to see that looking for conferences to attend for summer holidays is not a sign of being a 'workaholic' but a 'tech-savvy teacher'

As a component of higher education, I have not been awared of numerical language of the social media.

More on this Many North Carolina students had class for only two days in the last two weeks because of the icy weather. But that doesn't mean some of them haven't been learning, or that teachers have stopped teaching. On Friday morning at Millbrook High School in Wake County, Mark Grow carefully sidestepped an icy pathway where someone was shoveling. There is no snow holiday!

For the ones who are curious about the development of the flipped classroom till now, the paper provides a comprehensive survey of prior and ongoing research of the flipped classroom.

This video shows the differences between a flipped and a traditional classroom in a funny way. It emphasizes benefits of flipped classroom and presents reactions of different type of students to the flipped classroom features. It is a video not only funny but also instructive.