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A social network for educators interested in Web 2.0 technologies. Here you can connect with other educators who are interested in talking about the challenges and opportunities of using Web 2.0 technologies in all kinds of learning settings.

Our government catches up to the web 2.0 world.

Students get connected to real world science research through Web 2.0

Students get connected to real world science research through Web 2.0

Students realize that with Web 2.0 lots of resources are available.

Very impressive list of 32 Web 2.0 applications. Especially fitting after today's class.

I was wondering if I should add this bookmark to the Diigo group but you've already found it. Awesome. By the way, he (Larry Ferlazzo) makes some pretty good blog posts, though he can tend to get a bit wordy.

Good article that plainly states, Web 2.0 and 3.0 are tools that if used properly can engage and effect teaching and learning beyond traditional classroom spaces.

20 Web 2.0 apps for learning

web 2.0 is a means of fostering collaboration skills

Next generation html offers more capacity for education

This is a website created by Burlington High School students that are taking a class called Help Desk. In the class they run a help desk to help teachers learn and integrate current technology into classrooms. This was administration's response at Burlington to teachers needing support in incorporating web 2.0 tools into curriculum when they started a one to one device system.

Steve Hargadon (http://www.stevehargadon.com/p/about-me.html) is hosting one-day events called Hack Your Education all across the US (Boston on Nov 2-3!). He wants to teach students, parents, and teachers how to use Web 2.0 technologies to create your own personal learning path / resources / plan.

Moodle 2.0 has just come out. For those of you who don't know, Moodle is an open-source course management system that has been popular for teachers and schools by virtue of being free, but it has lost some steam to more expensive and more refined LMSs like Blackboard in recent years. It will be interesting to see if this new release will be more user friendly and therefore popular

Interesting predictions made about what was going to be big in 2011.

The Flat Classroom Project is a global Hands-on working together project for middle and senior high school students. The Project uses Web 2.0 tools to make communication and interaction between students and teachers from all participating classrooms easier. The topics studied and discussed are real-world scenarios based on 'The World is Flat' by Thomas Friedman.

this paper provides an overview of the potential of the integration of mobile Web 2.0 tools (based around smartphones) to facilitate social constructivist pedagogies and engage students in tertiary education.

TV Tropes is being very transparent about creating a moderation system for the content. This is in response to loosing advertising dollars from Google. It is interesting to see the outline for their model of moderating content. Some of these elements could be used in a web 2.0 environment for education

Great article along with an infographic on the usage of social network in US education "Wikis are an excellent tool for open collaboration and knowledge sharing because they allow everyone to contribute. Roughly 22 percent of United States school districts are involved in creating or maintaining wikis. Educational wikis give teachers and students a place to contribute to the community on the ideas and projects they are working on in the classroom. Wikis teach students how teamwork and collaboration benefit society through knowledge sharing."

teacher developer available for free web 2.0 style on iTunes.

This report highlights key issues to facilitate understanding of how a systemic approach to technology-based school innovations can contribute to quality education for all while promoting a more equal and effective education system. It focuses on the novel concept of systemic innovation, as well as presenting the emerging opportunities to generate innovations that stem from Web 2.0 and the important investments and efforts that have gone into the development and promotion of digital resources. It also shows alternative ways to monitor, assess and scale up technology-based innovations. Some country cases, as well as fresh and alternative research frameworks, are presented.