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This is a web 2.0 tool that allows one to upload Powerpoint presentations to the web for accessibility. I'll use this is teaching, presentations, and professional development training!

This is an awesome tool that teachers and students can use to share their knowledge with others. I have already used this to help my godson with some of his music theory, because the slide shares are searchable, so you can share with others, and view other people's contributions. I will use this in my English classroom to establish historical/literary contexts for literature before my students start reading.

This is a popular blogging service that teachers can use to share educational information. I would use this blogging service to share my thoughts and ideas on teaching, and also for learning other peoples thoughts and ideas on teaching.

Voicethread is a collaborative, multimedia based slideshow tool that allows users to view and share "Voicethreads" using audio, video, and images, from anywhere around the world, without software to install. An awesome sharing tool.

This is one of a series of articles discussing the current and future structure of our educational systems. Many believe that those with a special interest in technology and/or entrepreneurship will play an important part in reforming this system. Blogs are specifically mentioned as presenting an exciting opportunity to explore and share ideas; this could be shared and used in the classroom.

"A TeachMeet is an organized but informal meeting for teachers to share good practice, practical innovations and personal insights in teaching with technology. " This blog is the place where the teachers at these meeting share the insights they gained. It is a great resource for teachers who are unable to attend "teachmeets" in person.

Capzles is an online social storytelling tool and online timeline maker. Through Capzles, you can also share photos, videos, text, music and documents easily. Using the online application, students can create digital storytelling tools using photos and videos to illustrate and enhance text-based stories, such as literature or historical accounts. The possibilities are endless, and all up to the creativity of the students!

Twitter is a social networking site. It can be very beneficial to educators if you follow colleagues and prominent figures in education. Twitter allows you to share articles and resources that are relevant to their interests and education. When you follow people who are in the education you can find lots of new valuable resources that are posted.

Dear Twitter Tweethearts! I have a twitter account and I love it! I follow celebrities mostly though just to get in on the good gossip. Just for this reason though, I don't think it should be used for schools. Perhaps at the collegiate level like I have done in some of my classes, but for high school or younger could possibly break out into bullying on the website towards a student and in some cases a teacher.

Twitter is a very popular social networking site that many businesses, celebrities, and peers use to interact with each other. I have often been told to use twitter in my classroom. However, I am hesitant about doing this. As Joe mentioned, I do not think I would want my students to get involved in twitter during school hours under my supervision. As with Facebook, I believe twitter has the potential to become more of a distraction than a positive. It could open up a window for cyber-bulling and gossiping. On the other hand, I can see that having a twitter account to keep in contact with parents could be beneficial.

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I thought the blog you posted here was full of well intentioned, relevant posts. It is great to have a resource from a teacher's perspective that is out and dealing with technology. The growing pains of others can be the building blocks for the rest of us. Thanks for sharing.

I agree that this blog is a useful resource that can be used efficiently in my own future classroom because it contains relevant blog posts about using technology in the classroom. I feel that this resource is geared towards teacher use because the blog is about using technology in the classroom, which is generally, up to the teacher to decide and when how to do that. Great technology resource! Thanks for sharing.

Coach's Eye makes it extremely easy to review individual frames of the video to really see what is happening. You have the power to create and share videos that people can understand immediately, without ever leaving your phone.

That is sweet. I've done a little coaching, and I think it would be great for that and teaching too.

This is Ann S. Michaelson's blog, Teaching English using web 2.0. In Ann's blog, she talks about incorporating Web 2.0 tools and applications with students in her International English class. There are great posts about how to use different applications, such as blogs and WebNote, as well as ideas for 1:1 classroom activities. As a future English teacher, I am always interested in learning new ways to use Web 2.0 in my classroom. In addition to presenting different tools, Ann also considers how to teach English as a second language.

I really like this blog. I really like her ideas about incorporating web 2.0 into an ESL classroom. Whether it be ESL or just a traditional English classroom, I think that using web 2.0 is a promising way to engage students in learning English.

I like the web 2.0 tools Michaelson introduced in her blog such as Webnotes, Timeline and he vocabulary builder VocabAhead. The webnotes is kind like a combination of google document, google reader and diigo.I think it's convenient for both teachers and students to get useful resources, organize and share them. Although the free version limit the functions, it is still worth trying. The timeline tools is a good one can be used in history course. Using timeline to display flow chart in powerpoint is also a good choice. I like VocabAhead best. It explains words by using image, voice and example sentence. Thus, it makes students much easier to understand a new word and know how to apply in real situation. I think it's a good tool can be used in English class. Thanks for sharing the blog to us.

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An overview of web 2.0 in the classroom. This article shares examples of various educators who have used web 2.0 as a way to engage their students. The examples include both instances of success and failure. This is valuable for educators who are unsure whether or not to implement web 2.0 tools, such as blogs, into their curriculum. It can be used as a preventative measure or as a guide for instructors attempting to explore web 2.0.

This is a wiki where teachers can come together to discuss and share ideas for using video games effectively in a classroom environment.

This is an easy way for teachers to share and collaborate with students and teachers while using a social networking system.

I really enjoy edmodo. For a class last semester a group I was in created a "class" on edmodo just to get the feel of it. It really creates a nice environment for students to be a part of. It is inviting to them because of the social aspect, yet remains safer than other social networking sites could be.

This is a easy way to group friends so that you can have online chats with them. I would use this to group parents or teachers so that we could communicate throughout the week.

Vimeo is a video sharing network where you can upload videos for any purpose, education being one of them.

This blog is for teachers who integrate technology into their classrooms. It allows fellow teachers to share what they have done in their classrooms with the world. It is therefore useful for both elementary and secondary teachers.

Assists teachers and students with the resources to use the web effectively.

This is a wiki where teachers and students can come to share and collect data about technology. It also offers great ideas about other ways that technology can be integrated other than just the normal ways of movies and basic computer use.

A site funded by an educational endowment from Verizon, this website has some good professional development articles about how to adapt news into lessonplans, tips on creative lessons and twenty-first century skills, and a database of lesson plans searchable by subject ans age.

I'd never heard of this site before, thanks for sharing! One thing I found to be pretty neat, is the community discussions forum. Many controversial topics are being debated, such as: "Should schools continue to teach cursive writing?" It is important for teachers to keep their students' engaged and interested in their learning, but it is equally important for teachers to stay engaged.

Thank you for sharing this site. I went through some of the different lesson plans and I am excited to be able to use them sometime. I wish I would have known about this resource when I was trying to make lessons for my level twos. It had so many different ideas for lessons. I looked at one about the Gettysburg Address and it was a great and thought provoking lesson.

This website could be a great resource for students and teachers in science, math, history, language arts, etc. This site will allow students to create a fake page about a famous individual. This combines things students enjoy (Facebook) and school material. If you can create an appropriate and interactive project, it can be very enjoyable for students.

This looks like a great site Katie! I can definitely see myself using this in the future. I will be an ESL teacher, so it will be a good way to practice simple English phrases, as well as learning content. Thanks for sharing!