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Whether you're a high school or college student, a small business owner looking to set up a new business plan, or someone who wants to be better organized with your errands, goals and regular to-do lists, there are a variety of tools to keep your notes and tasks safe and filed away online. These 50 tools and tricks will revolutionize your note-taking by introducing you to techniques and websites that let you share ideas, store your thoughts directly on a web page and more.

Modeled after the Learning 2.0 Project, created by Helene Blowers, the project will take you through 23 activities that will introduce you to the tools of the new Internet: Web 2.0 tools that are bringing our kids in touch with the entire world through social networking, wikis, video, podcasting, and gaming sites.

Modeled after the Learning 2.0 Project, created by Helene Blowers, the project will take you through 23 activities that will introduce you to the tools of the new Internet: Web 2.0 tools that are bringing our kids in touch with the entire world through social networking, wikis, video, podcasting, and gaming sites.

Twitter is an enormously popular tool at the moment and literally thousands of third party companies have starting developing applications that can enhance its capabilities, but which of these are good and which ones can help teachers to grow their network and use this tool in a more effective way? Karen Schweitzer from the About.com Guide to Business School has volunteered the guest posting on her top 25 Twitter applications. Thanks Karen.

The social web is an often overlooked resource full of excellent information. Whether you're working on a research project, building your brand, or just trying to find some information, look to social media sites to find what you're looking for. Here, we'll take a look at 100 tips and tools for effectively researching the social web.

Excellent List of Tools - Centre for Learning & Performance Technologies

An incredible repository of tools and ideas reagarding 21st century learning. Organised according to the stages of Blooms Digital Taxonomy.

An incredible repository of tools and ideas reagarding 21st century learning.

Great planning tool that gets you thinking about content and skills before technology--the right order

Great tool that gets you thinking about content and skills before technology--the right order

A wiki where I've been compiling free, web-based tools that I think would be useful to educators.

Some background and links to examples and tools

Good personal collection"Over the past academic year, my students and I have been experimenting with the use of a number of web based applications (often known as Web 2.0 tools). My aim has been to enhance our schemes of work by providing our students with new and exciting learning opportunities."

Cheat sheets for Web 2.0 tools

Good history and description of major Web 2.0 tools. Sections 2, 3, and 5 are the most applicable parts.

List of good "21st C Tools"

NASA now offers easy access to a rich array of its educational resources--including websites and video--through its Find Teaching Materials search tool. The database is searchable by keyword, and may be filtered by: * Grade Level * Type of Material * Subject NASA allows offers a browsable A-Z List of Print Publications in pdf form.

Search tool for finding open content

How to use Drop.io for student reflections

flash-based sketch tool with retro feel; excellent sample work