IT Cohort 2014

This lists the 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools.  It gives a brief summary of each and a link to them. 

Edudemic is a great place to find more resources on web 2.0 tools to use in classrooms with students and teachers.

Edudemic is a great place to find more resources on web 2.0 tools to use in classrooms with students and teachers.

This website is a great place to find lesson plans, materials, and other resources for me the teacher to use in my classroom.

This site allows students to tag images with other media. They can then share and comment on others.

This is a movie making app that is web based and students can use google drive to collaborate on. It is great for the beginning movie editor.

A convenient way to blog, search blogs of interest and stay connected with your PLN. Similar to Facebook. Offers great tutorials.

Tumblr is a photo blog that allows students to tell a story through pictures. It is like instagram but has different properties.

This site summarizes and offers additional sources for each of the landmark supreme court cases in the U.S. It also has different reading levels of each opinion for differentiating instruction.

This website is great for both teachers and students. It has millions of primary sources from U.S. history. It works for research or even simply as a lesson starter with an interesting photograph.

A large collection of library sources all in one site. Search for content within the digital public library of America.

Although this page requires payment to a subscription for FULL access it still allows students to browse great stories from around the globe. The best part is it is all written by students as well.

Easy to use concept map for students to create a professional looking flowchart

Very easy to interact with. A way to share great information with your PLN

Type in a topic and Scoop.it! will find resources that are related to the topic you entered. You can then share that information via Twitter, facebook, etc.

This is an awesome student source for beginning researchers. I spend a lot of time with my 9th graders vetting websites and this is a tool that can lead them to ideas faster. I see this being a great option for students in my class who need information but don't know where to start. Are there any other sources like this?

This site is for tweens to connect with each other in positive ways.

This is an interesting site. Is it specifically for girls? I think it would be of value to our school counselor but I am not sure how to use it in biology. I agree, looks like a great way for tweens to connect.

I agree that this can be used in the classroom. However, I see its value as an extension to the regular curriculum. Girls need positive role models just as boys do and this looks like a great forum for girls to receive that positivity. I see this as mostly for students because I doubt that students would comment freely and effectively if they knew their teacher was reading their posts. This is the first resource of this kind that I am aware of. I am not sure of any other site that allows for this kind of communication. Great find.

This simulation has 3 chapters to it. It allows students to make decisions as if they were a person during that event. It has revolutionary war, civil war, and settling the west as missions. Students learn a great deal about the event while interacting with the characters and the primary sources. There is also a game functionality with it as well.

Create presentations, videos, stories, etc. and then share it with friends and colleagues.

WOW! Innovative Educator! Support for social media/cell phones in the classroom. Offers online chat to educate educators on current tech topics

This blog is written by Lisa Nielsen. It has won awards for its outside the box approach to delivering material. Many of her posts deal with how to effectively use technology in the classroom. Especially social media. Teachers can use it in the classroom by either networking through her blog and finding content alike teachers or by simply gathering the concepts Nielsen discusses.

This blog is written by Lisa Nielsen. It has won awards for its outside the box approach to delivering material. Many of her posts deal with how to effectively use technology in the classroom. Especially social media. Teachers can use it in the classroom by either networking through her blog and finding content alike teachers or by simply gathering the concepts Nielsen discusses.

This website uses primary sources to teach the humanities to students. It is great for lesson plan ideas and has a strong focus on concepts rather than facts. Teachers can use it in the classroom by downloading the sources from the website. Teachers can either use the given questions or apply their own.

This website uses primary sources to teach the humanities to students. It is great for lesson plan ideas and has a strong focus on concepts rather than facts. Teachers can use it in the classroom by downloading the sources from the website. Teachers can either use the given questions or apply their own.

This wiki is dedicated to an ideal. That ideal is that students are given time within the class day to explore whatever it is they are curious about and then explain it to their peers. This wiki contains lots of information about what genius hour is, how to implement it in your class, and examples of how it has gone for others.

This wiki is dedicated to an ideal. That ideal is that students are given time within the class day to explore whatever it is they are curious about and then explain it to their peers. This wiki contains lots of information about what genius hour is, how to implement it in your class, and examples of how it has gone for others.

This student response tool works very well for formative assessments. Students can use it as little as an exit ticket or for a 20 question quiz. The results appear in a spreadsheet which is easy to download and use with your team for data.

This student response tool works very well for formative assessments. Students can use it as little as an exit ticket or for a 20 question quiz. The results appear in a spreadsheet which is easy to download and use with your team for data.

Video chat room, which you can record and save on YouTube. (similar to zoom)

Video chat room, which you can record and save on YouTube. (similar to zoom)

Similar to Google docs, but allows you to break down a document into subtasks. You can use to-do lists to monitor your progress on a project with team members.

Similar to Google docs, but allows you to break down a document into subtasks. You can use to-do lists to monitor your progress on a project with team members.