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A Real Solution For Classroom Teachers The Solution Site is filled with K-12, hands-on, problem based thematic units with real world relevance. Invite your students to apply 21st Century skills and tools in your classroom everyday by incorporating lessons from The Solution Site into your teaching.

Fantastic compilation of Web 2.0 tools for educational use.

How to use Google Earth more effectively. Nov 26th 2008 4 Comments respond trackback Google Earth is a fantastic, FREE, tool for teaching and learning. There are many, many different ways of using it. It's almost as if the whole world is a canvas!

Webquest model and tool.

Kind of funny... a negative review of Diigo on Mashable.com, wherein Diigo users used the highlighting/annotation tools unique to Diigo to comment about why the reviewer is wrong. But, of course, you would only see those highlighted portions and comments if you were using Diigo...

When people are unenthusiastic about social media and other Web 2.0 stuff it is tempting to be a bit sneery and say they don't "get it". Who can fail to see the benefits of publishing without publishers, and organising without organisations? The tools may take a little getting used to, but surely they are worth trying in pursuit of a better world? Maybe for you, but not necessarily for them. It could be people do get it and don't like what they see, because your world view isn't theirs. If they say We can't do that - and they mustn't do it either, it may be a reflection of organisational culture - or something deeper about the way thing work.

An incredible collection of personal learning environment diagrams - web 2.0 style listing web 2.0 tools

Just because you build a wiki, doesn't mean they will come. This has been my and other faculty members' experiences in using wikis in the classroom. We all know the feeling . . . the excitement of seeing and then using a type of software that should be just perfect to engage students and to enable community-building. We work during our break time to incorporate this learning technology in our course only to find out that students aren't that excited about it. I think one of the reasons for the lackluster student enthusiasm toward any type of new technology tool is that they need to learn it. I'm not saying that students are lazy . . . it's just that the internal question, "what's in it for me?" probably needs to be answered.

A list of links to support the use of Web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning in the K-12 environment. (There are many items here, so be sure to visit the additional pages or choose to see 100 items from the bottom of the page.)

Part of the Cool Sites series Learning new vocabulary can be quite daunting for most students. We just have to look at the literacy rates to see how much

link to smartboard page with all of the drivers and software for Notebook 10 - including Gallery Essentials and Lesson Activity Toolkit 2.0

Foldables are basically 3 D graphic organizers. Graphic organizers are great tools to help English Language Learners (and all students) categorize content in

FROM KARL FISCH--Basically I was trying to create a resource for students and staff that would help them think through the process for creating something digital. I wanted them to think about purpose and audience first, make a decision about whether this particular piece of work needs to be digital, and then give them some information about possible tools they might want to use.

FREE 100 PERCENT ONLINE EVENT! APRIL 23, 2009 11:00am-7:00pm EST Registration Required PARTICIPATE WITH YOUR COLLEAGUES FROM THE CONVENIENCE OF YOUR OFFICE! The award-winning producers of FETC and T.H.E. Journal invite you to participate in a FREEvirtual conference for K-12 educators and technology staff exploring the most pressing issues related to 21st Century Skills. Join your peers and industry experts as they investigate a range of compelling topics including: * Career and technical education * The Obama administration's global workforce development agenda * Digital teaching methods and tools

Podcasting / Vodcasting * Podcasting in Education - great resource from a 5th grade teacher in Canada with definition, technical helps, ideas, curriculum links, and how-tos * Podcasting and Vodcasting: Flash Gordon meets iPod ... slideshare slideshow with general information, how to, and sites * Education Podca (EPNst Network) - site which houses podcasts as well as provides some tutorials * Audacity - free sound editing software * Audacity Wiki - Tutorials * Podcasting in the Classroom * Podcasts: a New Twist on Net Radio * Podcasting in Education Wiki * Podcasting Tools * Podcasting - Ann Bell * How to Podcast - nice tutorial with screenshots and graphics * Video Podcasting * Podcasting Software * How to register your podcast in iTunes * Smithsonian Podcasts * Teacher Tube * TitlepageTV * School Tube

mindmapping tool, sweet graphics

I'm going to try this with 4th grade Ecosystems to show a food web, would look sweet on a IWB

Also link to tutorial for PhotoStory

Blender is the free open source 3D content creation suite, available for all major operating systems under the GNU General Public License.

Open source alternative to Pixie