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this is a power point presentation about web 2.0 in the classroom

Article on the integration of Web 2.0 applications into education. It has some specific applications for Web 2.0 in education.

This website explores how web 2.0 technologies are used in education. Blogging, podcasting, media sharing and lots more that can be used in the classroom!

this is a power point about how web technologies are shaping

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"Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo * ShareShare * RecommendLog in to Recommend by Michael F. Ruffini Published on Tuesday, September 27, 20110 Comments Classroom Collaboration Using Social Bookmarking Service Diigo By Michael F. Ruffini * Social bookmarking websites enhance and improve the learning experience by encouraging group collaboration and making organizing and saving web resources faster and easier for students. * Social bookmarking services offer greater scope for research, integration, and collaboration compared to the more traditional bookmarking applications such as browsers, which offer limited functionality. * Among social bookmarking services, Diigo has features and functions that make it useful for the classroom, giving instructors tools for setting up groups of students, highlighting key information, and commenting. Classroom collaboration is an area that benefits directly from today's Internet experience in that students can develop their potential for learning by becoming more actively involved. Indeed, they can learn to approach and solve problems by collaborating with other students and their teachers. Social bookmarking websites give them opportunities to discover and organize information. While many social bookmarking sites offer some collaboration opportunities, I have found that Diigo (Digest of Internet Information, Groups and Other stuff) combines a user-friendly social platform with bookmarking features, making it an effective research, integration, and collaboration tool for use in the classroom. In this article, I compare the benefits of traditional and social bookmarking websites. Then, using Diigo as a focus, I explore the possible uses and benefits of social bookmarking for research and collaboration in the classroom. Traditional Bookmarking Teachers and students routinely use the Internet for archiving, organizing, and sharing information associated with their research and

Prezi is a cloud-based presentation software that opens up a new world between whiteboards and slides. The zoomable canvas makes it fun to explore ideas and the connections between them. The result: visually captivating presentations that lead your audience down a path of discovery. Pretty much better than power point!!

this is a power point on web.2.0 teaching tools

This blog lists Web 2.0 websites and webtools that have potential for use in college and university education.

A nice website keeps you up to date on the technology scene and provides other websites to check out. Gives great short reports on learning technologies..

the site has an interesting point "In fact, many online schools provide all the support services that you would find at a campus-based school - including online libraries, career counseling, writing tutors, study support" :) so its not just resources like online lectures and library databases

discussion on interactive whiteboards (iwbs) an interview format on how to use IWBS and their usefulness