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With the advance of web 2.0 technologies, there emerged a wide range of educational tools that we can use with our students in and outside the classroom.Collaborative web tools is one example. Using such websites, teachers will be able to help in holding online and real-time discussions with their students, help them in their projects and assignments, guide their learning, do back-channeling, and synchronously moderate discussion threads and many more. We have prepared for you a list of such tools that you can use with your students, check it and share with us what you think about it.

This is a short, quick checklist for social presence strategies

good article on online education

Linked resources of how to use universal design for development, procurement, and use of technology

Thanks for the great resource. I don't think we can ever have enough info on UDI, particularly how tech can support it.

Being old school, it is a newer concept utilizing technology in the visual art world. I find these new advancements intriguing.

I used this to create a set of flashcards to share among peers. You can access from the web browser, mobile device, and computer or laptop. You can set goals to cover 20 flashcards per day and flag the confidence level.

This short video explains how you can easily convert a Microsoft Word document into a PowerPoint Presentation. A very handy hack for busy teachers!

Comprehensive list with a brief description of how each tool can help to enhance learning through interaction and collaboration

This is a very good list.

Useful information for instructors

Not all of the posted suggestions can be applied to our level of teaching, but some good ideas are posted.

What can we do to improve the status of American education???

by Clive Shepherd The real-time online tutor Sometimes, life's simply too short to be asynchronous. The offending 'a' has to be removed to allow us to get on with things more quickly. In this article, we'll be looking at the various ways in which a more natural communication interface can be established between learners and tutors, by going real-time, or 'synchronous'.

Capstones, the cumulative, large-scale projects that two-thirds of students seeking bachelor's degrees complete, can carry some heavy expectations. They are seen by many faculty members and administrators as a way to demonstrate the academic rigor of higher education. Such projects require a lot of time and effort, often lasting for more than a semester, and demand substantial intellectual work.

I use Padlet all the time in my class for a quick sentence or paragraph-level group writing activity - it's easy to share with your students and you can embed it very easily! http://padlet.com/salinmiso/8tihmalkbcyl

Maybe the google hangouts and other tools in this blog can help us to open our eyes on more useful tools

This blog post outlines types of social media that can be used in the classroom. These include Twitter, blogs, Flickr, Skype, and Pinterest, and Tumbl.

Glogster can be a great presentation tool. It allows students to make interactive posters. When assigning a poster, this YouTube video is helpful for teaching students to get the most out of the program.

I really enjoyed the article. It answered one of my 5 wish list. To know there are so many tools is exciting but yet scary. I can not wait to use the new tools.