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Just what it says: a set of categorized and annotated lists of Cool Web 2.0 Tools for Schools. Graphing Tools, Audio Tools,  Widgets, and many more subject lists. 

I found this article interesting. I've seen a lot of articles suggesting the use of different tools, but nothing about how these tools should actually be used. I found this informative.

iPads have exploded throughout schools and classrooms. Their flexibility, versatility, and mobility make them a phenomenal learning tool. As teachers seek ways to integrate these devices, we recommend focusing on specific learning goals that promote critical-thinking, creativity, collaboration, and the creation of student-centric learning environments. Below, you will find a list of objectives, each one connecting to recommended apps and tools.

This enables kids to create many different kinds of digital graphs and charts. They can enter the parameters and any number of data points (though I'm sure there's a limit at some point). Unfortunately, it is not a co-creation tool, as the most sharing/collaborating that can be done is to email the finished graph to someone. It is, however, a nice tool to use individually.

Thinkbinder is an only group study collaboration tool. I think this would be a great way for students to find information from and for each other, ask similar questions, and be engaged in each others learning. This would be a great tool to use in the classroom and have as an optional tool or even an assignment that teaches collaboration.

Charts are a great tool because they communicate information visually. You can design and share your own charts online and for free - supports a number of different chart types like: bar charts, pie charts, line charts, bubble charts and radar plots. Shared by Dana B in her Lib510 project

Ever need help finding a book for someone? Try out Library Things book suggester. You do not need an account to use this tool. Say a student just read The Hunger Games and wants another series that is like it. Try 'book suggester' and get some ideas on similar books for them. In that case also for yourself!

Wallwisher is a collaborative tool where students can post thoughts on a subject. It can create a wall of post it notes in real time. You and your students can make connections on your topic or project. Very fun and visual.

This is a great free tool for elementary or sped classrooms more so than middle or high school, but it could be used at any. Once the teacher puts in the students names the students can choose their Avatar to go with their name. There is also an App to this, so teachers can be walking around the room and click on the person being on or off task by use of their phone or other mobile device. Points are given for on task and taken away for off task. Teachers can look at the end of class/day to see what students were being on task, or on task and for what reason. Parents or other staff members could even access individual students to check on behaviors.

online tool to create collaborative diagrams and flow charts

Read Write Think is a website that has some great reading and writing resources for teachers. There are lesson plans, student inter-actives, mobile apps, etc. There is also a parent section that has subjects like "how to start a blog" and others.

cecibunney, I love this one and have saved it to use when I get my own classroom again for additional supports. Thank you!

This seems like a versatile tool. It includes forums, allows users to post attachments, and also allows teachers to share resources.

This resource discusses collaboration between facilitators and teachers for integrating technology into the classroom. This seems like it would be useful for implementing collaborative technology tools on a large scale.

This is a lesson plan for a collaborative project involving water. It uses technology tools, and seems to be pretty well thought out.

Dropbox is a robust independent file syncing tool (which Apple once tried to buy) that recently hit the 100m user milestone. It's arguably the most popular cloud service around, and for good reason. One of the key advantages of Dropbox is that it's so easy to use-you simply set it up and then forget about it - but if you dig a bit deeper into the application you'll find that it has more strings to its bow than you might have realized.

Edutopia's summer blog series includes great articles of a variety of online tools for use in the classroom, both collaborative and others.

Twitter is the most powerful tool in helping me to take control and responsibility of my own learning.

WizeHive is collaborative tool that allows for voting, contests, sharing files, and more. I thought that the voting feature could be fun for students as then share work. could create a fun energy around doing their work.

I think it is important to understand things that might get in our way of collaborating in order to be successful. We need to be ready to take these things on. this is a slide show I found on SlideShare, another tool that can be used for collaborating, that addresses this issue.