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The six top free online tools were selected from available web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning using presentations, blogging, and bookmarking online resources. There are many excellent online tools available in these three categories, making the selection difficult at best. However, the selection was made based on reviewing available online resources along with other contributions and feedback from teachers.

Free online technologies are changing adult education by offering the ability to use free online tools to support collaboration and completing class work. The list is long in regards to the number of online programs which support adult students in their quest for learning in adult education. The sheer number of these online software programs continues to grow almost daily. A review of several of these programs has narrowed the list down to a few which are beneficial to adult students, because they ease their work load and collaboration efforts with fellow classmates.

In contrast to the digital footprint you use for your personal learning network, this focus is on the online digital footprint students' use in your science or math classroom. The power of a well designed digital footprint brings the capacity to transform a classroom into an online learning community. Within this community your students use digital tools to create and develop a personal learning network.

How many schools are out there that use online discussions?

I thought this was an awesome article, because it tells you five tools that teachers can use to create quizzes online. I don't know about you, but to me giving a quiz online sounds ten times cooler and more fun for students than a plan old paper quiz in class. I think this is a great way to use technology to give a quiz to students especially on homework reading. That way as a teacher you can save time in class that can be used for further learning.

Are online degrees/teaching less important than face to face? This article explores some myths with online teaching.

Utah making national headlines for its online preschool--Upstart.

some data on online education in the United STates.

anyone can create online teaching modules with drag and drop versal.

cool new approach to engaging online students in discussion around presentations.

Students learn how to conduct science investigations in the same manner as scientists, as they learn to analyze sets of online real time data to solve problems.

Strategies for teaching online from two friends who know their stuff! Great collection of 8 tips.

an online tool for making movies that is limited, but functional enough. Cool!

some data about online learning/teaching and MOOCs specifically.

crafting your online reputation.

Projects in science are provided which take full advantage of Internet resources to help students develop a better understanding of the world in which they live.

For a web-based learning to be truly effective it must be interactive. This means that it is not just a reformatted canned science lesson or math worksheets placed on the web

Quality does not lend itself to government regulation because there is no simple metric.