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One of the most popular posts on Edudemic in 2010 was The 35 Best Web 2.0 Classroom Tools Chosen By You and I felt it might be time for an update to that list for 2011. In order to put together a list of the best Web 2.0 classroom tools, I polled my Twitter followers, Facebook fans (are they still called fans?

Looking for the best cloud computing software for your school? What about a way to remotely store homework and other assignments? It's time to figure out which web 2.0 tool is right for you! The following presentation contains dozens of the most popular tools being used in classrooms right now.

If you're always on the lookout for new ways to integrate technology into your daily classroom routine, check out these quick and easy-to-use web 2.0 tools for teachers that you can start using today!

"Teachers need to integrate technology seamlessly into the curriculum instead of viewing it as an add-on, an afterthought or an event." - Heidi Hayes Jacobs, Educational Consultant, Curriculum Designers, Inc. Web 2.0 tools are online software programs that allow users to do a number of different things.

Bubbl.us and Mindomo.com are two tools I recently used in my classroom and Examples are below. The mind map can be used in a multitude of ways. I used it for students to compare characters and how they are developed, while in the future I could easily ask students to use it to brainstorm ideas for writing, chart parts of a story, or show connections to fiction and history.

Educator Studio is a free resource for K-12 classroom educators where you will find articles and lesson plans by teachers like yourself.

As my school district prepares to implement BYOT in the 2012-2013 school, I have collected Web 2.0 tools that students and faculty (grades 7-12) could use. Because of the sheer number of apps for mobile devices, I have not included any apps. Recommendations would be greatly appreciated! Leave a comment with your recommendations!

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One of the best ways to prepare students to be prepared for the world is to help them use the tools of their world responsibly. Allowing students to bring their own devices is a terrific way to do just that, but even though some schools may have the wireless capacity and infrastructure, the admins / teachers may want to have a policy in place.