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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.

Are you interested in being a part of a dynamic digital environment capable of changing the world of education? There are wikis out there that are just waiting for you to join and offer up your $.02. From wikis on teaching in the United Kingdom to art to web 2.0 tools, there's a wiki for everyone.

The list of wikis below is just a smattering of some of the best open wikis available today. They were all nominated by teachers and administrators from around the world during this year's Edublogs awards. If you're not familiar with wikis, they're quite simply a website developed collaboratively by a community of users, allowing any user to add and edit content. That's the official Wikipedia definition. What better place to get a proper definition, right? Anyway, check out each one of these terrific wikis today and do your best to join or at least monitor what's happening on them. Enjoy!

http://wiki.scotedublogs.org.uk/
ScotEduBlogs
http://ukedchat.wikispaces.com/
#ukedchat Information Wiki Site
http://21stcenturyskillsnmteachercourse.wikispaces.com/home
21st Century Skills for Teachers
http://ibart.wetpaint.com/
Art Online Studio
http://asantangelo82.wikispaces.com/
asantangelo82
http://thedaringlibrarian.wikispaces.com/
Daring Tech Wiki
http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/w/page/17791568/FrontPage
Digitally Speaking.
http://edcamp.wikispaces.com/
Ed Camp
http://edorigami.wikispaces.com/
Educational Origami
http://flatclassroomproject.org/
Flat Classroom Project
http://fugleflicks.wikispaces.com/
Flugleflicks
http://greetingsfromtheworld.wikispaces.com/
Greetings From The World
http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/
ICT Magic Show
http://palmbeachschooltalk.com/groups/ipadpilot/
iPad in Education
http://metasaga.wikispaces.com/
METASAGA
http://mrhanson.pbworks.com/
Mr Hanson's Online Class

100% Free English Learning and Teaching Resources

pages about teaching

CTJ, Webtools4educators, pages about teaching

A blog full of ideas for teaching with web 2.0.

Teaching with evernote

online modules to help teachers learn how to teach math and reading. self-paced

Self-paced modules for teachers improving practice in math and literacy.

The use of web based technology is growing by leaps and bounds every day. These online tools are the new set of keys for opening your students' minds. The vast resources on the Internet are making the use traditional methods of teaching and learning obsolete in countless ways.

Here are 5 tasks that you can download to help you develop materials and resources for your students whilst developing your own digital skills.

Here are two links about ELT Audio Resources. The first summarises all the Podcasts available from the BBC and the second is a list of audio resource sites from Christina Rebuffet-Broadus (apologies if sb has posted this before). http://britishenglishcoach.com/25-bbc-podcasts-for-advanced-english-learners/ http://ilovetefl.wordpress.com/2013/03/20/elt-audio-resources-a-long-but-surely-incomplete-list/

TeachersFirst is a rich collection of lessons, units, and web resources designed to save teachers time by delivering just what they need in a practical, user-friendly, and ad-free format. Busy teachers, parents, and students can find resources using our robust search tools

FREE online lesson plans, lesson plan ideas and activities, thematic units, printables, themes, teaching tips, articles, and educational resources

The following tips, tools, and resources can assist any teacher with the basics about social media and ways to share that information with students.

Lots of resources catagorised according to title, descriptiomn, grade level with examples and tutorials

For as long as I can remember I've been using avatars to teach Internet safety. It's a fun and engaging way to teach students the importance of protecting their identities when they are online and a great prelude to using a variety of web 2.0 tools to support the curriculum.

Great site on how to teach students about grammar.

Great site on how to teach students about grammar.

Life is a Feast: a blog full of web ideas

I can´t wait to see the results, Carol!

Very complete site with lots of other links to be explored!

This site is amazing. I loved it. It's thrilling to see how many new things we can do to enrich the classes.

Really excellent!! The site is a compilation of inumerous other sites. Research, creativity, audio, video, drawing, widgets, you name it, it's all there!

A very comprehensive site on web tools for teaching

LiveBinders is a web 2.0 tool which provides the ability to save and organize materials for your science or math class. The great thing about this free tool is that you can update the resources instantly to ensure your lessons include the latest ideas, tips, and resources in science and math.

oEmbed is a format for allowing an embedded representation of a URL on third party sites. The simple API allows a website to display embedded content (such as photos or videos) when a user posts a link to that resource, without having to parse the resource directly.