Web+2.0+Tools

Here are some links for Web 2.0 Tools Web 2.0 tools are the next generation of the internet where the content of the web is created or edited by end-users (either individually or collaboratively) rather than those few geeky computer nerds. Further, these sites often allow collaboration, sharing, and assimilation to bring about exchanges of ideas from many different perspectives in the form of text, photos, videos, and/or other multimedia components. Examples of Web 2.0 include social networking sites (facebook...), blogs, wiki's and video sharing sites (youtube....)

Apps for Teachers (18/01/12)

4 Stages of 'Getting' Twitter (18/01/12)

Top 10 Free Online Tutoring Tools for 2012 (18/01/12)

Web 2.0 Tools for Educators - Lots of different 2.0 tools to use

Top Tech Tools - lots of 2.0 tools including avatars, podcasting, slide sharing....

ICT Skills in the Early Years - a lot of great ideas for teachers in the early years. Includes lots of links and tutorials as well as ideas for tools that the students can use.

Storybird a very cool website to do collaborative story sharing. Could be used within one class with buddies or class to class or even school to school. Suitable for all year levels with some assistance needed for younger children.

Wikis in Education This site aims to answer one question: How can I use wikis in education?

The 35 Best 2.0 Classroom Tools The following tools have not been verified and are simply based on the number of times each was mentioned on Twitter during this hashtag (#edchat) discussion.

Club Penguin Social networking game suitable for younger years

Moshi Monsters Social networking game suitable for younger years

Free resources for use in the classroom David Kinane lists free resources available in classrooms, with a brief explanation of each one....enjoy!